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rinoux wrote:I cant run your mod Proller

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18:04:52: ERROR[main]: Error loading mod "waterplus-master": modname does not follow naming conventions: Only chararacters [a-z0-9_] are allowed.
18:04:52: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run /home/poipoi/.minetest/mods/minetest/waterplus-master/init.lua
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rubenwardy wrote:

BrandonReese wrote:How CPU intensive is this mod?

I have done no tests, all I can say is that it depends on how much finite water there is.

This mod uses an Active Block Modifier to check if any of the surrounding blocks are lower than it is, and if so it starts flowing water into it.

So basically, a waterfall or a pond of finite water will not be that CPU extensive, but if you replace all default water with finite water... only tests will show.

rubenwardy wrote:

Speed testing

I have tested the speed of this mod on my system.

No finite mod (control)

Using the vanilla minetest_game
Frame per second: 40 FPS
Loop time: n/a

Just Finite

Just a few finite lakes and puddles
Frames per second: 35 FPS
Loop time: half a second

Finite Ocean

All of default:water_source was converted to finite
Frames per second: 8-20 FPS
Loop time: 30sec - 1 min

Loop time is the time it takes to cycle through all of the finite water nodes.
Basically, it is how long it takes for a node to flow / drop again.

RealBadAngel wrote:imho no point of testing speed of this mod since core version is waitin to be merged
try rather to test this one

GJH105775 wrote:My 3.2ghz processor runs it great

rubenwardy wrote:I did do a speed test:

Calinou wrote:

GJH105775 wrote:My 3.2ghz processor runs it great

Frequency doesn't do everything these days, number of cores, amount of cache and architecture matter a lot today.

rubenwardy wrote:I did do a speed test:

Out of curiosity, what's your CPU and graphcis card?

kaeza wrote:Sometimes the water gets stuck when you join after switching to liquids_finite. To fix that, you have to trigger a node update, for example, by digging a node adjacent to a body of water.

Is it a bit too slow for your liking? You can try to increase the speed of the abm by decreasing the interval of the abm in finite.lua

Not detailed enough? Increase the water_finite_steps property in init.lua

JackGruff wrote:

Is it a bit too slow for your liking? You can try to increase the speed of the abm by decreasing the interval of the abm in finite.lua

Not detailed enough? Increase the water_finite_steps property in init.lua

How does one go about changing these now that this mod is stock?

Topywo wrote:Look for them in the minetest.conf.example file. Copy the ones you want to use into your minetest.conf file. Change some variables and remove the # from the beginning of the line to get them to work.

#      body  #
#      of    #
#      water #
#     ########
#     #
#     #
#######

JackGruff wrote:Unfortunatly, it doesn't visualise sheer drops very well -- it looks like the water is teleported down a sheer drop, you can't see it falling.

So if you have something like this...

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#      body  #
#      of    #
#      water #
#     ########
#     #
#     #
#######

... water will start appearing at the bottom but you won't see it fall down.

This has smashed my dreams of constructing a secret waterfall entrance that can be opened by blocking the flow using mesecon pistons.

Topywo wrote:

JackGruff wrote:Unfortunatly, it doesn't visualise sheer drops very well -- it looks like the water is teleported down a sheer drop, you can't see it falling.

So if you have something like this...

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#      body  #
#      of    #
#      water #
#     ########
#     #
#     #
#######

... water will start appearing at the bottom but you won't see it fall down.

This has smashed my dreams of constructing a secret waterfall entrance that can be opened by blocking the flow using mesecon pistons.

I'm not sure how to visualize what you mean and don't have much experience with mesecons (except the wires and the blinky plants :-) ), but maybe putting this in the groups of water_flowing and water_source: falling_node=1 (or in a node you create that replaces the node above the secret entrance), you can simulate the falling water.