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by nolan » Post

It's in the minetest.conf.example. Just copy paste this: video_driver = opengl in your minetest.conf. Although I thought opengl is already used as default.
Do i literally just copy and paste it inside all that stuff? anywehre in there ? im freaking confused, sorry im 14 but im confused. Celeron said i have to find video_driver = direct3d9 but u said just copy and paste this in there
video_driver = opengl, dont i need to find what celeron said and CHANGE it not just paste this in there?
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nolan wrote:It's in the minetest.conf.example. Just copy paste this: video_driver = opengl in your minetest.conf. Although I thought opengl is already used as default.
Do i literally just copy and paste it inside all that stuff? anywehre in there ? im freaking confused, sorry im 14 but im confused. Celeron said i have to find video_driver = direct3d9 but u said just copy and paste this in there
video_driver = opengl, dont i need to find what celeron said and CHANGE it not just paste this in there?
You only need to change it when that line is already in your minetest.conf. You can check that bij doubleclicking on the minetest.conf file. Then click the tab "search" on top of your screen, choose find and type "video". If it finds a line with video it will say that. Then just replace direct3d9 with opengl.

If not copy paste video_driver = opengl in your minetest.conf.

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Then click the tab search on top of your screen, i opened it with Notepad, i have no search tab. >:(
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by LionsDen » Post

nolan wrote:Then click the tab search on top of your screen, i opened it with Notepad, i have no search tab. >:(
If you have never changed the file, then it should be only a dozen to 2 dozen lines. You should be able to find it easily in that amount. If it's not there, add the line using opengl. By the way, a better notepad is Notepad++. You can find it at the link below and it is free.

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
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:D this is more like troubleshooting than a FAQ, because there’s not a single question. Whatever, it is still helpful, just mislabelled.
It may interest you that the wiki has a FAQ: http://wiki.minetest.net/FAQ
(most questions are copied :P)

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Yeah, I saw that.
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by wraith » Post

i have found in 4.7 if you go to the settings tab in the main menu and un-click preload item visuals the icons all work but if it is on then the icons are all messed up or missing.

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Thank you for the information!

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I have minetest minimum. How do I add minetest_game?

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banninga.j.m wrote:I have minetest minimum. How do I add minetest_game?
From where did you install minetest (link to the download link)?

- Maybe you only need to choose minetest while creating a game, maybe minetest game is present, but in a wrong directory/folder. But we need more info to help you.

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Topywo wrote:
banninga.j.m wrote:I have minetest minimum. How do I add minetest_game?
From where did you install minetest (link to the download link)?

- Maybe you only need to choose minetest while creating a game, maybe minetest game is present, but in a wrong directory/folder. But we need more info to help you.
I downloaded it with the software manager on Linux Mint.

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banninga.j.m wrote: I downloaded it with the software manager on Linux Mint.
Thanks for the info. I don't know that version. I use Lubuntu. 13.10 has minetest 0.4.7, before 13.4 and lower, had a very old version of minetest (I think 0.3.1).

To enjoy minetest in the best possible way, I recommend you to get the latest version 0.4.7 daily built/unstable (the stable is getting old).

I found an Ubuntu/mint link on the download page: http://minetest.net/download , but I don't have experience with it.

For me the easiest way to get minetest is following the instructions from this page: https://github.com/minetest/minetest , scroll down till: Compiling on GNU/Linux and then copy paste.

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This isnt the correct place to ask for help :P
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i hav had errors like freetype6.dll is missing and irrlicht.dll is missing when it was right in the folder (this was on my friends computers one of them uses windows xp and the other uses windows 8

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No more mods for minetest 0.4.9!!!!!!!!
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i have some ideas to add.

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When i wanted to play on server i tried join but that wrote : ERROR[main]: WARNING: something wrong

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AMMOnym wrote:When i wanted to play on server i tried join but that wrote : ERROR[main]: WARNING: something wrong
I don't think this is a thread to ask about bugs. And, what is "something wrong"?
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AMMOnym wrote:When i wanted to play on server i tried join but that wrote : ERROR[main]: WARNING: something wrong
Server version? http://servers.minetest.net/
Client version?
I know that bug but it didn't appear in the last MT versions anymore.
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Krock wrote:
AMMOnym wrote:When i wanted to play on server i tried join but that wrote : ERROR[main]: WARNING: something wrong
Server version? http://servers.minetest.net/
Client version?
I know that bug but it didn't appear in the last MT versions anymore.
Singleplayer 0.4.9 def win32
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where to save minetest.conf in linux?

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brunob: the minetest.conf file in linux is generally located inside your home folder within the .minetest hidden folder...

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It is possible to use minetest from a single folder (in the area of trabaplo for example)? Where can I get it?

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This is the wrong place for questions.
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