[books] Books Mod

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[books] Books Mod

by tinoesroho » Post

Hi!

Sorry to hear that it's broken. I don't maintain this mod, but you should check out it's modern successor: Bookex. Kaeza includes it as part of his mods collection - you can download it all as a zip, here. - tinoesroho
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Books mod by PilzAdam, originally posted here.

It runs on Minetest 0.4.1 or higher.

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What does this do?
It modifies default:bookshelf to be an evenly-split, two column formspec! It also adds a pencil (hit bookshelf to "write").

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WTFPL.

Dependencies:
default

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The first version, provided by PilzAdam.
PilzAdam wrote:Some notes:
-Use this to craft the pencil:

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coal
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-Use " | " to force a newline
Last edited by tinoesroho on Wed May 20, 2015 15:52, edited 2 times in total.
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by jojoa1997 » Post

i like it but can you also have it work with books themselves so you can make adventures using books as guides
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by LorenzoVulcan » Post

Nice mod,really nice.
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by PilzAdam » Post

Well, its one of my mods and here is the original post: http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php ... 337#p40337.

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by Inocudom » Post

Bookshelves could be allowed to have three books.

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by jojoa1997 » Post

we should write in books and then place them in book shelves
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by Inocudom » Post

jojoa1997 wrote:we should write in books and then place them in book shelves
I don't know how that could work, but it is a good idea. Books could be written inside of and bookshelves could have slots specifically for them. This gives books and bookshelves a good reason to exist.

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by tinoesroho » Post

@PilzAdam:

D'oh! Forgot to check that thread. I've edited the topic to redirect to the thread for downloads - hope you don't mind.
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by Josh » Post

I like the idea. Maybe the map mod could use some code from it. +1

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by PilzAdam » Post

tinoesroho wrote:@PilzAdam:

D'oh! Forgot to check that thread. I've edited the topic to redirect to the thread for downloads - hope you don't mind.
No problem. The license is WTFPL. You can also add the download link to the first post and add something like "Dependencies: default" so it fits the forum guidelines.

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by tinoesroho » Post

Done, and done!
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by PilzAdam » Post

Some notes:
-Use this to craft the pencil:

Code: Select all

coal
stick
stick
-Use " | " to force a newline
Last edited by PilzAdam on Thu Feb 14, 2013 20:29, edited 1 time in total.

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by Inocudom » Post

You should try to make the input box on the right page as big as the page itself. This will make it easier to edit the page.

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by jojoa1997 » Post

The download link is broken. Please updat
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by tinoesroho » Post

The file you requested is here, it seems that omploader lost Pilz's file.
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by jojoa1997 » Post

tinoesroho wrote:The file you requested is here, it seems that omploader lost Pilz's file.
could you pleasse put the file somewhere else. I cant download on my pc and it says authorize download on my tablet. Maybe put it on dropbox
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by rarkenin » Post

jojoa1997 wrote:
tinoesroho wrote:The file you requested is here, it seems that omploader lost Pilz's file.
could you pleasse put the file somewhere else. I cant download on my pc and it says authorize download on my tablet. Maybe put it on dropbox
It works for me. What is the SPECIFIC error message?
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by jojoa1997 » Post

rarkenin wrote:
jojoa1997 wrote:
tinoesroho wrote:The file you requested is here, it seems that omploader lost Pilz's file.
could you pleasse put the file somewhere else. I cant download on my pc and it says authorize download on my tablet. Maybe put it on dropbox
It works for me. What is the SPECIFIC error message?
It was the downloading with mediafire where the problem was. Though i got it now. Media fire is weird with android somethimes
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by clarksallador » Post

Sorry but i have this problem:
22:58:01: ERROR[main]: ServerError: LuaError: error: ...test-0.4.6\bin\..\games\survival\mods\books\init.lua:117: bad argument #1 to 'get_node' (table expected, got nil)
22:58:01: ERROR[main]: stack traceback:

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by tinoesroho » Post

It looks like the method used to check if the pencil hit the bookshelf isn't working properly in 0.4.6. This _should_ fix it. I just don't know if it will- I use only 0.4.5. Let me know how this works!

Books, for 0.4.6
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by clarksallador » Post

still got this problem
19:07:51: ERROR[main]: =======END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
19:07:51: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run D:\minetest-0.4.6\bin\..\games\survival\mods\books\init.lua
19:07:51: ERROR[main]: ModError: Failed to load and run D:\minetest-0.4.6\bin\..\games\survival\mods\books\init.lua

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by PilzAdam » Post

clarksallador wrote:still got this problem
19:07:51: ERROR[main]: =======END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
19:07:51: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run D:\minetest-0.4.6\bin\..\games\survival\mods\books\init.lua
19:07:51: ERROR[main]: ModError: Failed to load and run D:\minetest-0.4.6\bin\..\games\survival\mods\books\init.lua
You should post the error message above the "END OF ERROR FROM LUA".

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by LazyJ » Post

This mod is very useful for keeping build notes at the project sites.

I noticed that it stores the text in the log very much like sign text is stored.

Is it possbile to update this mod to create plain-text files for each "book" and store them in a "book" sub-folder? The text files names created by a title field in the "book" screen and a scroll bar for long text entries?

I've tried kaeza's wiki mod. It's a good mod and useful when used as inteneded but it has a limited number of wiki-pages and the pages aren't site specific like the "books" bookshelves are.

The "books" bookshelf next to a cottage contains build notes, reminders, specs, instructions, adventure story segment, mystery story clue, etc. particular to that specific cottage.

The wiki mod opens to a main page where you have to figure out which subpage referrs to this cottage among a dozen or more other cottages which doesn't work well when looking for design details of a specific build.

If you are creating a story map, the wiki mod shows everything in the story. No searching for clues. Spoilers are too easily found. Why bother traveling to different sections of the map as you follow along the story line when the whole story is there in the wiki mod? These are areas where the "Books" mod has advantages over the wiki mod.

Hopefully these will give other's ideas on how the "Books" mod can be used and improved.
Last edited by LazyJ on Sat Sep 28, 2013 22:36, edited 1 time in total.

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by tinoesroho » Post

Mossmanikin's Memo Mod would be excellent, combined with a modified Prestibags mod, and the bookshelf inventory code.

So, there's an idea, and it's quite quite feasible. In fact, I think it's quite doable as a modpack (memo, bookshelves, "prestibooks"). The only real work would be to override the default bookshelf with a 3x3 storage (not hard), and changing nodenames in prestibags, and then replace textures/have it override default:book

EDIT: I wasn't thinking too clearly when I wrote that. :-/ Work would have to be done on changing the formspec to a "reader", which would display the text from the slots.
Last edited by tinoesroho on Mon Sep 30, 2013 13:08, edited 1 time in total.
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by Element » Post

can you edit what you have already wrote...like delete what you have writen amd right something else--from my ipod
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