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[WIP] Nether mod

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 23:03
by lkjoel
I'm working on a nether mod now for minetest++, but I need help with textures and ideas :). I was thinking something like random world generation with a few nether blocks, and lava everywhere.
Please note that this is the thread for the development of the nether mod. The released version is here: http://minetest.net/forum/viewtopic.php ... 486#p21486

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 00:24
by LolManKuba
lkjoel wrote:I'm working on a nether mod now for minetest++, but I need help with textures and ideas :). I was thinking something like random world generation with a few nether blocks, and lava everywhere.
Is this okay for netherrack: Image

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 00:34
by NakedFury
You could try to include the nether at a sufficiently low location in the normal worldgen. I think the way terraria does it could work considering this game has thousands of blocks down and up.

It would be great because it removes the need to create another realm and you can just focus on the one world.

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 00:54
by lord_james
I think the only blocks available are glowstone and netherack... And bedrock, because it's in the bottom. Soulblock isn't right now (if celeron adds features to edit entities/players movement, maybe).

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 01:08
by lkjoel
LolManKuba wrote:Is this okay for netherrack: Image
I think something darker would be nice :). I'll try to work on this a bit (maybe you could touch it up?)

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 01:16
by blue
lkjoel wrote:I'm working on a nether mod now for minetest++, but I need help with textures and ideas :). I was thinking something like random world generation with a few nether blocks, and lava everywhere.
by nether mod you mean sometimng similar to the underworld?

if so i have some ideas; nether plants such as posion trees/apples (diff texture then normal trees please :p)
maby some mobs (if you choose too) demons/bats/somethins along those lines
make sure you add tools for the nether blocks since they will be more prominent the stone/wood/etc
im running out of ideas lol
add some type of tnt or something since you will be underground (if it will be unless your just changing the top of the world) so people dont have to mine a boat load of stuff to clear land
if you make the posion tree then maby add a new looking door? idk...as i said im running out of ideas :p

i guess thats all i can come up with now...

ps; correct me on wether or not this will be above world or underground

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 01:22
by lkjoel
blue wrote:
lkjoel wrote:I'm working on a nether mod now for minetest++, but I need help with textures and ideas :). I was thinking something like random world generation with a few nether blocks, and lava everywhere.
by nether mod you mean sometimng similar to the underworld?

if so i have some ideas; nether plants such as posion trees/apples (diff texture then normal trees please :p)
maby some mobs (if you choose too) demons/bats/somethins along those lines
make sure you add tools for the nether blocks since they will be more prominent the stone/wood/etc
im running out of ideas lol
add some type of tnt or something since you will be underground (if it will be unless your just changing the top of the world) so people dont have to mine a boat load of stuff to clear land
if you make the posion tree then maby add a new looking door? idk...as i said im running out of ideas :p

i guess thats all i can come up with now...

ps; correct me on wether or not this will be above world or underground
Yeah, this is like hell, and this will be underground. I've already made a poison mod with poison apples so it won't be too hard to make poison apples here :P
I'm basing this a bit on Jeija's nyanland mod (without the nyancats, of course :P). It will certainly be filled with lava and netherrack :)
I'll see about the rest you suggested

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 01:28
by blue
lkjoel wrote:
blue wrote:
lkjoel wrote:I'm working on a nether mod now for minetest++, but I need help with textures and ideas :). I was thinking something like random world generation with a few nether blocks, and lava everywhere.
by nether mod you mean sometimng similar to the underworld?

if so i have some ideas; nether plants such as posion trees/apples (diff texture then normal trees please :p)
maby some mobs (if you choose too) demons/bats/somethins along those lines
make sure you add tools for the nether blocks since they will be more prominent the stone/wood/etc
im running out of ideas lol
add some type of tnt or something since you will be underground (if it will be unless your just changing the top of the world) so people dont have to mine a boat load of stuff to clear land
if you make the posion tree then maby add a new looking door? idk...as i said im running out of ideas :p

i guess thats all i can come up with now...

