[Modpack] 3D Armor [0.4.8] [minetest-3d_armor]

[Vazon]

ak399g i have done that on my server, i merged Carbones settings and removed some code and now its in the unifed inv.

[stu]

Is there any way to get this to work with Unified Inventory instead of Inventory++?

The current git master already has support for UI
https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?p=137509#p137509
I guess it's about time I updated the top post, sorry about that.

[ak399g]

as I had recalled. Thanks Vazon and stu!

followup Q: I put on some armor and it did show up on the player model. when I went to change it, it disappeared and wouldn't show, no matter what armor I put on. If it's of any concern, I did create my own armor (essentially registering a new set of textures - same levels as diamond armor)

edit: it's strange because depending on the order or spacing I put a helmet, chestplate, and boots in, it may or may not display. not sure what's happening.

edit: scratch that. it's strange because it randomly happens, no matter the configuration. if I switch to another wielditem, there's a chance the armor will stop displaying. fiddle a bit and it may come back. totally random.
Also running player_textures, but this happens to a player who doesn't have a personal texture either. Not sure if it's because I'm running 3 instances of minetest on one machine.

edit: under further examination, it's definitely something strange going on with wieldview. Either I can see the armor but not the item a player is holding, or I can see the item but not the armor. Exclusivity problem.

[stu]

as I had recalled. Thanks Vazon and stu!

followup Q: I put on some armor and it did show up on the player model. when I went to change it, it disappeared and wouldn't show, no matter what armor I put on. If it's of any concern, I did create my own armor (essentially registering a new set of textures - same levels as diamond armor)

edit: it's strange because depending on the order or spacing I put a helmet, chestplate, and boots in, it may or may not display. not sure what's happening.

edit: scratch that. it's strange because it randomly happens, no matter the configuration. if I switch to another wielditem, there's a chance the armor will stop displaying. fiddle a bit and it may come back. totally random.
Also running player_textures, but this happens to a player who doesn't have a personal texture either. Not sure if it's because I'm running 3 instances of minetest on one machine.

edit: under further examination, it's definitely something strange going on with wieldview. Either I can see the armor but not the item a player is holding, or I can see the item but not the armor. Exclusivity problem.

This sounds like a mod or version conflict somewhere, are you using this with something other than minetest_game,
if so then it may not have a compatible version of player.lua

Custom textures should be fine as long as you followed the naming convention, besides they would either work or not, they would not just work sometimes.

When you say that some armor does not show up, are you talking about the preview, the second person veiw (another client) or the third person view (F7) and does it affect all three?

Can you test this with all other mods disabled (except for player_textures and your chosen inventory mod)
Also please let me know your exact minetest engine version, ie the git head it was built from so I can try to reproduce this myself, thanks.

[ak399g]

This sounds like a mod or version conflict somewhere, are you using this with something other than minetest_game,
if so then it may not have a compatible version of player.lua

Custom textures should be fine as long as you followed the naming convention, besides they would either work or not, they would not just work sometimes.

When you say that some armor does not show up, are you talking about the preview, the second person veiw (another client) or the third person view (F7) and does it affect all three?

Can you test this with all other mods disabled (except for player_textures and your chosen inventory mod)
Also please let me know your exact minetest engine version, ie the git head it was built from so I can try to reproduce this myself, thanks.

I am using the game "minetest_server", but that's just me copying "minetest_game" with bones removed.

When I say the armor does not show up, I mean: I have creative inventory previews and textures for the armor. I have not made on-character previews for the armor menu (that's not the problem). When looking at Player A from a second client (Person B), Player A can put on armor and it is displayed. When Player A switches the active item in his inventory hotbar, wieldview will kick in but the armor will stop displaying. When Player A goes back into his armor menu and moves some stuff around, the armor (usually) shows up again, but wieldview then stops working. This goes back and forth ad infinitum.

My version of minetest is 0.4.9, out of the minetestc55 PPA. https://launchpad.net/~minetestdevs/+archive/stable/ -- I do not have F7 third-person functionality. I do not know the git head it was built from or where to find that out. (Should I be using the minetestc55 ppa, or the standard minetest ppa that shows up in Synaptic? I run Xubuntu 14.04)

I tried it under a test world using "minetest_server" with player_textures and unified inventory. There is no glitching. Makes me think it's a world mod conflict. The mods I'm using in the world that glitches are:

+ Spoiler

antiguest
areas
bags
chests_0gb_us
connected_textures
flatten
homedecor
item_drop
itemframes
jail
locked_furnace
locked_sign
maptools
minetest-3d_armor
minetest-mod-mesecons
money
moreblocks
moreores
player_textures
safr_tweaks --[[just adds a gettime command and some on-death announcements]]
server_extended
streets
trash_can
travelnet
unified_inventory
worldedit

I'll let you know if I can solve it.

