Problems with adding mods to a server

[StenArildHvidsten]

I am setting up a Minetest server on a Ubuntu server 16.04 and I am unable to get mods to work.

What I have done.

I have installed the dependencies given here https://github.com/minetest/minetest for the Debian / Ubuntu

I have done this in the home folder of a user account on the server

git clone –depth 1 https://github.com/minetest/minetest.git
cd minetest
git clone –depth 1 https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game.git games/minetest_game

I have used this for the cmake argument:

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cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=TRUE  -DBUILD_SERVER=TRUE -DBUILD_CLIENT=FALSE -DBUILD_CLIENT=FALSE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_CURL=TRUE -DENABLE_SOUND=TRUE -DENABLE_SYSTEM_GMP=TRUE

And this to make it. (The VM has to processors and 2GB of ram assigned to it)

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 make -j 2

I am launching the minetestserver with systemd. This is the service file:

[Unit]
Description=MinetestServer
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=true
ExecStart=/home/sten/minetest/bin/minetestserver --info --logfile /home/sten/mlog.txt
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I have downloaded the bow mod and unzipped it in the mods folder

This is the folder structure I have



In the file world.mt I have written:

gameid = minetest
backend = sqlite3
creative_mode = false
enable_damage = true
load_mod_bows=true

This is the debug file from the minetestserver

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2016-11-13 09:27:27: WARNING[Main]: BanManager: creating /home/sten/minetest/bin/../worlds/world/ipban.txt
2016-11-13 09:27:27: WARNING[Main]: NodeDefManager: Ignoring CONTENT_IGNORE redefinition
2016-11-13 09:27:28: ACTION[Main]: .__ __ __
2016-11-13 09:27:28: ACTION[Main]: _____ |__| ____ _____/ |_ ____ _______/ |_
2016-11-13 09:27:28: ACTION[Main]: / \| |/ \_/ __ \ __\/ __ \ / ___/\ __\
2016-11-13 09:27:28: ACTION[Main]: | Y Y \ | | \ ___/| | \ ___/ \___ \ | |
2016-11-13 09:27:28: ACTION[Main]: |__|_| /__|___| /\___ >__| \___ >____ > |__|
2016-11-13 09:27:28: ACTION[Main]: \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
2016-11-13 09:27:28: ACTION[Main]: World at [/home/sten/minetest/bin/../worlds/world]
2016-11-13 09:27:28: ACTION[Main]: Server for gameid="minetest" listening on 0.0.0.0:30000.
2016-11-13 09:28:38: ACTION[Server]: Sten [192.168.1.248] joins game.
2016-11-13 09:28:38: ACTION[Server]: Sten joins game. List of players: Sten
2016-11-13 09:31:26: ACTION[Server]: Sten leaves game. List of players:
I installed the mod here. And restarted the VM.
2016-11-13 09:42:04: [Main]: INFO: signal_handler(): got SIGTERM, shutting down.


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2016-11-13 09:42:35: [Main]: Automatically selecting world at [/home/sten/minetest/bin/../worlds/world]
2016-11-13 09:42:35: ERROR[Main]: The following mods could not be found: "bows"
2016-11-13 09:42:35: WARNING[Main]: NodeDefManager: Ignoring CONTENT_IGNORE redefinition
2016-11-13 09:42:36: ACTION[Main]: .__ __ __
2016-11-13 09:42:36: ACTION[Main]: _____ |__| ____ _____/ |_ ____ _______/ |_
2016-11-13 09:42:36: ACTION[Main]: / \| |/ \_/ __ \ __\/ __ \ / ___/\ __\
2016-11-13 09:42:36: ACTION[Main]: | Y Y \ | | \ ___/| | \ ___/ \___ \ | |
2016-11-13 09:42:36: ACTION[Main]: |__|_| /__|___| /\___ >__| \___ >____ > |__|
2016-11-13 09:42:36: ACTION[Main]: \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
2016-11-13 09:42:36: ACTION[Main]: World at [/home/sten/minetest/bin/../worlds/world]
2016-11-13 09:42:36: ACTION[Main]: Server for gameid="minetest" listening on 0.0.0.0:30000.

And this is a screenshot for the client connecting to the server. The inventory is empty..




So my problem is this.

How I am i going to get this to work?

Can someone please give me a hint on the correct manual or the the cfg file I should have used... :)

Or what have I missed in setting up mods on a headless linux server?

Thanks on advance!

[kaeza]

Hello, and welcome!

The world configuration looks fine to me. You can confirm if the bows mod loaded in several ways:

• Type `/mods` in chat and you should see "bows" somewhere.
• Enable creative mode (set `creative_mode = true` in `world.mt`) and confirm there's a "Bow" item.
• Try crafting a bow. Consult the mod documentation on the recipe.

The inventory is empty by default. If you want to give players items on "registration" (i.e. when they first join), you can set `give_initial_stuff = true` in `minetest.conf` and `initial_stuff` to a comma-separated list of "itemstrings" like this:

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give_initial_stuff = true
initial_stuff = default:sand 99,default:pick_mese,bows:bow,...


You will have to consult the mods' documentation and/or code to know the names of the items.

The `initial_stuff` setting is optional; by default, it gives several useful items.

Hope that helps.

Edit: I somehow missed your big shiny red text that the mod cannot be found, and also noticed this in your folder structure:

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sten@minetestServer:~/minetest$ ls mods
bow  mods_here.txt


Rename that to `bows`.

[StenArildHvidsten]

Thanks kaeza!

It's starting to work!

It was very nice of you to tell me about the initial_stuff. The inventory is starting to fill up.