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Re: Noise for texture instead of image?
> Rotated textures to prevent repetitive look in voxel games are a thing since 2014 at least. That doesn't contradict what i wrote. Using something as heavy as dynamic noise texturing would be overkill and unnacceptable in MT. There's an issue that suggests a 'texture strip' of any length where a ra...
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 21:00
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Noise for texture instead of image?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2396
Re: [mod]emote[WIP] Make your character model do emotes! +AP
I love what you're doing here.
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 22:50
- Forum: WIP Mods
- Topic: [mod]emote[WIP] Make your character model do emotes! +API
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5556
Re: Post your screenshots!
Mgv7 hasn't got weirder since last release, it just sometimes creates nuts stuff.
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 22:47
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Post your screenshots!
- Replies: 5323
- Views: 1449565
Re: Post your mapgen questions here (modding or engine)
Just write a mod (depending on default) that has minetest.clear_registered_biomes() at the start, then copy-paste from default/mapgen.lua the biome registrations you want. Example mod that does something similar https://github.com/paramat/newbiomes/blob/master/init.lua If you have only one biome (pl...
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 22:32
- Forum: Modding Discussion
- Topic: Post your mapgen questions here (modding or engine)
- Replies: 274
- Views: 80741
Re: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
Nah, option 4 is actually popular, with MTGame devs too, those who vote 1 are probably more vocal.
- Sat Jan 07, 2017 20:31
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9885
Re: [Mod]Modular tunnel boring/building machine [digtron][0.
This is boring :]
- Sat Jan 07, 2017 20:25
- Forum: WIP Mods
- Topic: [Mod] Modular tunnel boring/building machine [digtron][0.8]
- Replies: 120
- Views: 23526
Re: Noise for texture instead of image?
Noise is intensive to generate and repetitive textures are a natural part of a voxel game.
- Sat Jan 07, 2017 20:23
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Noise for texture instead of image?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2396
Re: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
This issue started due to those who liked the behaviour before a year ago where saplings had no light check and grew at normal speed at any light level. Although option 4 is popular in this poll (and the one on Github) it does not satisfy those people because saplings will grow much slower in torchl...
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 23:57
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9885
Re: [Server] Just Test 2
maikerumine i miss your videos.
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 19:27
- Forum: Minetest Servers
- Topic: [Server] Just Test Tribute
- Replies: 858
- Views: 243481
Re: [Mod] Compressed Obsidian TNT v1.3
> Is taking out the replace abm code going to affect anything down the line?
No the replace ABM is just support for very old worlds which have the old stairs and slabs that were coded differently, so not applicable for your new nodes.
No the replace ABM is just support for very old worlds which have the old stairs and slabs that were coded differently, so not applicable for your new nodes.
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 19:23
- Forum: Mod Releases
- Topic: [Mod] Compressed Obsidian TNT v1.3 [compressed_obsidian]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2730
Re: Help understanding Mapgen
It's broken at the moment but i hope to get it to a usable state soon. It focusses on sloping rivers and mountain ranges, everything on a big scale.
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 19:20
- Forum: Minetest Engine
- Topic: Help understanding Mapgen
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3055
Re: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
All options in this poll are unsuitable as a solution. Those (in the minority) who want the old sapling behaviour want to grow saplings, cactus and papyrus by torchlight and have them grow at normal speed. For consistency all other plants should have the same light requirement. The current behaviour...
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 17:57
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9885
Re: [Mod] Compressed Obsidian TNT v1.1
This is what i have so far, it seems to work. There are a lot of changes, feel free to use or not use the changes i have made. I'll explain more in a PM. I changed the mod name by adding an underscore between words, as is recommended, for readability. All the node names are therefore changed, so you...
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 03:22
- Forum: Mod Releases
- Topic: [Mod] Compressed Obsidian TNT v1.3 [compressed_obsidian]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2730
Re: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
Players know how to use settings, leaving that out of the options alters the votes.
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 00:59
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9885
Re: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
Then please can you make that clear in your first post and in the options themselves? Please add to 1 that a setting for the required light level will be added, then that counts as my choice of option. Then please ask people to re-assess their vote, the problem being some may have voted and may not ...
