[Mod] Simple Beacons [1.1] [beacon]

[AgentNagel42]

Introducing Beacons in Minetest!

This Mod adds 4 different colored beacons to Minetest
-Red
-Green
-Violet
-Blue

Mod dependencies: none
License: WTFPL
Download Beacons v1.1 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0hWVTX88TGHRXVJMU02dzl1c2s&authuser=0

Older versions:
v1.0: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0hWVTX88TGHTTdXaHM5bHB3ZWM&authuser=0

How to install and use:
https://youtu.be/NA1T4Vu6f5g

Crafts:

Iron Ingot = ii
Glass = gl
Torch = to
Mese Crystal fragment = mf
Obsidian = ob
Red dye = rd
Green dye = gd
Violet dye = vd
Blue dye = bd

Unactivated Beacon:
[ii ] [gl] [ii]
[mf] [to] [mf] = Unactivated Beacon [ub]
[ob] [ob] [ob]

Red Beacon:
[ ] [rd] [ ]
[rd] [ub] [rd] = Red Beacon
[ ] [rd] [ ]

Violet Beacon:
[ ] [vd] [ ]
[vd] [ub] [vd] = Violet Beacon
[ ] [vd] [ ]

Blue Beacon:
[ ] [bd] [ ]
[bd] [ub] [bd] = Blue Beacon
[ ] [bd] [ ]

Green Beacon:
[ ] [gd] [ ]
[gd] [ub] [gd] = Green Beacon
[ ] [gd] [ ]

Todo:
-add 4 heavy duty beacons that use full sized nodes
-add a special red beacon that regenerates health
-add a special green beacon that gives area protection
-add a special purple beacon that gives tools double strength and regen
-add a special blue beacon that creates a force field that doesn't allow things in or out
-eventually have a beacon for every dye color

Changelog:

---Beacons v1.1---

-Cleaned up the messy beamgen code with for loops
-Renamed Purple --> Violet Beacon to reduce confusion with dye
-Added README.txt, For some reason I forgot to include it in the first release
-Changed "Screenshots" --> "Crafts" Folder, now only contains craft recipes
-Added little message in log/console when loaded "[OK] Beacons"

---Beacons v1.0---

-Added Red Beacon
-Added Blue Beacon
-Added Purple Beacon
-Added Green Beacon

Any ideas will be really helpfull!

[slemon]

Nice mod!
You can add a beacon that creates a force field.

[ExeterDad]

Great video! They look useful and downright pretty!

[Morn76]

Nice mod, but why aren't you using for loops in the code? Then beam height could be configurable too.

Bad code:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebase"})
      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
      pos.y = pos.y + 1
      minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
………


Better solution:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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pos.y = pos.y + 1
minetest.add_node(pos, {name="beacon:bluebase"})
for i=1,150 do
  minetest.add_node({x=pos.x, y=pos.y+i, z=pos.z}, {name="beacon:bluebeam"})
end


And remove the beam with remove_node() instead of add_node():

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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for i=1,151 do
  minetest.remove_node({x=pos.x, y=pos.y+i, z=pos.z})
end


[AgentNagel42]

I am not all that good with Lua, I often tend to just copy code from other mods. This code is awesome! thanks this will probably be in the next update

[Morn76]

I am not all that good with Lua, I often tend to just copy code from other mods. This code is awesome! thanks this will probably be in the next update

Looking at other mods is a great way to learn MT modding, but I would also check out a brief Lua tutorial (e.g. https://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/The_b ... ion_to_Lua or something on YouTube if you prefer) so that you know the basics like loops. :-)

[AgentNagel42]

Version 1.1 has been released with some extra little things added and some code revision suggested by Morn76! Enjoy!

[Diamond knight]

I am not all that good with Lua, I often tend to just copy code from other mods. This code is awesome! thanks this will probably be in the next update

same with me

[wilkgr76]

Adding pointable = false allows the player to stand in the beam but manipulate the blocks outside of it.

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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--Blue Beam
minetest.register_node("beacon:bluebase", {
   visual_scale = 1.0,
   drawtype = "plantlike",
   tiles = {"bluebase.png"},
   paramtype = "light",
   walkable = false,
   diggable = false,
   pointable = false,
   light_source = 13,
   groups = {not_in_creative_inventory=1}
})


[Wuzzy]

The beacons looks great at night and from afar. Really funky.

But the beacon blocks themselves look … meh.

But I noticed they are extremely destructive. For instance, if you place a blue beacon in a cave, the beam completely destroys everything above. This doesn't seem right..


PS: wilkgr76, your avatar is … GRRR! xD

[wilkgr76]

PS: wilkgr76, your avatar is … GRRR! xD

Just call me wilkgr please =)

[xisd]

Nice mod !
I noticed it some time ago but I didn't gave it a go until today.
I really wanted to see some of those special effect mentioned in the first post... so I started working on adding these : health regeneration around the red beacon, flying privilege enabled around the green one, and (optionnal) area protection using areas mod around the blue one,.
I posted it here: https://github.com/xisd/beacon.
It is probably still buggy but that's a start.
EDIT : I added an option to prevent a beacon from being active inside the radius of another beacon. I also tried to add a kind of force field around the blue beacon area but I deactivated to option for now because placement and removal doesn't work that well.

[wilkgr76]

I also tried to add a kind of force field around the blue beacon area but I deactivated to option for now because placement and removal doesn't work that well.

Have you looked at Technic's code? I believe it has a forcefield