EDIT: For some reason, two submods of a duplicate universal 3d_armor modpack were enabled (also why I couldn't see them earlier, being only partially enabled), and turning those off seems to have solved the problem. Regular nodes do not show up in the wieldview still, but the armor no longer glitches out and tools do show up.

[stu]

Glad you found the cause of the problem, that would do it, thanks for letting me know.

Regular nodes do not show up in the wieldview still, but the armor no longer glitches out and tools do show up.

You can enable 'node-tiles' by setting wieldview_node_tiles = true in your minetest.conf
This is disabled by default because I don't think it looks very good and it does not really contribute to gameplay.

[ak399g]

Next on my agenda is to create two pairs of boots.
Assuming I set the default player physics to "sneak_glitch = false", the first pair should override that and set it to true when equipped.
The second pair should set the player's default speed multiplier to 2 when equipped.
No clue how to do this. I'd ask in the mod questions thread but since it's specific to 3d_armor I figured I should ask here.

[stu]

Next on my agenda is to create two pairs of boots.
Assuming I set the default player physics to "sneak_glitch = false", the first pair should override that and set it to true when equipped.
The second pair should set the player's default speed multiplier to 2 when equipped.
No clue how to do this. I'd ask in the mod questions thread but since it's specific to 3d_armor I figured I should ask here.

Support for physics override was added a while back by BrandonReese, however, this only works for speed, jump and gravity. sneak and sneak_glitch are boolean so it may require a bit more work. Unfortunately setting either of these appears to have zero effect on my current build so I can't offer much assistance at the moment as I can't really test anything. Any idea when these were added? (anyone)
Things like this are probably best posted in modding general as you will get more knowledgeable people reading it and maybe a little more exposure time, no big deal though.

Edit: You can try this, it does not work for me but maybe it'll work for you.
https://gist.github.com/stujones11/ab9f3eb9205e13d7d6b1

Note that you will also need add a group flag to the armor definition: physics_sneak=1, physics_sneak_glitch=1

[Megaf]

Hi, I added gold armor and shields, they are equivalent to bronze ones, added more for their look as players were requesting them.

https://github.com/stujones11/minetest-3d_armor/pull/9

[stu]

Hi, I added gold armor and shields, they are equivalent to bronze ones, added more for their look as players were requesting them.

https://github.com/stujones11/minetest-3d_armor/pull/9

Looked fine so I just merged it, though I don't really get why anyone would use gold as an armor material, it would be very impractical in RL. I do listen to those actually using this on their servers, if that is what people want then, why not.

Thank you.

[Megaf]

Hi, I added gold armor and shields, they are equivalent to bronze ones, added more for their look as players were requesting them.

https://github.com/stujones11/minetest-3d_armor/pull/9

Looked fine so I just merged it, though I don't really get why anyone would use gold as an armor material, it would be very impractical in RL. I do listen to those actually using this on their servers, if that is what people want then, why not.

Thank you.

stu, yep, I think the same, just made that because of requests :)
Another request is mese armor... Now I'm thinking in using this yellow for mese and making another yellow for gold, maybe a little darker.

[MirceaKitsune]

Nice idea, totally for this! But it's broken and doesn't work with latest Minetest GIT master:

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15:56:13: ACTION[main]: [MOD]inventory_plus -- loaded from /home/mircea/.minetest/mods/inventory_plus/inventory_plus
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: ========== ERROR FROM LUA ===========
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: Failed to load and run script from
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: /home/mircea/.minetest/mods/3d_armor/3d_armor/init.lua:
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: ...me/mircea/.minetest/mods/3d_armor/3d_armor/armor.lua:252: attempt to call field 'player_register_model' (a nil value)
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: stack traceback:
15:56:13: ERROR[main]:  ...me/mircea/.minetest/mods/3d_armor/3d_armor/armor.lua:252: in main chunk
15:56:13: ERROR[main]:  [C]: in function 'dofile'
15:56:13: ERROR[main]:  ...ome/mircea/.minetest/mods/3d_armor/3d_armor/init.lua:2: in main chunk
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: ======= END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run /home/mircea/.minetest/mods/3d_armor/3d_armor/init.lua
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: ModError: ModError: Failed to load and run /home/mircea/.minetest/mods/3d_armor/3d_armor/init.lua

