[Mod] basic_machines [basic_machines]

[maikerumine]

updated:
- wiki https://github.com/ac-minetest/basic_machines/wiki

keypad: can now work as a keyboard or text writer/setting changer device
enviroment block: can change physics settings & skybox for nearby players
ball_spawner: spawn an energy ball that can activate stuff and bounce around when moved with https://github.com/ac-minetest/basic_ma ... wiki/mover mover

Dang! You have been busy!
Thank you for the wiki, all minetest users need this for your awesome mod. I should update esm with this when I return.

[rnd]

now you can make cannon machine that fires projectiles with user adjustable projectile speed, projectiles bounce of walls and can activate targets


cannon machine itself: left keyboard to adjust projectile speed, right sound emitter, middle cannon ball spawner, below mover to fire projectile, top behind enviroment block to adjust ball gravity


worldedit file with made cannon

cannon.we

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[aix]

Add this around line 34 in protect.lua, otherwise typing anything in the terminal mode crashes everything:

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        if not player then
                return end

[rnd]

added check

[noob101]

[...] one mover refuels battery from generator[...]

For the love of it I can't get it to do that. What mode do you have to use, how do you set that up? I tried about everything, but really couldn't get it to work.

Have fun, noob101

[rnd]

there is wiki https://github.com/ac-minetest/basic_ma ... wiki/mover:

inventory: useful for moving items between two nodes with inventories. You must select inventories from inventory list dropdown right to source/target fields in setup.

[noob101]

Thanks, rnd!

OK, then there is something wrong on The sea is my life. While the power cells stack up in the battery (and ofc much free capacity), they are not consumed and do not recharge it. Any ideas?

Have fun, noob101

[Beerholder]

Hi rnd, so I tried to create a perpetuum power cell mover mobile using a generator to generate batteries and then move them to the battery underneath the furnace. All the movers are triggered by a distributor, the distributor is on top of a clock generator. For some reason the power cells get stuck in the first battery. It is correctly moving all the power cells from the generator to the first battery until the battery is fully loaded at 25 cells. They are however not transported to the second battery underneath the furnace :-(

I checked all the movers to make sure they are set to inventory, source and target set to "fuel" and that they point to the correct nodes, but everything looks ok....

Have you tried this scenario and got it to work? If so, then it might be a problem with the server (Cash's World) ...

Wonderful mod anyways, even having to do some things manually it still works very well and makes life easier :-)

Many thanks in advance!
Beer

[Beerholder]

Never mind rnd! Just found out that I just need to finish all the power cells in the last battery and then they are moved. The issue was that (obviously) there were 25 cells in the second battery, and the mover tries to move all of them but cannot as there are still cells in the target (duhuh XD). So looks like it works!

OMG OMG OMG! I have a perpetuum diamond mobile factory thingy yay :-D

[rnd]

hi,

mod always checks if action is possible and wont do anything if its not. Examples:
- moving 3 pieces of cobble into chest with only 2 pieces of space left
- moving 10 pieces of cobble but you only have 7 pieces of cobble available
- trying to place something but that spot is already occupied by non air
...

Its not the only mod with "perpetuum mobile" stuff... ever asked yourself where all that infinite energy comes from
when using geothermal/water/wind power in technic. If you want to be purist you can grow fuel - like cactus/trees and only use that to power stuff..

[Byakuren]

Wind energy comes from the sun, at least.

[azekill_DIABLO]

wind energy comes from the rotation and the magnetic field of the earth. The Space Wind comes from stars

[Byakuren]

wind energy comes from the rotation and the magnetic field of the earth. The Space Wind comes from stars

Wind is caused by pressure differences, which are caused by temperature differences, which are caused by the sun's heat. The contribution of the rotation of the Earth is marginal and I have never heard of the magnetic field causing wind.

[rnd]

The contribution of the rotation of the Earth is marginal

Its more involved than that [1].

