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Yes, because the digging system changed (http://c55.me/minetest/wiki/doku.php?id=roadmap:digging_time_groups). Most mods will have to be changed.

@FreeFull that was a known bug in 20120106 (20120122 too), i think it has been fixed for good in later versions.

from mapblock_mesh.cpp:



So the order is +Y (top), -Y (bottom), +X, -X, +Z, -Z.

Death Dealer wrote:Great Feedback^_^ but theres already plenty of dirt.

Not if you're playing on a map like SkyBlock.

That bug has been around for a while, as far as I know nobody has been able to debug it yet.

Playing with the lighting system

I think your only chance is register_on_globalstep, which might be a little inefficient. But it works.

lkjoel wrote:I've got a new idea for the game: everything has an HP. If you try to mine stone, but you stop mining that piece of stone (so you haven't got it yet), it will remain cracked.

That reminds me of minicraft. :)

The syntax would be: minetest --map-dir /path/to/world

The game should get the give_initial_stuff from minetest.conf and not remove it when overwriting the config.

Also, don't be surprised if any of this changes in the next version, it's actively being worked on at the moment.

jordan4ibanez wrote:i see the "theres no register on disconnect" bug..why not have it so if a player reconnects it unmarks him as away

Well... there's no "on connect" either. ;)
Or is there?

Is this post truncated?

The executable can be the same, only the world dirs have to be different.

You could make different .desktop files, er, different shortcuts for the different worlds. Pass the --map-dir option:
minetest --map-dir /home/.../some/world
or on windows
minetest.exe --map-dir c:\...\some\world

This is a simple mod that adds an /away command. It's inspired by jordan4ibanez's extra commands mod , but works slightly differently than its /afk command. Download 1.0: tar.gz zip Git: github License: WTFPL Basic usage /away <reason> marks you as being away. The reason is optional. When you're bac...

Why does the server.cpp patch modify the punch action (0) and not the dig action (2)? It makes no sense to me.

Idea: Maybe /afk should delay the message until somebody tries to chat with the afk person? That would reduce afk message spam. Example: Alice: /afk Server (to Alice): You are now AFK ... Bob: what's up Alice Server (to all): Alice is AFK! Bob: dang it Chris: Alice... I guess she's got her reasons, ...

The meshes generated with the extrusion routine can contain lots of vertices. Using one of those for every visible animal might be too heavy on older graphics cards. (Perhaps it's not too bad if you stick to 16x16 textures.)

Huh? Tooltips were added in 0.4.dev-20120122-1, so only 0.4.dev shows item descriptions, 0.3.1 and before don't. Some items from mods may be missing descriptions though.

What is annoying about crafting?

I only have that kind of problem with minecraft, never minetest xD

The TNT in 0.4.dev isn't functional, it was just created as a test for the entity and punching API. If you want working explosives, try the nuke mod.

4) Working on it :)

Don't know if this is still relevant but add the cpp file to common_SRCS in src/CMakeLists.txt, or minetest_SRCS if it's only needed on the client.

Depending on what you want to do with the GUI I might be able to make it possible. Can you make a simple mockup?

Apparently it's http://krisi12345.lima-city.de/Screen-Pics/torch-bug.png

Looks like a texture atlas problem, but I don't have time to investigate it in more detail right now.

Hmm. I tried it both in 0.4.dev-20120122-1 and commit 993821a924 (current master) and it did not crash. I only have the following mods: bucket, default, experimental, generator, give_initial_stuff, legacy.

Regarding the node metadata (chest) stuff, most of it isn't possible. I'm going to rewrite the node metadata system soon, but I'm not sure whether it will be possible to support the things you're asking for: -----When you dig a chest/furnace, is there a way to make it drop it's contents? Like they a...

Dunno, the description there seems a little vague. Do you have any simple testcase to reproduce it?

ABMs only run up to once per second. I predict that the upcoming node metadata revamp will include node timers that can react faster than that.

http://c55.me/minetest/wiki/doku.php?id=nodemetadata_proposal

Maybe you have more luck with this. If not, try writing toabi a mail.

The bucket mod was actually made by me :P
But there's no way you could know that.