[Krock]

But it's broken and doesn't work with latest Minetest GIT master:

Easy to solve, add the API here to your current game.
https://github.com/BlockMen/minetest_ne ... yer.lua#L9

EDIT: ninja'd stu

[stu]

Nice idea, totally for this! But it's broken and doesn't work with latest Minetest GIT master:

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15:56:13: ACTION[main]: [MOD]inventory_plus -- loaded from /home/mircea/.minetest/mods/inventory_plus/inventory_plus
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: ========== ERROR FROM LUA ===========
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: Failed to load and run script from
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: /home/mircea/.minetest/mods/3d_armor/3d_armor/init.lua:
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: ...me/mircea/.minetest/mods/3d_armor/3d_armor/armor.lua:252: attempt to call field 'player_register_model' (a nil value)
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: stack traceback:
15:56:13: ERROR[main]:  ...me/mircea/.minetest/mods/3d_armor/3d_armor/armor.lua:252: in main chunk
15:56:13: ERROR[main]:  [C]: in function 'dofile'
15:56:13: ERROR[main]:  ...ome/mircea/.minetest/mods/3d_armor/3d_armor/init.lua:2: in main chunk
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: ======= END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run /home/mircea/.minetest/mods/3d_armor/3d_armor/init.lua
15:56:13: ERROR[main]: ModError: ModError: Failed to load and run /home/mircea/.minetest/mods/3d_armor/3d_armor/init.lua

Sorry, this requires minetest_game or at least a game with a compatible player.lua

Edit: Looks like krock beat me to it

[MirceaKitsune]

Ugh, sorry about that. I'm running minetest_game, but had payer.lua disabled and forgot. Re-activated the file and now it works, will experiment with the mod now.

[MirceaKitsune]

Alright, I tested this for a bit and looked at the code. The idea and implementation are very good and this is well done!

There's only one thing which I'm inclined to strongly disagree with; The handling of wielded items. Excluding armor and shield, which were added as extra surfaces / materials to the player model exactly as I agree they should. I'm only referring to the representation of the item selected on the hotbar, which has three major problems:

1 - It only works for a few items, apparently just tools (sword, pickaxe, etc). IMO visible wielded items are too incomplete and of little use if they don't automatically work for all and every item.

2 - They update too slowly. When pressing F7 to go into third person view, you can see that it takes about a second until the wielded item changes. I understand that constantly checking the selected item might be a little costly for the server, and I'm not sure if the API can call a Lua function efficiently when the hotbar selection changes. Still, I believe the update should be done at least every 0.1 seconds.

3 - While it's easier to add a square surface to the hand of the player mesh and texture it with the material being held, this limits the appearance of wielded items to a 2D image. I also disagree with stacking so many squares in order to create depth... here is a screenshot of what I mean. My suggestion is removing those surfaces completely, and using a Lua entity attached to the right hand bone (spawned when the player joins the server and removed when the player disconnects). This entity assumes the exact drawtype and texture of the item held, which allows any visual type (2D, torchlike, nodebox, block, etc) to be shown.

Other than this, I only have a few little suggestions: Firstly, don't allow items which aren't armor into the armor slots, nor any inventory stacks (just single items). Players can seemingly use this to gain extra inventory space, which IMO isn't a good thing. You also can't wear golden boots and diamond boots at the same time for example, so only one item of each type should probably be allowed. I'm not sure what the current Lua API can do about this, so if it's not possible I understand.

Second, there seem to be 6 armor slots, but 4 types of armor + a shield, making this 5 categories of armor items. What if the player could wear two shields simultaneously, one on the left hand and one on the right? Since shields are worn on the arm and not held in hand, it also makes sense that the player can keep using their arms while wearing shields.

[stu]

Many of these points have been discussed before so I suggest you read back through some old topics

1 - It only works for a few items, apparently just tools (sword, pickaxe, etc). IMO visible wielded items are too incomplete and of little use if they don't automatically work for all and every item.

