[Mod] Display Biome [display_biome]

[kestral]

A simple mod that displays temperature, humidity, and biome name on the screen.



Updates: (2020-01-02)

• New: Default enable state is now changeable through settingtypes.txt, using display_biome_enable = true/false.
• New: V6 mapgen support has been added when also using Wuzzy's biomeinfo mod (version ≥ 1.0.3).
• Use chat command /biomes to toggle display state on and off.
• Enable state is stored using mod storage.

It does perform a simple ground search to try to be more accurate when flying with multi-elevation biomes.

Get it at: https://github.com/kestral246/display_biome

License: LGPL-2.1

Dependencies

• Hard: none
• Optional: biomeinfo

[ThorfinnS]

Very nice. Would you mind setting the default through settingtypes.txt rather than just hardcoding it to false? Command console is OK for the coders, but something I'd prefer not to make the playtesters do.

Long-term, a craftable detector made with stuff available shortly after start (glass would be fine, no diamond, mese, maybe even no iron) that could be placed somewhere in inventory to enable display?

[FreeGamers]

There is a basic hydrometer texture in the "crops" mod that might work for what Thorfinn is suggesting.
https://github.com/minetest-mods/crops/ ... ometer.png

[Wuzzy]

This doesn't seem to support the v6 mapgen.
I made a library that helps you to get the v6 biome: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=23158

[kestral]

• Default enable state is now changeable through settingtypes.txt, using display_biome_enable = true/false.
• V6 mapgen support has been added when also using Wuzzy's biomeinfo mod (version ≥ 1.0.3).

[Wuzzy]

Nice! But the mod still shows incorrect biome values when biomeinfo mod is missing. I suggest to display a warning when using v6 but biomeinfo is missing.

[kestral]

edit: I now place a warning in the log file, to inform the server operator, when display_biome is used with a v6 mapgen without biomeinfo. The display just shows "temp = ?, humid = ?, unknown", to the player, rather than incorrect data.