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Astronomical sun path
Hi, is it doable in Minetest? Could the sun follow a more realistic path across the sky, e.g. rise in the NE, move to 60-70 degrees of elevation at noon, and set in the NW (like during north hemisphere mid latitude summer)?
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 21:20
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: Astronomical sun path
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3831
Re: Minetest Could Be An Educational Tool
Don wrote:Here is an old article about my school district. It is from 8 years ago but shows how open source can benefit schools.
http://archive09.linux.com/feature/62285
This is a truly great success story. Thanks for sharing. I am going to use it.
- Tue May 05, 2015 12:23
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Minetest Could Be An Educational Tool
- Replies: 115
- Views: 20670
Re: Re:
excuse me if that was answered already, but the answer lies in the question itself. minecraft already did it. nobody needs mt for what mc's already done. so, the only way mt may be used is for programming, but i don't see that happening either - too small of a scope (menning that noone know mt exis...
- Fri May 01, 2015 20:49
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Minetest Could Be An Educational Tool
- Replies: 115
- Views: 20670
Re: [IDEA] Minetest for teachers
Any suggestion for a mod that would display chat messages in a multi-line popup window?
- Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:02
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: [IDEA] Minetest for teachers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4470
Re: [IDEA] Minetest for teachers
Teachers should be able to teleport themselves to any student and to teleport any or all students to them (SOLVED IN PART: Some functionality is already in place in vanilla Minetest with /teleport command. A player with a bring privilege can teleport himself to another user. However, currently ther...
- Thu Mar 19, 2015 09:26
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: [IDEA] Minetest for teachers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4470
Re: Minetest Could Be An Educational Tool
Minetest can definitely be used for education, but unfortunately, not in schools. If you've ever been to a school, you should know why. -Teachers don't know how to use computers -Teachers won't think it's educational -Most teachers don't like to have fun things in class -etc. Yes, this is a real pr...
- Mon Mar 16, 2015 16:36
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Minetest Could Be An Educational Tool
- Replies: 115
- Views: 20670
Re: Minetest Could Be An Educational Tool
I've just found this thread. As a LUA newbie, I'm trying to create a modpack that -- with some modifications -- would mimic the functionality of MinecraftEDU in Minetest. This is a substantially different approach than discussed here. MinecraftEDU mod was created in the hope of selling Minecraft to ...
- Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:51
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Minetest Could Be An Educational Tool
- Replies: 115
- Views: 20670
Re: [IDEA] Minetest for teachers
Thanks for the suggestion. I will test the 3D Armor mod. EDIT: Unfortunately, this mod doesn't do what I hoped for. I don't need armor. But wieldview is a nice addition, I'll try to integrate this in my modpack. Thanks for pointing me to it. BTW, I tested the wardrobe mod and it can protect some ski...
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:14
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: [IDEA] Minetest for teachers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4470
Re: Convert Minecraft maps to Minetest WorldEdit schematics
Does this filter work both sides? I'm looking for a method to export fragments of Minetest worlds to Blender. I thought I might import a .we file in MC's WorldEdit and then use the Mineblend filter to export.
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 15:14
- Forum: Minetest Maps
- Topic: Convert Minecraft maps to Minetest WorldEdit schematics
- Replies: 69
- Views: 42102
Re: [IDEA] Minetest for teachers
Thanks for pointing me to your maptools mod and thanks for coding such a useful addition, in the first place. It does just what I want. My method of choice is to set an invisible 'fullclip' wall 50 nodes down and up, with a single row of unbreakable white (I might modify it to a more vivid color, e....
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 13:45
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: [IDEA] Minetest for teachers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4470
Re: [IDEA] Minetest for teachers
Evergreen wrote:A lot of these things can be solved by creating a mod, these aren't things that should be default.
That is exactly what I meant. In fact, a simple mod to support bulk permissions, giving and teleporting would advance this idea by 70%. The next 29% is GUI. Other features are the remaining 1%.
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 23:01
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: [IDEA] Minetest for teachers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4470
[IDEA] Minetest for teachers
You might not know that Minecraft is being increasingly used as a teaching tool, and to a great success. Education is likely the primary reason why M$ bought Mojang. There's even a special mod created just for teachers: MinecraftEDU , a little cheaper but still costs enough to be out of reach for ma...
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 16:10
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: [IDEA] Minetest for teachers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4470
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