FOSS gamedev and creative worlds
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Re: Forum website/host problem
Thanks Krock. these forums are not a file hoster I understand, but I thought Celeron55 might want to know about the problem. My pictures did upload OK but I do use the Gimp and make them small files. I was more surprised at not getting a rejection message from the server, just nothing or an authenti...
- Tue Jun 30, 2015 08:27
- Forum: Minetest Problems
- Topic: Forum website/host problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 325
Re: Post your screenshots!
I finally built something worth taking a picture of. It can be all yours in the Maps forum.
- Tue Jun 30, 2015 03:59
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Post your screenshots!
- Replies: 5323
- Views: 1354235
Big Castle
Free empty castle. A decorator's dream home, the grounds are immaculate but inside it's all just big empty halls. More than 7500 squares of floor space in the main keep need filling. And there's a nice little surprise for you in one of the guard towers. Minetest version 0.4.11 Mods installed: More O...
- Tue Jun 30, 2015 01:45
- Forum: Minetest Maps
- Topic: Big Castle
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1338
Forum website/host problem
A note for the forum mods/devs: there's some serious issues with your server/host that you should look at. At first I was blaming my service provider when I couldn't upload to your site but after many hours of trying I had a go at using one of those free file hosts and my 7.5 Mb file posted in under...
- Tue Jun 30, 2015 01:42
- Forum: Minetest Problems
- Topic: Forum website/host problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 325
Re: Lost World - Hot Tip
OK. It's done. Finished. And I'm finished with Minetest for a while now too. Have to play something else so that I stop neglecting my garden. https://forum.minetest.net/download/file.php?mode=view&id=3022&sid=651064cd355db22151450758e40391ce I'm trying to upload it to the Maps forum at the m...
- Mon Jun 29, 2015 07:24
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lost World - Hot Tip
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
Re: Lost World - Please Help
Out of desperation I figured that as long as the database itself isn't corrupted all the rest is mostly irrelevant fluff, so I tried putting the 2 sqlite files into a different world's folder and it worked. One of you smarter people would probably be able to tell me which file is corrupted but I don...
- Sun Jun 28, 2015 21:00
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lost World - Please Help
- Replies: 1
- Views: 289
Lost World - Please Help
Aaaarrgh! Another power cut while I was playing, and this time replacing env_meta.txt didn't help much. My world opens but my castle isn't there any more. The sqlite database appears to be about the correct size but the world is empty. I had 2 more levels added to the main keep, a proper gatehouse a...
- Sun Jun 28, 2015 20:24
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lost World - Please Help
- Replies: 1
- Views: 289
Re: Lost World - Hot Tip
Learning to fly has sped things up like you wouldn't believe. In just a few hours I got most of the buttressing done, started putting floors inside and started on another level. Still going to take a while to finish though. Maybe when it's done I should put it in the Maps forum for someone else to d...
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 06:24
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lost World - Hot Tip
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
Re: Lost World - Hot Tip
you're a solid builder mate, Nah, I got sucked in. Once I'd started it sort of became important to get it right. I think it's going to work this time. https://forum.minetest.net/download/file.php?mode=view&id=2993&sid=3d47642dd50f1fdf243f3f9d943a8d8d https://forum.minetest.net/download/file...
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 01:36
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lost World - Hot Tip
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
Re: Lost World - Hot Tip
Looks like I might have to go a larger area again now that I've started. This is turning into a big project and I'm not even sick any more. Welcome to Minetest. https://forum.minetest.net/download/file.php?mode=view&id=2981&sid=2e16e90432226d190d3ae22587a4b4ae Dimensions for any one that's i...
- Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:34
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lost World - Hot Tip
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
Re: Lost World - Hot Tip
OK. There's just not enough space in that place on that map so I started a new one. This time I made a much larger clearing at sea level so it looks like Dopium gets his mote after all. Then I made the mistake of building bigger towers. No! No! No! Silly man. Keep the same proportions but spread ove...
- Thu Jun 25, 2015 03:14
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lost World - Hot Tip
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
Re: Lost World - Hot Tip
Now it looks more like a deposed despot's hacienda.
- Sun Jun 21, 2015 15:11
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lost World - Hot Tip
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
Re: Lost World - Hot Tip
Oh dear. It's turning in to Gormenghast.
- Sun Jun 21, 2015 04:42
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lost World - Hot Tip
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
Re: Tips for not losing myself in Minetest worlds
I went through all the same beginners tricks as well, but in the end I discovered it's easier to do it exactly the same as you would in real life. Just explore locally at first, learn all the local landmarks within 150 or so squares at first then expand on that slowly. After a while you still get tu...
- Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:33
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Tips for not losing myself in Minetest worlds
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2409
Re: Lost World - Hot Tip
Looks like it might end up being a little bigger than I'd planned. https://forum.minetest.net/download/file.php?mode=view&id=2957&sid=9dd00dac36886088616751ff465a2438 https://forum.minetest.net/download/file.php?mode=view&id=2958&sid=9dd00dac36886088616751ff465a2438 Might have to mov...
- Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:58
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lost World - Hot Tip
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line
PPA's are not packages that you download containing games or binaries. PPA stands for Personal Package Archive, with the emphasis on Archive. Poorly named, it's actually a repository of files and binaries on the internet, just like the one you get your system updates from. So you don't download PPA'...
