mod base experiment

[burli]

Just for fun: add palm trees

[TumeniNodes]

Just for fun: add palm trees

Very cool, I like the other trees you just posted last night too. (with the high roots)

hmmm, coconut trees and coconuts coming next? :P

[burli]

They already have coconuts ;-). The other trees are the default trees from MTG

This was just to test my assumption that trees can be added this way. These are schematics from ethereal

[burli]

tools.lua removed and schematics folder is empty.

I still don't know what I should do with mods like doors, stairs and so on. Based on the paradigm of the modbase node registrations should be separated from other code

[burli]

What I've come to discover, is that the lack of a consistent convention for defining things in default, is a HUGE problem.

Sounds interesting what you said. What kind of convention would you expect?

[burli]

I'm going to reorganize the mapgen registration. It feels wrong that all biomes are registered first and then the ores and decorations are registered as bulk into all biomes at once

I want to register a biome (or group of the same biome, e.g. taiga and taiga_ocean) and then register the ores and other stuff for that biome. That would mean, that I have to register the same ore/decoration multiple times, but I don't think that this is a problem

[paramat]

I like those palm trees.

[burli]

I like those palm trees.

They are from ethereal. I have to modify them. That's why I asked how I can edit mts files.

And they are placed on a cold beach because it seem that cold desert has no "cold desert beach" biome

[burli]

I completely restart this from scratch and finally I got a simple modding base without any default.

It just includes one biome, some basic nodes, the stairs mod, sfinv, creative mod and player. There are no sounds, plants or anything else

https://github.com/MarkuBu/minetest_modbase



The only issue is currently that dungeons are not generated with cobble. It's the same issue like in the minimal development game. I don't know how to fix that

[Wuzzy]

Why did you rename the playermodel mod for no reason?

[burli]

Why did you rename the playermodel mod for no reason?

First I created an empty player mod just to remove the missing textures error message. Then I remembered that I have a stand alone player mod (I think it is yours?). I just copied the files into the player folder. But the hotbar doesn't work and it still uses default. So I replaced the code and the model with the current version of MTG. I renamed default, but I assumed that player would collide with the local player variables. That's why I finally called it players

[burli]

I still think about a new sound API. But I'm not sure how to start

[burli]

Start adding intllib for internationalization, but I'm not happy with translations like "Wüstenpflastersteintreppe".

[GalvanizedDreamer]

I must admit, this is quite impressive. I am just curious as to whether you are still working on this or not?

Regardless, best of luck.

[Wuzzy]

@burli: I have more or less adapted a very modular approach for MineClone 2 early on. It makes development much easier. I think it may interest you.

You might want to look at MineClone 2's code. Note that ITEMS/mcl_core is the (partially) debloated default mod. Maybe not perfect yet, but definitely not the horrible bloat that is default. Maybe I shrink this mod even more, but I am not sure about that yet.

Regarding the sound API: I have implemented one in MineClone 2 (in CORE/mcl_sounds). Its really just that: Defining default sounds for MineClone 2.
Definitely better than default mod, but I still don't really like this because you still have to depend on the subgame.
Maybe one day, we as a modding community come together to define some kind of standard API for sounds, because there are many recurring node sounds.

But yeah, I think by using the approach “one mod = one feature” we already avoid a ton of mod-related problems.

However, I must warn you to be careful not to take it to the other extreme. There should not be a mod for each trivial node or group of nodes. IMO mods should be organized to make dependeny manangement easy. A categorization based on topic alone does not always make sense.

[texmex]

This is exciting. Are you maintaining it?

I wonder if a "pseudo" mod called default could be made. An empty init.lua and a depends.txt with dependency on all other mods in the mod base, so that 3rd party mods depending on default would retain compatibility…

[Wuzzy]

The only issue is currently that dungeons are not generated with cobble. It's the same issue like in the minimal development game. I don't know how to fix that

Did you define the mapgen aliases? E.g.

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minetest.register_alias("mapgen_cobble", "default:cobble")

The mapgen needs the aliases to know which nodes to place when generating the map.

See Minetest Game/mods/default/mapgen.lua for a list.

[texmex]

I gotta say, running this is like a breeze of fresh air. Additive subgame development feels so much better than subtractive.

I've concerns about the nodebox leaves though, it lowers my FPS from 60 to 20.

[texmex]

Now that burli's probably not going to develop this anymore, is anyone else interested in maintaining it? I'm not skilled enough to lead it but I'll help out with the little I know.