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 00:28
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9885
Re: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
Ah i see, you select a different option and click 'submit vote', great.
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 00:17
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9885
Re: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
If you have an election, everyone who wants to stand should be allowed to stand, no one person can decide who is allowed to stand. As one of the primary people involved in this discussion i obviously should be allowed to have an option of my choosing as part of this. Mostly though i suggest a poll i...
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 23:59
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9885
Re: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
Note that people can not change their vote, so this poll is now invalid and should be restarted.
EDIT: I was wrong, see below.
EDIT: I was wrong, see below.
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 23:41
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9885
Re: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
sofar commented 24 minutes ago I don't think that option needs to be added: The discussion is about the functional working of minetest. If we do 4 or 5 or even 2, we will likely add a configurable option that would allow a light level to be set, effectively allowing people to slide their own servers...
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 23:38
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9885
Re: Thoughts about Minetest
Indeed the engine is not as universal as some think, and some devs realise this.
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 23:23
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Thoughts about Minetest
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4382
Re: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
Please can another option be added? Which is my preferred compromise solution: 6 - Add a setting to MTGame 'plant_growth_required_light' set to the current 13 (light source brighter than torch required) as default. Those who want the old bug behaviour can set it to 12 (growable by torch) and it woul...
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 22:57
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9885
Re: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
> 3 - Allow saplings to grow irregardless of light. Restores something which was possible much earlier (0.4.13 and before). To be clear, saplings, cactus and papyrus were all missing light checks before a year ago, this has now been fixed. Throughout the history of MTGame all other plants have requi...
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 22:28
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Poll: Growing crops and/or saplings underground?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9885
Re: How can I do oregen in minetest 4.15 ?
What Krock wrote.
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 22:04
- Forum: Modding Discussion
- Topic: How can I do oregen in minetest 4.15 ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1222
Re: Interesting Creative Direction For A Minetest Like Game
Yeah interesting concept. This game suffers from an uneasy mix of blocky abstract voxel game design and HD super-realistic graphics, it would be just as good with simple abstract animal models.
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 17:05
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: Interesting Creative Direction For A Minetest Like Game
- Replies: 3
- Views: 853
Re: Post your mapgen questions here (modding or engine)
> is there a way to add more mg-specific flags? without having to mess with C++ and recompiling? Nope. Too many lava caves? There isn't a parameter that can alter their rarity. A way to disable lava will probably not be approved, the flags tend to be for very large and fundamental parts of mapgen.
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 16:53
- Forum: Modding Discussion
- Topic: Post your mapgen questions here (modding or engine)
- Replies: 274
- Views: 80741
Re: Post your mapgen questions here (modding or engine)
Best ignore that 'Boilerplate Mapgen Code' as it's wiki documentation and very out of date.
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 16:45
- Forum: Modding Discussion
- Topic: Post your mapgen questions here (modding or engine)
- Replies: 274
- Views: 80741
Re: Help understanding Mapgen
Although this is a fairly complex core mapgen, this commit shows you what is needed to add a core mapgen https://github.com/paramat/minetest/commit/a5b2a9f6f901be4b51381ae17d9bba592c1d30c3 There is no documentation to help with writing core mapgens, writing Lua mapgens helps a lot, see my mods for L...
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 16:40
- Forum: Minetest Engine
- Topic: Help understanding Mapgen
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3055
Re: Minetest 0.4.15: clean the surface game and biomes
You mean adjust biome size per-biome? Yes, you will need to edit the 'heat/humidity points', the size of the voronoi cells shown here https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=15939 controls biome size.
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 16:34
- Forum: Minetest Problems
- Topic: Minetest 0.4.15: clean the surface game and biomes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1676
Re: LUA port of mg v7?
> I know, but I think it is pretty useless to write a c++ mapgen and than dump most of it and replace it with lua ? The biome API is accessed from Lua but is engine C++ code so is very fast. Flying plants? What is the specific problem? > The current mapgen system is damage by design In what way? You...
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 16:31
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: LUA port of mg v7?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1171
Re: How to enlarge torch range?
You can't, in Minetest light range is limited to 16 nodes.
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 16:20
- Forum: Modding Discussion
- Topic: [Solved] How to enlarge torch range?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1610