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lkjoel wrote:Yeah, it does require more text. The good side is that it's a LOT faster, because it doesn't have to parse anything.

But you have to hold the structures in memory all the time, and I parse the file on every ABM run. I can move the 'parsing' code to mod loading, but then it will consume more memory.

Nice. But it requires more text and results in larger file. I think I also need to add a possibility to define geometric shapes, cause there will be too much points for large structures.

lkjoel wrote:I'm basing my mod (nether) on this :). Except it uses arrays and objects instead of parsing a file.

Can you give me an example?

I think I found the new use for matches in my fire mod :3

Are they switching? In what time?

BTW, I can add commands to place a specific structure (not random) from structures file, if somebody needs that. But not this week, I'm too tired today :)

RabbiBob wrote:Great, thanks. Very interested in prefab distribution and this may do what I want perfectly.

BTW, one more post and you're evil (666).

EEEVVVIIIILLLLLLLL!

RabbiBob wrote:Sweet!

Is "0 0 0" relative to where the is dropped livehouse:kit, and then goes out directionally (x,y.z) from there?

Yes. For example, 0 1 0 is a node above the kit.

This mod is for creating starting house kits (or not starting...). You can craft a kit block and place it somewhere in the world. In ~10min it will spawn to a random house taken from structures.txt (example definition is included). You can write any house structure to that file (even mountain, river...

Great! I hope your features will be merged upstream in some time.

mauvebic wrote:Buildings are the one thing i dont want autogenerating on my maps - otherwise, whats left for the user to do?

Users can blow them up or hide in them and attack peaceful passengers or caravans :3

I'm thinking about sapling-like houses with random structure spawning (defined in text files with schemes) :3
I'll try to do that now.

What's minetest++?

Nether is a nice idea and is simple to implement. Just make a generator to make nether stones under -1000 or -2000.

1. No walking sounds for mobs.
2. No damage sounds (btw, did you adapt them to the new entity HP system?)

Is it possible to fix that?

I try to make code understandable, but I haven't read lua coding conventions yet :) Ah, if you think I'm saying your Lua, in particular, is occasionally frustrating, then I have failed again at communication, which is pretty common for me. I found both your code and the Lua in vanilla Minetest to b...

I try to make code understandable, but I haven't read lua coding conventions yet :)

masternetra wrote:I think this mod is great but yea...growth needs its limits, nature is limited by physics and its not a bad thing. Maybe like... 100 blocks high and maybe 20 blocks for the branches. Should allow for Redwood equivlents I would think.

Fork it and make some algorithm to limit the growth :)

You have to compile minetest from git to use the latest version of this mod properly. That's because the latest update of my plugin was dedicated to the fix of an old ABM bug.

Well, not every build can be made a release.

hello, i dont know if somebody has the same problem, i read abt the vine and his behavior, but as i can see the trees are somehow http://i43.tinypic.com/15dtfcy.png is this a normal behavior? i run nature pack 0.4.2 and minetest 04.dev_20120408... The latest version works normal only with the lates...

Fixed in the latest git version.

Interesting idea. I need to make some more types of growing trees for my nature mod :)

Emm, neko259.

I think this appears for node that don't have any group. Don't know if this is a bug or not (cause all nodes must have groups for now). Maybe you use old mods?

I'll start :)

Name: Vine
Size: Any, 64x64 is best.
Drawtype: Plantlike.
Description: Better vine for my nature mod pack.
Already got them. Thanks kddekadenz.

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cosarara97 wrote:Celeron's fire mod doesn't have matches or bombs, you need lava to start a fire...

I think he would add fire spreading and other pretty things. I can only keep matches and bombs later (and maybe I'll tune explosions code to be less laggy).

It's very simple to code a mod with just items/nodes. But I need textures, and I don't have any good painter. For me painting stuff is very simple and coding medium. We could do something together! I come up with suggestions and improvements and do the textures and you write the code. Good thought....

It's very simple to code a mod with just items/nodes. But I need textures, and I don't have any good painter.