[Abandoned Mod] Sea Plants Redone [0.1.0] [sea_plants]

[Hamlet]

Adds kelps and grasses to seas and rivers.

Notes:

+ Spoiler

This mod is based on Topywo's Sea modpack.

Differences:

- Compatible with mgv7
- Compatible with Intllib
- Kelps and Grasses spawaning ranges configurable*
- ABMs' intervals and chances configurable*
- No longer noairblocks dependent**

* Settings -> Advanced Settings -> Mods -> sea_plants
** Sea plants still have the air-node glitch, you can see the related issue on the Minetest Game's GitHub repository.

Version: 0.1.0 Semantic Versioning

Source code's license: LGPLv2.1
Textures' license: CC-BY-SA 3.0

Dependencies: default module (found in minetest_game)

This module is no longer available.

[paramat]

In latest dev version we now have a new drawtype "plantlike_rooted" that passes through water without creating air bubbles, so next version use that method instead.

[toby109tt]

In latest dev version we now have a new drawtype "plantlike_rooted" that passes through water without creating air bubbles, so next version use that method instead.

plantlike_rooted not the best fix for this I rather have my bloks be actual blocks and not fakes
Rooted to a block

[Napiophelios]

In latest dev version we now have a new drawtype "plantlike_rooted" that passes through water without creating air bubbles, so next version use that method instead.

So how do we use "plantlike_rooted" drawtype?
The provided doc only mentions it as a drawtype,
but no examples of how to use it.

screenshot_20170909_121609.png

[TenPlus1]

Napio: when making tiles you gotta assign the first 6 textures to default_sand.png for the bottom block and the next texture for the coral plant :)

[Napiophelios]

Napio: when making tiles you gotta assign the first 6 textures to default_sand.png for the bottom block and the next texture for the coral plant :)

Thanks :)

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tiles = {
"default_sand.png",
"default_sand.png",
"default_sand.png",
"default_sand.png",
"default_sand.png",
"default_sand.png"
},
special_tiles = {"fishing_coral4.png"},

screenshot_20170909_140130.png

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[Hamlet]

In latest dev version we now have a new drawtype "plantlike_rooted" that passes through water without creating air bubbles, so next version use that method instead.

Thanks for the hint, I've made a new version for Minetest 0.5.0-dev using that drawtype.

[paramat]

toby109tt there's no other way, it's this method or nothing. If the plantlike extension was 'actual' then water cannot occupy that space.

[toby109tt]

toby109tt there's no other way, it's this method or nothing. If the plantlike extension was 'actual' then water cannot occupy that space.

Well yes I Know but there must be a way especially if you have the power to edit the engine

But I don't want to get offtopic so we should keep it short :)

[Hamlet]

But I don't want to get offtopic so we should keep it short :)

I consider your discussion to be In Topic given that it regards the backend of the underwater plants.

I would prefer the "old style" nodes too, because you could dig them and thus actually use them; however as it has been already said, there's no other way than "rooted_plantlike".
Well, from my point of view it's a big improvement - even with this little mod tweaked to use that drawtype (i.e. water_flora) the underwater sight is far more appealing than the usual bare sand/dirt mountains.

Hopefully some texturing skilled mod developer will step forward to turn the sea biomes as gorgeous as the terrain biomes.

To sum up: if rooted_plantlike is the best that we can get, I'm fine with it and I don't mind if it doesn't behaves like e.g. papyrus. If it's a drop related issue, one can always add a random min-max drop instead than the single dug node.

My two cents.

[googol]

How about adding?
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16587&hilit=bubbles

[Napiophelios]

How about adding?
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16587&hilit=bubbles

ooh and these coral models by Kevin Tee might be nice too :)

[Chibi ghost]

ooh nice

[jas]

I just cloned and tried it out, and I'm using 0.5.0-dev, but I really like opaque water:





I think it's an engine thing.



