[Mod] Technic [0.4.16-dev] [technic]

[Marshall_maz]

Hi everyone , I know this has been asked before , but I have searched and can't find it.

What is the config to enable the wind mills please ?

Thanx

[MangleFox70]

Marshall_maz: enable_wind_mill = true

Folks...
Having another issue with Technic enabled...
2016-03-28 11:43:05: ACTION[Server]: Player digs technic:hv_battery_box8 at ($
2016-03-28 11:43:05: ACTION[Main]: IRC: Disconnected.
2016-03-28 11:43:06: ERROR[Main]: ServerError: Lua: Runtime error from mod ''

Crashes EVERY time the user tries to remove the block.

Advice?

[Nathan.S]

I'm assuming this is the fault of the technic check method for digging. Fix is mentioned in bug report on github.

[Hybrid Dog]

What's the crash message?

[DoyleChris]

Is there a way to extract the charge/discharge status of the Technic Battery.

For example in the picture the battery is listing 151471/240000, so the max charge is 240000 and it is either charged or discharged to 151471.

Is there a way to get that value and send it to a Luacontroller or a Digiline system to program from it.

Battery

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[DoyleChris]

I am not sure of the code or the name of that variable, so i called the variable Charge.

if Charge > '120000' then
pin_a = 'true'
else
pin_a = 'false'
end

[Hybrid Dog]

l think there's some mod which allows getting charge.

[Gerald]

I work on a subgame, which is about light (bewarethedark mod, extinction of torches, ...). Therefore i wanted to add lamps to technic. I know there is some old code, which adds the homedecor lamp, but i tried something simple by myself. I was not able to fully understand how the power managment works. I copied the code of "machine_base", deleted everything i thought not needed by lamps and changed a few lines. This is the result:

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local S = technic.getter

function technic.register_lamp(data)
	local machine_name = data.machine_name
	local machine_desc = data.machine_desc
	local tier = data.tier
	local ltier = string.lower(tier)

	local groups = {cracky = 2, technic_machine = 1}
	local active_groups = {cracky = 2, technic_machine = 1, not_in_creative_inventory = 1}

	local formspec =
		"invsize[8,9;]"..
		"list[current_name;dst;5,1;2,2;]"..
		"list[current_player;main;0,5;8,4;]"..
		"label[0,0;"..machine_desc:format(tier).."]"..
		"listring[current_name;dst]"..
		"listring[current_player;main]"..
		"listring[current_name;src]"..
		"listring[current_player;main]"

	local run = function(pos, node)
		local meta     = minetest.get_meta(pos)
		local eu_input = meta:get_int(tier.."_EU_input")

		local machine_desc_tier = machine_desc:format(tier)
		local machine_node      = "technic:"..ltier.."_"..machine_name
		local machine_demand    = data.demand

		-- Setup meta data if it does not exist.
		if not eu_input then
			meta:set_int(tier.."_EU_demand", machine_demand)
			meta:set_int(tier.."_EU_input", 0)
			return
		end

		local powered = eu_input >= machine_demand
		if powered then	
			technic.swap_node(pos, machine_node.."_active")
			meta:set_string("infotext", S("%s Active"):format(machine_desc_tier))
		end
			
		if not powered then
			technic.swap_node(pos, machine_node)
			meta:set_string("infotext", S("%s Unpowered"):format(machine_desc_tier))
		end
			
		
	end


	
	minetest.register_node("technic:"..ltier.."_"..machine_name, {
		description = machine_desc:format(tier),
		tiles = {"technic_"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_top.png", 
	                 "technic_"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_bottom.png",
		         "technic_"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_side.png",
		         "technic_"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_side.png",
		         "technic_"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_side.png",
		         "technic_"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_front.png"},
		paramtype2 = "facedir",
		groups = groups,
		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
		sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
		on_construct = function(pos)
			local node = minetest.get_node(pos)
			local meta = minetest.get_meta(pos)
			meta:set_string("infotext", machine_desc:format(tier))
			meta:set_string("formspec", formspec)
		end,
		can_dig = technic.machine_can_dig,
		technic_run = run,
		after_dig_node = technic.machine_after_dig_node
	})

	minetest.register_node("technic:"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_active",{
		description = machine_desc:format(tier),
		tiles = {"technic_"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_top.png",
		         "technic_"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_bottom.png",
		         "technic_"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_side.png",
		         "technic_"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_side.png",
		         "technic_"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_side.png",
		         "technic_"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_front_active.png"},
		paramtype = "light",
		paramtype2 = "facedir",
		sunlight_propagates = true,
		light_source = data.light,
		drop = "technic:"..ltier.."_"..machine_name,
		groups = active_groups,
		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
		sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
		can_dig = technic.machine_can_dig,
		technic_run = run,
		technic_disabled_machine_name = "technic:"..ltier.."_"..machine_name,
	})

	technic.register_machine(tier, "technic:"..ltier.."_"..machine_name,            technic.receiver)
	technic.register_machine(tier, "technic:"..ltier.."_"..machine_name.."_active", technic.receiver)

end -- End registration

And the registration of a lamp like this:

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local S = technic.getter

technic.register_lamp({tier = "LV", demand = 100, light = default.LIGHT_MAX - 1, machine_name = "small_lamp", machine_desc = S("%s Lamp")})

If i try it, the lamp stays off described as "unpowered".

