Wishes for Minetest 0.4.11 (or 0.5)

[Calinou]

I haven't tried the pocket edition, but I can say for sure that minetest loads significantly slower than minecraft computer edition, even for modded worlds on a person's computer.

Disable “Preload item visuals” in the options.

Remember that unlike Minecraft, you don't have to log in to a central server every time you play. There's no splash screen either.

[jp]

One of my wishes for 0.4.11 : a smart highlighting (semi-transparent bright field) instead of a collisionbox & dark edges.

[onpon4]

What exactly does preloading item visuals do, anyway? I didn't notice a difference in appearence when I disabled it at one time to make it load faster. Maybe it should be disabled by default?

[Krock]

What exactly does preloading item visuals do, anyway? I didn't notice a difference in appearence when I disabled it at one time to make it load faster. Maybe it should be disabled by default?

It preloads the textures of nodes/items.
Already disabled: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/commit/d7bcde6

[Casimir]

For the next version I would like to see many bugfixes, better support for mobs and to include several subgames (and mods) by default.
For mobs a engine side tool wear out would be enough for me to consider them usable. (At least 2D ones.)

[playzooki]

Id like to see waves at sea, probably aint gonna happen. Maybe bring back dungeons, but rarer and bigger so its like a boss battle.

[Kilarin]

Currently, when flowing fluid hits unloaded blocks it acts as if it hit a solid barrier and starts to flow along it. This creates very strange phenomenon with the sky filled with water or lava. AND, since it has a tendency to create phantom sources, just loading the blocks beneath the stoppage will not correct the problem. You have to actually pass through or build into each of the phantom sources.

It occurred to me today that there MIGHT be a simple solution that would greatly reduce the annoyance of this problem. What if, when fluids hit an unloaded block, they simply stopped flowing? And didn't start flowing again until all of the blocks around them were loaded again.

Now, obviously, this wouldn't be a perfect solution. But it would stop fluids in the sky from being "OH NO! It's going everywhere and is going to flood/burn EVERYTHING!" to, "Hmmm, that water/lava fall stopped. Guess I'll have to build a bridge up there to get it flowing again."

[HeroOfTheWinds]

Currently, when flowing fluid hits unloaded blocks it acts as if it hit a solid barrier and starts to flow along it. This creates very strange phenomenon with the sky filled with water or lava. AND, since it has a tendency to create phantom sources, just loading the blocks beneath the stoppage will not correct the problem. You have to actually pass through or build into each of the phantom sources.

It occurred to me today that there MIGHT be a simple solution that would greatly reduce the annoyance of this problem. What if, when fluids hit an unloaded block, they simply stopped flowing? And didn't start flowing again until all of the blocks around them were loaded again.

Now, obviously, this wouldn't be a perfect solution. But it would stop fluids in the sky from being "OH NO! It's going everywhere and is going to flood/burn EVERYTHING!" to, "Hmmm, that water/lava fall stopped. Guess I'll have to build a bridge up there to get it flowing again."

YES, this! Really not that hard to code either, as far as I could guess.

Another idea would be a slightly more toned-down cavegen in mgv6. It's ridiculous to have the world grief itself...

[TenPlus1]

+1 on stopping fluids falling into unloaded areas...

[HeroOfTheWinds]

Made a report of the issue of GitHub: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/1558

Seems like requests such as these get answered quicker by the right people when they are posted on GitHub rather than here...

EDIT: Also reported the cavegen issue: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/1559

[greydmiyu]

I've poked at Minetest on and off for a while so pardon me if I miss something that is already implemented. Also, pardon me if I refer to things in *coughcough*.

* Mouse inversion. I learned flight sims before FPS so to me moving the mouse up is look down.

* Something akin to NEI as a default mod. For those unfamiliar with NEI it is a mod which allows the player to look up recipes in game. It also lets the player traverse the recipes to also learn what items can be used to create and how to create the items. As for being default it is one of those features which really helps every other mod in existence.

* Proximity pick-up. Right now items are retrieved right clicking on them. Great when you're breaking blocks, horrible when you're trying to retrieve dropped items with small hit boxes (like saplings).

* Launcher allow for mod bundles. Coupled with that, have two mod bundles added by default. The first being a feature match to vanilla *coughcough* for people coming over. The second being one that includes all the quality mods that are present, regardless of their feature set being available (or not) in other games. EDIT: Ah, I see there is a term for this. Games. The Launcher should include a selection of games so the new and transitioning user can hop right in to something robust then branch out from there.

[Evergreen]

I've poked at Minetest on and off for a while so pardon me if I miss something that is already implemented. Also, pardon me if I refer to things in *coughcough*.

* Mouse inversion. I learned flight sims before FPS so to me moving the mouse up is look down.

