Other, Superior Open Source Game Engines Exist Now... :D

[Extex]

It's also nice that we have, somewhat of a Godot link, by the name of Calinou ; )

So I guess that settles it XD

Is he still active?

[Extex]

So I guess it's just a matter of getting started now, huh?

[Kevin Tee]

Found this Godot Voxel Github page.

https://github.com/Zylann/godot_voxel
https://github.com/Zylann/voxelgame
The code is not under GPL license tho, but extremely permissive one.

Edit: just found that Godot implement simplex noise in 3.1, so maybe zylann voxel is not necessary anymore.

[Extex]

SOO COOL!

[Kevin Tee]

If we would like to migrate minetest to godot engine, would mapgen and mods must be rewritten? Can we build minetest in godot in such a way that old mapgen and mods still work? Is it possible?

[Mantar]

Mapgen shouldn't be linked to the graphics engine in any way. I mean I guess it's possible, I haven't looked at the code for that, but that would be a weird decision on the behalf of the devs.
Off the top of my head early in the morning, I imagine you're probably looking at display, input, model loading, formspecs, and a few corner cases that would have to be rewritten or modified.

[zing269]

Godot does not support lua so all mods would need rewritten. It does support c++ modules so the mapgens could probably be ported without too much effort.

[TumeniNodes]

Godot does not support lua so all mods would need rewritten. It does support c++ modules so the mapgens could probably be ported without too much effort.

https://github.com/perbone/luascript

[Extex]

Godot does not support lua so all mods would need rewritten. It does support c++ modules so the mapgens could probably be ported without too much effort.

https://github.com/perbone/luascript

OK cool so no mod loss!!

[Extex]

Could someone who knows what their talking about (XD obviously not me) make an issue for this on github?

[Inocudom]

Godot Engine 4.0 will support Vulkan.

That's a game changer right there. GZDoom got it recently.

I would not touch anything related, even distantly to Disney, they are the entertainment industries MS (possibly even more sinister and underhanded)

No denying that. They are probably the reason why Sora isn't in Super Smash Bros Ultimate. However, some of the heroes from the Dragon Quest series will be...

https://github.com/perbone/luascript

The less work that has to be done, the greater the chances for Godot.

[Extex]

So I guess Godot is the best choice.
And since it's the only one being properly considered but:
Will this be set aside for like 6.x? Since it's a compatibility breaking change

[Linuxdirk]

Will this be set aside for like 6.x? Since it's a compatibility breaking change

To be realistic: There won't be any graphics engine changes in the foreseeable future or any time after that.

[rubenwardy]

Switching to something like Godot would require a complete rewrite. It would be much simpler to change to something which has a similar architecture, like Ogre3d

Irrlicht is blamed for a lot of problems, but most user visible problems are actually from minetest's code - not irrlicht

[burli]

Switching to something like Godot would require a complete rewrite. It would be much simpler to change to something which has a similar architecture, like Ogre3d

Irrlicht is blamed for a lot of problems, but most user visible problems are actually from minetest's code - not irrlicht

I think, a complete rewrite is the only thing that can solve all the issues

[runs]

There are no developers for the tasks to do, so imposible imposible imposible to switch to another engine... Be realistic...

We need before another engine:
-Key bindings.
-Text render: Incredible that Minecraft had this feature (signs) since v.0.1 and Minetest still not.
-Better wield stuff, i.e. two-handed (sword and shield), no movement when use key...
-Entities framework.
etc.
etc.
etc.

[Xudo]

Switching to something like Godot would require a complete rewrite. It would be much simpler to change to something which has a similar architecture, like Ogre3d

Irrlicht is blamed for a lot of problems, but most user visible problems are actually from minetest's code - not irrlicht

I think, a complete rewrite is the only thing that can solve all the issues

Complete rewrite never solves all old issues, but always add a lot of new ones.

[Mantar]

Absolutely, refactoring existing code is virtually always better than trying to get a whole new codebase up and running.

[burli]

Complete rewrite never solves all old issues, but always add a lot of new ones.

I agree that you can add new issues, but I don't agree that you can't fix all old issues, except you want to keep backward compatibility.

And because I know the core developers I know that they never will give up backward compatibility, so you are right in this case.

[krzmaciek]

Godot Engine looks like good engine to use, but devs would need to rewrite a lot of code :/

[benrob0329]

I'm surprised no one has discussed using Urho3D (the engine c55 used for a demo in a similar spirit to MT with). It has official Lua bindings and is overall a pretty modern engine.

[Inocudom]

I'm surprised no one has discussed using Urho3D (the engine c55 used for a demo in a similar spirit to MT with). It has official Lua bindings and is overall a pretty modern engine.

Aye, but that engine does not have Vulcan, and there's no telling if it ever will. Vulcan matters. That's what I learned from GZDoom.

[benrob0329]

Vulkan does not matter as much as things like Wayland support or stability. Yes it's nice to have, but considering it's a brand new Graphics API (only a few years old) it's amazing that it's supported as much as it is right now. Also keeping in mind most of MT's user base is on mobile or older hardware, Vulkan support does not matter to most people in this community as they can't even make use of it. OpenGL ES and efficient shaders, particles, etc are all much more important factors to consider.

[Fixer]

I would rather see breakthroughs in actual gameplay in minetest game and final rename of engine/game.

[texmex]

I would rather see breakthroughs in actual gameplay in minetest game and final rename of engine/game.

This. Fancy shaders wont’t bring creativity in and of itself.