Did i forget something? Do i have to register "Lamps" as receiver somewhere else?

Edit: Solved

[anuser]

Hello to all.
I am useing Wndows 7, minetest-0.4.13, has no errors or other logs from a game, but something is wrong. I do not see any cables. They looks like blocks, like sand block, dirt block. Here is screenshot: http://s32.postimg.org/ldeytdhat/screen ... 232153.png



What could I do wrong, what should I check or change? I do not think it is a bug becouse I didn`t find any similar issue and it seems that technic mods work well in others users.

[Nore]

Hello,

Latest versions of technic use connected_nodes for cables: a feature that is only present in recent versions of Minetest. Thus, you need to update it.

[anuser]

Thank you very much for you interest!

Latest versions of technic use connected_nodes for cables: a feature that is only present in recent versions of Minetest. Thus, you need to update it.

I am sorry, but I think I have the recent versions both minitest and technic, but maybe I do not know something, I just started play this a few weeks ago

[Nore]

Yes, but the last version of technic needs a very recent minetest -- less than a month old, I would say. You should try to update it.

[Nathan.S]

Look in the builds section of the forum for a newer build for your OS. Current stable, what you have, is lacking needed features.

[anuser]

Hello!

Yes, but the last version of technic needs a very recent minetest -- less than a month old, I would say. You should try to update it.

Look in the builds section of the forum for a newer build for your OS. Current stable, what you have, is lacking needed features.

Thank you very much for sharing with your knowledge! Now I can understand what is about. I found the build section of forum and tested a few builds for windows. Some of them not work, but sfan5`s lastest build (minetest-0.4.13-15e1dcc-win64) work well. Now I can see technic mode cables correctly displaying on screen and able to conect and create working circuits. I also need to say that sfan5`s build (with windows os) work faster, less laggy, seem to be more stable than official build you can download from minetest main site (but that is just first look, opinion after only one hour of use). But sfan5`s build works in different way, there is no log file and no worlds folder. Now I need to figure it out where that build save the gameplay if I would like to save own "world" outside the game. But that is not conected to the question and problem of cables.

So again, thank you very much for your help!
Now it works!
:)

[wilkgr76]

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[benrob0329]

How does the music player work? Do I need to add my own custom music?

[wilkgr76]

How does the music player work? Do I need to add my own custom music?

Right click it. You should see a selection of tracks (1, 2, 3, etc.) and then click one.

[blackjack]

How does the music player work? Do I need to add my own custom music?

yes, you need to add the sound files to the server.
From scratch it does not play any music, because there are no files out of the box.

Here a snip from the original docu:
music player

The music player is an LV powered machine that plays audio recordings. It offers a selection of up to nine tracks. The technic modpack doesn't include specific music tracks for this purpose; they have to be installed separately.

The music player gives the impression that the music is being played in the Minetest world. The music only plays as long as the music player is in place and is receiving electrical power, and the choice of music is controlled by interaction with the machine. The sound also appears to emanate specifically from the music player: the ability to hear it depends on the player's distance from the music player. However, the game engine doesn't currently support any other positional cues for sound, such as attenuation, panning, or HRTF. The impression of the sound being located in the Minetest world is also compromised by the subjective nature of track choice: the specific music that is played to a player depends on what media the player has installed.

There is also some kind of documentation, where to store and how to name the files, but I can't find it now :)

[Hybrid Dog]

how to install the technic tracks
http://wiki.minetest.net/Sound_Packs

[benrob0329]

Putting them in testsounds didn't work, but putting them in technic/sounds did.

(I think we need some new music for this thing, these all sound like they are from the 90s!)

[Hybrid Dog]

Putting them in testsounds didn't work, but putting them in technic/sounds did.

using the folder works for me, sadly you need to put it to the shared path, where you usually don't have permission

(I think we need some new music for this thing, these all sound like they are from the 90s!)

If the soundpack folder is used, the clients can decide themselves which sounds they want as technic tracks, e.g. to use this: http://audio.ngfiles.com/682000/682970_ ... -vocal.mp3 the file only needs to be downloaded, converted to ogg, renamed and put into the folder

[rpgsniper2452]

This mod does not work for me even when I install all the other mods it requires to tun. It refuses to run and blames it on the world engine file in the mod. Maybe you can find a solution to this problem ? Or tell me were to find a working version of this mod.

[Don]

This mod does not work for me even when I install all the other mods it requires to tun. It refuses to run and blames it on the world engine file in the mod. Maybe you can find a solution to this problem ? Or tell me were to find a working version of this mod.

What version of minetest are you using?
Can you please post the error message?

[Instant]

You're missing something... The game started creating dummy images for Stainless Steel Ingot, so when I cheked to look in the directory, I saw 32x stainless steel ingot, but not in the original 16x directory. So I made one for you! It has slight resemblance to another metal, but that's okay... right?

[Nore]

You probably have an installation problem; I just checked the repository and the stainless steel ingot is there. It is however not in the 32x directory (which is not intended to replace all textures but some of them only), which is not really maintained anyway.