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I have been trying to install the obsidian and gemstones mods, but I think I may have done something wrong. PLEASE HELP!!!

I put the mods in the data/mods folder, and it still won't work. I don't know what to do, and I searched the forums and couldn't find anything that helped.

Why do you think something is wrong? If the gems aren't showing up go far away so that it generates new areas.

But the obsidian, it's the one I am trying to get to work. I tried, but failed. I think I must have forgotten something.

What's wrong? Is it crashing? You can't craft what you're supposed to be able to?

I incorrectly installed the mod or something, because it is not working in-game

Your folders should be like this:
Minetest folder
-data
-mods
-mod folder
-texutures folder
-depends.txt
-init.lua

Is that what it looks like?

Yes, but I don't know what I am doing wrong.

Is it something about the depends.txt? That's as much as I can think what I may have wrong.

IPushButton2653 wrote:Is it something about the depends.txt? That's as much as I can think what I may have wrong.

It should be in the same folder as init.lua.

It's set up as:
-obsidian
-textures
-init.lua
-depends.txt
I am on Windows

there's a possibility that the mod isn't current to the version your using try and download it again to see if its that

i fixed it thanks to Hackeridze

Now the gemstones mod won't work

Those gemstones will only be generated in new chunks... you need to delete your current map (you will lose any and all items) or wander far away from the already generated chunks.

IPushButton2653 wrote:i fixed it thanks to Hackeridze

Just out of interest how did you fix the obsidian mod? it seems it doesn't work for me either.

I changed all the default textures i.e. water_flowing becomes default:water_flowing.
And does anyone have any clue to the gemstones? I can't even get on map. If someone who has the correct init.lua file for it could post it, I could correct as needed for my system. I'm good at simple logic, but suck at coding.

We need the error message (check the debug.txt file in your Minetest installation folder, last lines) to help you...

20:12:04: ERROR[main]: ModError: Failed to load and run C:\Users\Brennan.hewie-pc\Desktop\minetest 0.4\bin\..\data\mods\gemstones\init.lua
20:12:04: ERROR[main]: error_message = ModError: Failed to load and run C:\Users\Brennan.hewie-pc\Desktop\minetest 0.4\bin\..\data\mods\gemstones\init.lua

This is what it said

20:12:04: ERROR[main]: Failed to load and run script from C:\Users\Brennan.hewie-pc\Desktop\minetest 0.4\bin\..\data\mods\gemstones\init.lua:
20:12:04: ERROR[main]: [LUA]
20:12:04: ERROR[main]: [LUA] ...top\minetest 0.4\bin\..\data\mods\gemstones\init.lua:9: attempt to call field 'get_modpath' (a nil value)
20:12:04: ERROR[main]: stack traceback:
20:12:04: ERROR[main]: ...top\minetest 0.4\bin\..\data\mods\gemstones\init.lua:9: in main chunk
20:12:04: ERROR[main]: [LUA]
20:12:04: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run C:\Users\Brennan.hewie-pc\Desktop\minetest 0.4\bin\..\data\mods\gemstones\init.lua
forgot this part

Apparently gemstones is using a function in the Lua API which isn't contained in the latest Windows build.

In other words, it doesn't work on Windows?

It does if you compile from source yourself, I think celeron55 meant it isn't in the latest windows build that he has compiled (which I'm guessing you have downloaded).

I have no clue how to compile or do any of this. And none of the other mods I am trying to install (cube, village, and flowers) are wanting to work either.