- Sat Jun 20, 2015 03:11
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1686
Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line
Shamelessly lifted from: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/12/minetest-0-4-11-available-ubuntu-1404/ To add the PPA and install the game, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:minetestdevs/stable sudo apt-get update su...
- Fri Jun 19, 2015 14:16
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1686
Re: Lost World - Hot Tip
Thanks for the response Sokomine. Such a big castle ought to have something that helps to support those long and high walls, something that stabilizes them. Still very much a work in progress, the main keep is still just an empty shell. Buttresses to come later, but I was proud of the breastwork und...
- Fri Jun 19, 2015 03:48
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lost World - Hot Tip
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line
A couple of things you could try in the mean time:-
for debian based linuxes like Ubuntu
sudo apt-get update minetest
Or for rpm based Linuxes like Fedora
sudo yum update minetest
Cheers,
Andrew.
for debian based linuxes like Ubuntu
sudo apt-get update minetest
Or for rpm based Linuxes like Fedora
sudo yum update minetest
Cheers,
Andrew.
- Fri Jun 19, 2015 03:41
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1686
Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line
It would help if you told us which Linux you're using.
sugests that you're using a Debian type Linux, probably Ubuntu, but giving advice without knowing this for sure may cause you problems rather than achieve results.using "sudo apt-get install minetest"
- Fri Jun 19, 2015 03:20
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1686
Lost World - Hot Tip
I finally started building something on a larger scale, too big to not use Creative mode. I've been a bit crook lately suffering a relapse of Ross River Virus, Australia's answer to Malaria. Except Malaria is for Christmas, Ross River is for life, bloody thing will keep coming back every couple of y...
- Thu Jun 18, 2015 23:59
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lost World - Hot Tip
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
Re: Post your Buildings(screenshots)
Happy Gardens. OK, a bit lame compared to some of the things I've seen here but I was proud of myself. No Creative Mode, I had to mine and cook 6000 stone for that thing, but I did turn Damage off, got too annoying when I was busy. Good map seed, by the way. 136. Lots of caves for coal and base meta...
- Sat May 30, 2015 05:04
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Post your Buildings(screenshots)
- Replies: 119
- Views: 76303
Re: Minetest Logo
Agreed, all these logo suggestions are either odd looking or look like we are hip Admitedly I never wrote much in my earlier post, but it was never intended to suggest that I thought there was something wrong with the current logo. I was merely reacting to the comment that the logo can't be reprodu...
- Fri Apr 03, 2015 04:43
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Minetest Logo
- Replies: 83
- Views: 13282
Re: A Few Critisims of Minetest
Hi John.Alex, Just a thought, I'm no computer genius, but have you tried using a different desktop program to see if there's any improvement? The reason I thought of it is because my current favourite setup is Fedora 21 with the Cinnamon desktop which comes from Mint. Every time I open Minetest it i...
- Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:46
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: A Few Critisims of Minetest
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3425
Re: Gaining our own identity, as a gaming experience.
Thanks for the vote, Philipbenr. Had a couple more thoughts on the popularity thing since I wrote that and I have a suggestion for the devs to play with. Make a slightly more polished version, nothing fancy, KISS principal. Really all that's needed is to put the Animals modpack into the games/minete...
- Wed Apr 01, 2015 04:07
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Gaining our own identity, as a gaming experience.
- Replies: 66
- Views: 12379
Re: Lighting a large room?
Another way is to make a feature out of the lighting instead of trying to hide it. https://forum.minetest.net/download/file.php?mode=view&id=2348&sid=fcd9eba7b53947d2dce365c4a98c5d7c In this example I used Silver blocks from Calinou's More Ores mod but it looks good with Sandstone as well, c...
- Tue Mar 31, 2015 19:00
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Lighting a large room?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1727
Re: Minetest Logo
Something I had a go at when I first started playing. Simplistic but close.
- Tue Mar 31, 2015 18:49
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Minetest Logo
- Replies: 83
- Views: 13282
Re: Gaining our own identity, as a gaming experience.
Just thought I'd throw in my two bob's worth with the MineCraft comparrison thing. I've never played minecraft but I wipe Win8 (everyone hates it) and install Linux systems for people and some have been worried that they won't be able to play Minecraft in Linux so I install it for them. That gave me...
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 09:47
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Gaining our own identity, as a gaming experience.
- Replies: 66
- Views: 12379
Re: Minecraft mods require iLivid malware installs? WT?
Bugger it. Might as well post the first half of that tutorial. Mods - please feel free to use any or all of my posts as you see fit, wiki maybe, might help poor bastards running Windows. Background Programs This is the most common problem with Windows, programs running in the background. Some progra...
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 08:29
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Minecraft mods require iLivid malware installs? WT?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8112
Re: Minecraft mods require iLivid malware installs? WT?
There's a spyware/malware tool that's completely free and trustworthy called Spybot Search and Destroy. I've been using it since about 1998 and it's still my favourite. Read the attached PDF for install instructions, download link and other information. It's part of a tutorial I wrote on desktop hel...
- Thu Mar 26, 2015 22:15
- Forum: Minetest General
- Topic: Minecraft mods require iLivid malware installs? WT?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8112