* Something akin to NEI as a default mod. For those unfamiliar with NEI it is a mod which allows the player to look up recipes in game. It also lets the player traverse the recipes to also learn what items can be used to create and how to create the items. As for being default it is one of those features which really helps every other mod in existence.

* Proximity pick-up. Right now items are retrieved right clicking on them. Great when you're breaking blocks, horrible when you're trying to retrieve dropped items with small hit boxes (like saplings).

* Launcher allow for mod bundles. Coupled with that, have two mod bundles added by default. The first being a feature match to vanilla *coughcough* for people coming over. The second being one that includes all the quality mods that are present, regardless of their feature set being available (or not) in other games. EDIT: Ah, I see there is a term for this. Games. The Launcher should include a selection of games so the new and transitioning user can hop right in to something robust then branch out from there.

For NEI, see unified_inventory. For proximity pick up, see item_drop.

[Sokomine]

* Something akin to NEI as a default mod. For those unfamiliar with NEI it is a mod which allows the player to look up recipes in game. It also lets the player traverse the recipes to also learn what items can be used to create and how to create the items. As for being default it is one of those features which really helps every other mod in existence.

unified_inventory has such functions. In addition, it comes with bags and a sethome function. It's a very recommendable mod.

* Proximity pick-up. Right now items are retrieved right clicking on them. Great when you're breaking blocks, horrible when you're trying to retrieve dropped items with small hit boxes (like saplings).

Some selection boxes are indeed too small. With minetst_next, they got smaller than before. The technic mod comes with item pickup.

* Launcher allow for mod bundles. Coupled with that, have two mod bundles added by default. The first being a feature match to vanilla *coughcough* for people coming over. The second being one that includes all the quality mods that are present, regardless of their feature set being available (or not) in other games. EDIT: Ah, I see there is a term for this. Games. The Launcher should include a selection of games so the new and transitioning user can hop right in to something robust then branch out from there.

A very extensive game for players who wish to build is Dreambuilder.

[greydmiyu]

A very extensive game for players who wish to build is Dreambuilder.

Yup, found that after my post, definitely going to give that a try right now. :)

[greydmiyu]

Just to answer one of my wishes...

* Mouse inversion. I learned flight sims before FPS so to me moving the mouse up is look down.

It is there. Add "mouse_invert=true" to minetest.conf. So my request is really "Mouse inversion as an option in the GUI." But that could be expended to a much better GUI for all configuration options.

[Linuxdirk]

It would be great if moving stuff from inventory to chest and vice-versa would be smooth and not disappearing completely, re-appearing on both locations and disappearing on old locations in a time period of two seconds for the whole process.

[AgentNagel42]

I would be very happy to see an upgrade of the shaders. :)

[Inocudom]

I would be very happy to see an upgrade of the shaders. :)

I once asked RealBadAngel if normal maps generated on the fly could have parallax mapping, but he stated that the feat would be far too resource intensive. That is sad, since almost nobody ever uses that feature when making textures.

[Rochambeau]

I wish I could configure the mouse buttons. I'd like to have "jump" assigned to the right mouse button and "drop item" to the middle mouse button.

Also my mouse has two thumb buttons which I qould like to use.

[lag01]

I wish I could configure the mouse buttons. I'd like to have "jump" assigned to the right mouse button and "drop item" to the middle mouse button.

Also my mouse has two thumb buttons which I qould like to use.

Here is very advanced tool to remap keys/buttons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoHotkey

[lag01]

Would be good if register_on_chat_message could cancel original message. Than people could easer create mods like chat groups, anti-swear, may-be even on-the-fly language translators.

[rubenwardy]

Would be good if register_on_chat_message could cancel original message. Than people could easer create mods like chat groups, anti-swear, may-be even on-the-fly language translators.

It can't cancel the original message on the client's machine as it has already been displayed. It can cancel it being sent to other clients. (return true in register_on_chat_message)

This is how it works:

• Player A press send button on chat window
• The message is added to the chat on Player A's screen
• The message is sent to the server
• The server reads the message, and calls any register_on_chat_message
• If the chat message callbacks did not return true, then the message is sent to ALL of the players, except the one that sent it.

Please note that minetest.chat_send_all() does not work like this. It just sends the message to all players.

[lag01]

It can cancel it being sent to other clients. (return true in register_on_chat_message)

Thank you! Now i understand!

[Rochambeau]

Here is very advanced tool to remap keys/buttons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoHotkey

Since I am not using Windows, is there a Linux equivalent?

[rubenwardy]

Here is very advanced tool to remap keys/buttons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoHotkey

Since I am not using Windows, is there a Linux equivalent?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=linux+equivalent+of+autohotkey