[Modpack] WorldEdit [worldedit]

[sfan5]

WorldEdit is an in-game world editor. Use it to repair griefing, or just create awesome buildings in seconds.


License: GNU AGPL v3
Basically, this means everyone is free to use, modify, and distribute the mod, as long as modifications are also licensed the same way.
Most importantly, the Affero variant of the GPL requires you to publish your modifications in source form, even if the mod is run only on the server, and not distributed.
Dependencies: none
GitHub: https://github.com/Uberi/Minetest-WorldEdit


Download

WorldEdit aims to be Rolling Release which means you can rely on the latest state of development working correctly. This is the preferred way of installation.
You can download a git snapshot here: ZIP file

If you for some reason prefer to have a "stable" version, please check below:
WorldEdit 1.3: ZIP file (release notes)

+Old releases

You can find older releases on Github.
Historic code snapshots (before 0.5) can be viewed here: https://github.com/Uberi/Minetest-World ... s/historic

Setup instrutions

Enable the whole modpack from either the Main Menu or by editing world.mt.

Just grant the “worldedit” privilege to yourself or another player.
/grant <name> worldedit

Usage instructions

List of commands

If you're just beginning, take a look at the official tutorial.
The old tutorial can be found below, it's shorter and only explains the base concepts.

+Older tutorial

Selecting a region
Type //p set and punch the two edges like in the image below.

OR
Go to the first position and type //pos1
Go to the second position and type //pos2
OR
Type //fixedpos set1 <x> <y> <z> with the coordinates for P1.
Type //fixedpos set2 <x> <y> <z> with the coordinates for P2.

Filling a region

Type //set blockname and wait for “x Blocks set”

Replacing blocks

Type //replace blockname1 blockname2 and wait for "x Blocks replaced"

Stacking the selection

Type //stack direction amount and wait for "x Blocks stacked"
Valid Directions are: x y z ?
If the ? direction is given the current direction of the player is used.
You need to use a negative amount if you want to stack backwards

Moving the selection

Type //move direction amount and wait for "x Blocks moved"
Valid Directions are: x y z ?
If the ? direction is given the current direction of the player is used.
You need to use a negative amount if you want to move backwards

Copying the selection

Type //copy direction amount and wait for "x Blocks copied"
Valid Directions are: x y z ?
If the ? direction is given the current direction of the player is used.
You must use a negative amount if you want to copy backwards

Saving the selected nodes into a schematic file

Type //save filename and wait for "x Blocks saved"
The File is located in the world folder in the directory schems
Supports loading old and new WorldEdit Format!

Importing nodes from a schematic file

Type //load filename and wait for "x Blocks loaded"
The nodes will be loaded relative to P1
The File is read from the world folder in the directory schems

[dannydark]

Whoa nice, although the first screenshot is just madness haha.

I will give this a try later ^_^

[sfan5]

Fun Fact about 1st Screenshot:
It took 2 minutes to set the blocks

[Calinou]

That IS awesome, great job...
You should probably change its name to avoid confusion with Minecraft. Something like MESEdit?

[MarkTraceur]

When I followed your instructions, I got "permission denied" (or similar). weperms.txt created, logged in with the right name, weperms looks like

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{marktraceur}

Bug?

[Calinou]

Would it be possible to have a //replace command?
Like: //replace dirt stone (replaces all dirt in selection with stone)

[TBC_x]

That IS awesome, great job...
You should probably change its name to avoid confusion with Minecraft. Something like MESEdit?

MessEdit

[sfan5]

When I followed your instructions, I got "permission denied" (or similar). weperms.txt created, logged in with the right name, weperms looks like

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{marktraceur}

Bug?

Try copying weperms.txt into your current directory.
I'll make this better in the next version

[sfan5]

Would it be possible to have a //replace command?
Like: //replace dirt stone (replaces all dirt in selection with stone)

That is possible.
I'll include it in the next version

[MarkTraceur]

Awesome. Celeron added something that should make it easier:

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    bd21f00        Add minetest.get_modpath(modname)

[sfan5]

Awesome. Celeron added something that should make it easier:

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    bd21f00        Add minetest.get_modpath(modname)

We need a new dev release

[kahrl]

Hmm. Shouldn't weperms.txt be per-world? I'm not sure if the mod directory is guaranteed to be writeable.

[celeron55]

Hmm. Shouldn't weperms.txt be per-world? I'm not sure if the mod directory is guaranteed to be writeable.

There should probably be minetest.get_worldpath() for this kind of usage?

[kahrl]

Hmm.

Suggestion 1:

• There's a new world subdirectory, say world/moddata.
• Define a function minetest.read_file(filename) which reads a file below world/moddata and returns its contents as a string (or an array of lines?). Similarly, define minetest.write_file(filename, contents).
• Disable io.open and all other functions from from the io library. This should make it a bit safer to install random mods.
  • Also make sure minetest.{read,write}_file don't accept filenames that contain a directory separator or start with a dot.
  • And there's os.execute,os.remove, ...

or

Suggestion 2:

• Like suggestion 1, but instead of minetest.read_file and minetest.write_file, define minetest.open_file(filename, mode) which opens a file under world/moddata and returns a file handle. This might mean that some functions from the io module would need to stay enabled.

or

Suggestion 3:

• Restrict all filesystem access from lua and give mods some kind of access to the sqlite database.

[Calinou]

Suggestion 4: Suggestion 1 or 2, but with a dialog if the mod wants to write/delete something.
Like, a menu showing up: "Do you want to allow modname to write modstuff.extension? Reason: reason".

[sfan5]

I like Suggestion 4, but there should be a Button "Yes for all (only modname)"

[Gatharoth]

Is there going to be a remove feature? (or if there already is by like //set [some block that is equal to nothing])

[dannydark]

@Gatharoth you could do "//set air" ^_^

[Gatharoth]

@Gatharoth you could do "//set air" ^_^

Last time I tried "//set air" I was getting an error that it couldn't replace the block(s). And now today, it replaces them. >.< Oh well. Good mod anyway

[IPushButton2653]

I got the "You haven't got the permission for that" error. How do I fix it???

[Gatharoth]

I got the "You haven't got the permission for that" error. How do I fix it???

read below

Create a weperms.txt in the bin folder.
Now add {username} to the file, for each user who should be able to use WorldEdit.

[IPushButton2653]

I did that, I made a weperms.txt file and added my username in the brackets as so: {John_Lennon}. It didn't work so I just put the name "test" in there, and it still didn't work. I am on windows, if that helps anything.

[Gatharoth]

its case sensitive, so the login name has to equal the name in the weperms.txt

so unless your login name for the server (including local) is "John_Lennon". Then idk. (if you're not using local, then you should also put it in the server's bin folder)

[IPushButton2653]

I still can't get it to work for me. Please help!!!

[jordan4ibanez]

this works..but its weird lol