This mod kind of adds a compass. It is a simple passive node with six diffrent sides. When you see the side labled "N", you will know that you are looking north. It won't work in your inventory. You have to place it somewhere. The node has its coordinates as infotext (helpful if you need them e.g. for node protection) and emits light. That's it. I'd have prefered a compass rose displayed and updated in the main window every time you look around - but that can't be done with a mod.
It is also the only mod I've done that comes with textures. They're not very good. If you can help out with better ones please do so!
My first idea for a mod was a compass, but like you I quickly figured out you can't overlay a compass on the display. Very nice work on this, I just press F5 for the debug info and use the location and yaw info.
Yes, F5 helps to a degree. Unfortionately, debug info shows too much info to take it in really fast. It is sometimes too precise and a break in the way one "parses" the input - text vs. images.
Here is a version with my suggestions: [url]ompldr.org/vZzBuZw/compass.zip[/url]
It has the raillike drawtype and looks like a compass. It also switches N, E and H to S, W, U if the values are negative.
The x,y,z coordinates are intended to be a help to get the coordinates for things like area protection, teleporters etc. This can be done with F5 as well, but might be a bit easier if the coordinates are displayed without decimal points.
The drawtype "raillike" plus less light emitted could not fulfill the main purpose I need the compasses for - namely quick orientation, even from some blocks away. The raillike type can only be viewed if one looks straight down at it. On the other hand my compass isn't something that fits into towns well. Your version is much more unobstrusive and more of a decorative type. Maybe the texture could be changed to a larger size (32x32 or something like that) to make a really decorative compass complete with needle that one might place in/around ones house as a decorative element? Both versions coud be crafted into each other so that the right compass can be used depending on sourrounding.
The switching of N/S and E/W and H/(U? D?) depending on the values is an excellent idea! I'll include that soon. Maybe someone can supply a higher resolution compass image for your raillike/flat type.
I think, compass on like on Napiophelios image would be more convenient, at least for non-programmers :)
That is - on north side of block write "north".
I have replaced the original "flashy" textures with a chest texture on which is painted a simple dot. The node now uses "wood" sounds. The brightness has been reduced to 10.
Finally, the display of the coordinates of the node has been removed. Instead, when removing the node the bearing or azimuth is printed in the player's chat. Together with a HUD waypoint display (not included) it forms polar coordinates (angle+distance). I found it more fun that the usual cartesian coordinates.
I had to make the node "dig immediate" (like torches) to avoid chat spam when removing the node.