As for "space wind" - if you have charged particles like coming from stars ("solar wind") then yes, magnetic field has a big effect on them [2]

References:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind#Magnetospheres

[Byakuren]

The contribution of the rotation of the Earth is marginal

Its more involved than that [1].

As for "space wind" - if you have charged particles like coming from stars ("solar wind") then yes, magnetic field has a big effect on them [2]

References:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind#Magnetospheres

Thanks for the Coriolis effect page. I guess the rotation of the Earth has a more-than-marginal effect, though temperature difference is still the main driver of wind. It's true also that the magnetosphere affects solar wind, but I was talking about air wind in my post. I'm assuming that's also what azekill meant in his post, since he distinguishes solar wind in the next sentence.

[azekill_DIABLO]

ALways here to help :D

[rnd]

Updates:

1.Replaced minetest crafting for machines with Terraria like system, where you simply put materials in inventory and select what you want to craft from list. Machines on the list are sorted in a way to slowly introduce machines to new player.


2. improved help

[Desour]

nice, but theres a problem: you cant make a machine which needs more than 8 different components

[ManElevation]

this is a awesome mod. but can you put a spoiler with the older versions please

[echosa]

This mod causes skybox image issues, at least at high altitudes. If I add this mod then teleport to `0,18000,0`, the skybox image doesn't load and these errors occur:

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2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Could not load image "sky_pos_y.png" while building texture
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Creating a dummy image for "sky_pos_y.png"
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Could not load image "sky_neg_y.png" while building texture
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Creating a dummy image for "sky_neg_y.png"
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Could not load image "sky_pos_z.png" while building texture
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Creating a dummy image for "sky_pos_z.png"
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Could not load image "sky_neg_z.png" while building texture
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Creating a dummy image for "sky_neg_z.png"
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Could not load image "sky_neg_x.png" while building texture
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Creating a dummy image for "sky_neg_x.png"
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Could not load image "sky_pos_x.png" while building texture
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Creating a dummy image for "sky_pos_x.png"

[ManElevation]

This mod causes skybox image issues, at least at high altitudes. If I add this mod then teleport to `0,18000,0`, the skybox image doesn't load and these errors occur:

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2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Could not load image "sky_pos_y.png" while building texture
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Creating a dummy image for "sky_pos_y.png"
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Could not load image "sky_neg_y.png" while building texture
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Creating a dummy image for "sky_neg_y.png"
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Could not load image "sky_pos_z.png" while building texture
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Creating a dummy image for "sky_pos_z.png"
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Could not load image "sky_neg_z.png" while building texture
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Creating a dummy image for "sky_neg_z.png"
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Could not load image "sky_neg_x.png" while building texture
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Creating a dummy image for "sky_neg_x.png"
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Could not load image "sky_pos_x.png" while building texture
2016-12-31 16:28:52: ERROR[Main]: generateImage(): Creating a dummy image for "sky_pos_x.png"

well worked perfectly for me

[echosa]

Here's a short video of it happening. In the video, I create a new world and show that the only mods I have enabled are the basic default mods that come with Minetest Game and basic_machines. I also show that I'm using Minetest 0.4.15.

https://cl.ly/0v3O0Q3W151h

[ManElevation]

Here's a short video of it happening. In the video, I create a new world and show that the only mods I have enabled are the basic default mods that come with Minetest Game and basic_machines. I also show that I'm using Minetest 0.4.15.

https://cl.ly/0v3O0Q3W151h

you need to add the sky mod ---> viewtopic.php?f=9&t=13775

[echosa]

Ah. Ok. The main post just says "Dependence: default". Thanks. I'll try that tomorrow.

[Desour]

no, you have to add the textures to the "textures" folder of basic_machines or to another mod textures folder but then you have to add this mod to depends.txt (add a "?" to the end of the mod name to make it optional)
the textures are:
"sky_pos_y.png",
"sky_neg_y.png",
"sky_pos_z.png",
"sky_neg_z.png",
"sky_neg_x.png" and
"sky_pos_x.png"
they should explain themselves