Now I don't know. Perhaps shaders or some such. Always looking forward to this mod. Did you remove the iron sunken ships? :D

[Hamlet]

I just cloned and tried it out, and I'm using 0.5.0-dev, but I really like opaque water:
[snip]
I think it's an engine thing.

You are right, it's the engine; since you're using 0.5.0-dev you should not use this mod, but switch to Water Flora which uses a new drawtype that allows proper rendering of underwater plants.

Always looking forward to this mod. Did you remove the iron sunken ships? :D

Basically I just took the "seaplants" mod from the Topywo's Sea modpack and added a couple of lines to allow spawning in river water (aka mgv7 rivers); I haven't included any of the other Sea modpack's mods 'cause my goal was just to add some water plants.

I'm pretty green, thus porting the whole Sea Modpack to 0.4.x or 0.5.x is out of my range.

[Hamlet]

How about adding?
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16587&hilit=bubbles

Tried it, and enjoyed the effect; surely it would be a must in a Sea modpack.

[Hamlet]

How about adding?
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16587&hilit=bubbles

ooh and these coral models by Kevin Tee might be nice too :)

They look cool indeed, I just wonder - I fear so - if they would suffer the air bubble issue; indeed another must have for a Sea modpack.

[paramat]

This method of removing air bubbles is known to be buggy and not work for some players and in some situations.

Well yes I Know but there must be a way especially if you have the power to edit the engine

Yes it is probably possible, but only with a huge rewrite of how MT works, because currently you can only have one node at each co-ordinate, so if water nodes are there the plant node has to be somewhere else, so we put it in the base cube where the roots are.

Essentially this method works fine and any other implementation requires too much rewriting of MT to be worth it.

[v-rob]

Coral models could have a sand node below them, too. You'd just have to edit them a bit.

I have an idea: Make 2 selection boxes, one for coral, one for sand. Dig the coral and get a coral craftitem. Place a coral craftitem on sand and get the plantlike rooted form again (by changing the sand node). Dig the sand below the coral and get a piece of sand. A coral craftitem would drop on the ground. This would make it seem like it is a normal plantlike node.

Sand and coral should fall like normal sand does, too.

EDIT: Sorry, this post was for 0.5.0-dev mod. I think it's fine, though.

EDIT 2: Or you could use entities, because those can be anywhere, even inside other nodes. Probably a bad idea, though, as it could make Minetest very laggy.

[paramat]

Indeed the new drawtype node could be coded to place normal sand when dug to fill the hole, and allow you to place the node 'into' existing sand instead of on top of it. It may also be possible to define the selectionbox to cover the plant instead of the base cube.

[toby109tt]

Yes it is probably possible, but only with a huge rewrite of how MT works, because currently you can only have one node at each co-ordinate, so if water nodes are there the plant node has to be somewhere else, so we put it in the base cube where the roots are

Wouldn't it be possible to use the same code for the water notes but just render a plant like thing (2 panels crossing each other) inside?

[toby109tt]

Also Hamlet if you are interested in someone to make Textures and models maybe I can help :)

If possible Send me a pm if you are interested

[v-rob]

Yes it is probably possible, but only with a huge rewrite of how MT works, because currently you can only have one node at each co-ordinate, so if water nodes are there the plant node has to be somewhere else, so we put it in the base cube where the roots are

Wouldn't it be possible to use the same code for the water notes but just render a plant like thing (2 panels crossing each other) inside?

But you'd have to register if it is flowing water around you, and which of the flowing waters it is. It would take some work, but I think it would be worth it. What say you, paramat?

[Lord_Vlad]

Do the plants drop if you remove all the water around them ? It would be rather convenient for me if it was so, I use some mods to literrally dry out parts of whole oceans

[Hamlet]

Yes it is probably possible, but only with a huge rewrite of how MT works, because currently you can only have one node at each co-ordinate, so if water nodes are there the plant node has to be somewhere else, so we put it in the base cube where the roots are

Wouldn't it be possible to use the same code for the water notes but just render a plant like thing (2 panels crossing each other) inside?

Isn't that the fire node shape?