ps; correct me on wether or not this will be above world or underground
Yeah, this is like hell, and this will be underground. I've already made a poison mod with poison apples so it won't be too hard to make poison apples here :P
I'm basing this a bit on Jeija's nyanland mod (without the nyancats, of course :P). It will certainly be filled with lava and netherrack :)
I'll see about the rest you suggested
kk cool...i might try it out idk (i dont like downloading mods and having to figure out how to install them :p) but it sounds like it will be good...will this be an expansive underworld? aka huge caverns...by huge i mean atleast 100 blocks tall and wide...just curious...as for the mobs i mentioned please please dont make them have the dm's fireball...i hate it when i run into them and they start taking chunks out of what im building...so annoying :p

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 02:07
by Death Dealer
I can make some textures for this if you need me to ikjoel.

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 02:14
by lkjoel
Death Dealer wrote:I can make some textures for this if you need me to ikjoel.
Here is my current texture for netherrack. I'm sure this could be improved :)
Image

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 02:17
by Death Dealer
lkjoel wrote:
Death Dealer wrote:I can make some textures for this if you need me to ikjoel.
Here is my current texture for netherrack. I'm sure this could be improved :)
Image
I'll see what I can do:D

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 02:48
by lkjoel
@DD, thanks!
Can someone make some mobs for me? I've got the basic world generation setup

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 02:52
by blue
lkjoel wrote:@DD, thanks!
Can someone make some mobs for me? I've got the basic world generation setup
look at some mobs here http://minetest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1594

they have some cool looking oreki (in my opinion) that would go well with a nether world/underworld theme :p
of course you have to ask to use them

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 02:54
by lkjoel
no, I mean the coding _and_ the textures. I have my hands full with the world generation. 2D textures are fine :)

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 03:02
by lkjoel
First stage of the world generator:
Image

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 04:49
by jordan4ibanez
lkjoel wrote:First stage of the world generator:
Image
wow!

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 05:03
by tinoesroho
I'd say. Lava bubblin' all over... Looks like Hell just boiled over. I can't wait for it to be released!

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 05:17
by lkjoel
Happy people enjoy that :). I need some help with the generation of lava lakes and netherrack mountains and hills. Can someone give me an algorithm?

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 06:08
by Stef
lkjoel wrote:Happy people enjoy that :). I need some help with the generation of lava lakes and netherrack mountains and hills. Can someone give me an algorithm?
You can also add strongholds or fortresses

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 13:21
by godkiller447
will some one teach me how to make a mod because last night me and him were talking about the ideas of mine, and i did not know he made this, about hell and heaven worlds. since he is making a hell i will make a version of it but way different and one of heaven. so please teach me how to make a mod

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 13:57
by wokste
Ideas:
Ruines of towns
Red-colored plants for food. (may be poisonous to humans)
Crystals for lighting
The throne of Hades. A fort that is extra dangerous.

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 15:23
by lkjoel
godkiller447 wrote:will some one teach me how to make a mod because last night me and him were talking about the ideas of mine, and i did not know he made this, about hell and heaven worlds. since he is making a hell i will make a version of it but way different and one of heaven. so please teach me how to make a mod
Is it ok if we work on these mods together to make a modpack? I'll show you my ideas on skype.
wokste wrote:Ideas:
Ruines of towns
Red-colored plants for food. (may be poisonous to humans)
Crystals for lighting
The throne of Hades. A fort that is extra dangerous.
stef wrote:You can also add strongholds or fortresses
Good idea. I think we can use the villages mod to make this work (modified, of course).

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 15:43
by Jeija
The nether mod is extremely slow on my computer. I think this is because it has to remove all the nodes down there after map generation. It would be better if it was high up in the sky (with translucent nodes). Then there would be no need to remove all the blocks, you could just add netherrack, lava etc.; This would speed up nether generation.

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 16:01
by lkjoel
yeah, but that removes a bit of the point of the nether mod...

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 18:29
by IPushButton2653
You could look into making the whole world a nether by editing the mapgen.lua.
Just make all new nodes, and replace the aliases with the node it should be.
So you could make seas of lava and trees of mese