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I'm still around, just haven't been as active lately. Well my suggestion is going for low poly meshes like MineCraft does. In this case, it should be all good. I'm not good at animating however, so I don't think I will continue the mesh I posted in this topic personally. But I'd still like to see 3D...
- Fri Sep 30, 2011 15:32
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: 3D meshes for players and creatures [Models are now upstream!]
- Replies: 215
- Views: 79794
Staffs wrote:That link is broken is there another ?
Odd. Means the branch got removed somehow, and I only have it on GIT. I should still have it locally though, and I'm not sure if it might have been merged by now. Probably was.
- Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:07
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Workbench code (help needed!)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11001
Minetest Delta is not my version, though I contributed with some code. But like I said in my edit above, I hope these can become the official Minetest textures :)
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 13:41
- Forum: Minetest Texture Packs
- Topic: Cisoun's Texture Pack 10
- Replies: 117
- Views: 99907
Looks beautiful! Thank you for making this, I shall certainly try it out :D BTW. You might want to make a texture for the Workbench too, as I recently finished implementing it in Minetest Delta. There are other new items there as well, such as the Cactus, Papyrus / Paper / Bookshelf, Clay blocks tha...
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 13:29
- Forum: Minetest Texture Packs
- Topic: Cisoun's Texture Pack 10
- Replies: 117
- Views: 99907
Just so everyone knows. The workbench code was finally finished today, and should be working exactly as intended and without any bugs. It's available in Minetest Delta, on the GIT remote https://github.com/MirceaKitsune/minetest-delta.git branch workbench (also in master, as I had merged it there). ...
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 00:44
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Workbench code (help needed!)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11001
I think Minetest already takes most ideas from Minecraft, so this wouldn't be something new. As long as it's a feature that makes sense and is good the way it is, I don't mind it copying MC. I judge things by how they work, not how much they copy. There will surely be other differences between the t...
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:26
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Workbench code (help needed!)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11001
Sound support is what I'm impatient for too. I'm eager to hear all sounds... like footsteps, using tools to dig, the plopping sounds mentioned here, and all others. Also what Minecraft never had... some nice ambient sounds based on the time of day (birds during daytime and crickets during the night,...
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:09
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: On sounds and addiction
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5948
Well... having nothing else to do, I already started working on a Minecraft-like player mesh. Made it a bit more detailed than the one in MC though (limbs divided in two sections and the head has a neck). http://i53.tinypic.com/etfww3.jpg [EDIT] Made the limbs a little larger, and added hands and fe...
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 15:09
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: 3D meshes for players and creatures [Models are now upstream!]
- Replies: 215
- Views: 79794
3D meshes for players and creatures [Models are now upstream!]
I don't know what the plans are for player and mob graphics. But as Minetest advances, I believe using 2D sprites with pictures on them cannot stay an option. In my opinion, we'll eventually need real meshes for players and creatures alike (just like Minecraft). Good news is that, if we choose to fo...
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 14:20
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: 3D meshes for players and creatures [Models are now upstream!]
- Replies: 215
- Views: 79794
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 13:05
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: On sounds and addiction
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5948
Dynamic shadows
Has anyone thought of adding realtime shadows to minetest, following the position of the sun / moon and torches? C++ and Irrlicht should easily support such a thing, and it would look prettier than the current lightning technique. That of course, if calculating shadows for millions of blocks does no...
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 13:04
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: Dynamic shadows
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3418
Workbench code (help needed!)
I tried my first minetest coding attempt today. This change aims at implementing workbenches, that give you a 3 x 3 crafting area when right clicking them (whereas inventory crafting now gives you a 2 x 2 area, like in MineCraft). They are almost done and functional, but I have two major issues left...
- Wed Jun 01, 2011 21:10
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Workbench code (help needed!)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11001
It kinda looks like JSON or something. It's not really scripting, it's more a way to store structured data. I agree that minetest should use something like that. Maybe YML, XML, JSON, ... Hardcoding items seems like a Bad Idea (TM) Agreed. Hard coded items and materials are a bad way to go, in my o...
- Wed May 25, 2011 12:51
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: Turning all items and materials into scripts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8260
I'm pretty saddened to hear the scripting got discontinued. It would have allowed people to easily make their own changes and settings, as I imagined here . Could have been an awesome addition in my opinion. I don't believe scripting would allow someone to make their own game off Minetest more easil...
- Tue May 24, 2011 12:53
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Scripting
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11317
Oh, I see. Sorry to hear that scripting got discontinued :( I believe this would have been awesome. Maybe someday, in the more distant future...
- Tue May 24, 2011 01:59
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: Turning all items and materials into scripts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8260
Hmmm. I gave a bit more thought to this today, and took another look at how blocks are positioned. I think the only way this can properly be done in, is if some of the blocks are cut into, and have opposing edges rounded out instead. This would be needed since in some cases, you would not be able to...
- Sun May 22, 2011 12:34
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Smooth connections of block surfaces (realistic terrain)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 17015
Smooth connections of block surfaces (realistic terrain)
I totally love the idea of Minecraft / Minetest, but am not such a fan of block-made worlds. Nothing against them, but I prefer smooth terrains with real meshes in games. So I thought about a way in which this could perhaps be changed, for people who would like a Minecraft / Minetest with smooth rea...
- Sun May 22, 2011 00:15
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Smooth connections of block surfaces (realistic terrain)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 17015
Turning all items and materials into scripts
Hello everyone. I've been trying out Minetest for a while. Just tried the latest version in the repository now, and wow! It's advancing fast, even if it still has a long way to go. Congratulations to celeron55 for the splendid work he's doing! :D Anyway, I wanted to start off with a small suggestion...
- Sat May 21, 2011 23:06
- Forum: Minetest Features
- Topic: Turning all items and materials into scripts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8260