They currently work for all items that have an inventory image, see: https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4654&start=275#p144286

2 - They update too slowly. When pressing F7 to go into third person view, you can see that it takes about a second until the wielded item changes. I understand that constantly checking the selected item might be a little costly for the server, and I'm not sure if the API can call a Lua function efficiently when the hotbar selection changes. Still, I believe the update should be done at least every 0.1 seconds.

This is also configurable by adding an armor.conf (see armor.conf.example) 0.1 seconds may be fine in singleplayer but I don't think it will work well on a busy server.

Correction: that is for armor update, the wield item update is still configured in minetest.conf > wieldview_update_time

3 - While it's easier to add a square surface to the hand of the player mesh and texture it with the material being held, this limits the appearance of wielded items to a 2D image. I also disagree with stacking so many squares in order to create depth... here is a screenshot of what I mean. My suggestion is removing those surfaces completely, and using a Lua entity attached to the right hand bone (spawned when the player joins the server and removed when the player disconnects). This entity assumes the exact drawtype and texture of the item held, which allows any visual type (2D, torchlike, nodebox, block, etc) to be shown.

See my answer here: https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4654&start=250#p142691

Other than this, I only have a few little suggestions: Firstly, don't allow items which aren't armor into the armor slots, nor any inventory stacks (just single items). Players can seemingly use this to gain extra inventory space, which IMO isn't a good thing. You also can't wear golden boots and diamond boots at the same time for example, so only one item of each type should probably be allowed. I'm not sure what the current Lua API can do about this, so if it's not possible I understand.

I guess I could make it more strict re. adding non armor items to the armor slots but you can do that already with the craft grid (at least you could last time I tried)

Second, there seem to be 6 armor slots, but 4 types of armor + a shield, making this 5 categories of armor items. What if the player could wear two shields simultaneously, one on the left hand and one on the right? Since shields are worn on the arm and not held in hand, it also makes sense that the player can keep using their arms while wearing shields.

This was mostly a tradeoff to include support for unified inventory, I couldn't fit the old slot formation into the available space (without a lot of extra work). I considered having 6 slots would allow for the possible inclusion of capes.

PS: I don't have much spare time to work on this at the moment but If you think you can improve this mod then you are quite welcome to make a pull request, thank you again for your comments.

[MirceaKitsune]

They currently work for all items that have an inventory image, see: https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4654&start=275#p144286

I understand. It still feels weird and wrong that it only works for some items though. Maybe the system used by the inventory / hotbar to generate previews could be involved here, so all items are visible even if blocks would look flat. If not, how bad would it be if it simply used the item texture as-is... so if you're holding cobblestone the wielded item area assumes the cobblestone texture? I think any way that works for all items is better than nothing personally.

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Item handling:
minetest.inventorycube(img1, img2, img3)
^ Returns a string for making an image of a cube (useful as an item image)

This is also configurable by adding an armor.conf (see armor.conf.example) 0.1 seconds may be fine in singleplayer but I don't think it will work well on a busy server.

Correction: that is for armor update, the wield item update is still configured in minetest.conf > wieldview_update_time

Armor updates appear to be instant, so I assume they're triggered by changes in the armor inventory list. As for the wielded item, I'll try 0.1 if it can be added as a setting, thanks for the info. I think the best way to fix this would be implementing a Lua function that's triggered when the player changes hotbar selection slot, and a hook to trigger a function if changes are made in the "main" inventory of players. I shall make a feature request for this perhaps.

See my answer here: https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4654&start=250#p142691

Weird... I'm sure I tried bone attachments when 3D models were implemented, and they worked. Maybe someone can explain in more detail what fails exactly and show the Lua line used to attach the entity? But if it's an engine problem and it doesn't work, it's understandable... maybe this can happen someday later on.

I guess I could make it more strict re. adding non armor items to the armor slots but you can do that already with the craft grid (at least you could last time I tried)

The Bags mod appears to do this easily and lag free. You can only place bags in the bag slots, while other items are instantly rejected. That would make sense here too, since it's not a good idea for players to use the armor system to get themselves a bigger inventory.

Also, it appears item stacks are possible to place in these slots. If you select a stack and left-click the armor inventory, only one item is dropped as desired. But if you right-click to place individual items from a stack, you can still add stacks there.

This was mostly a tradeoff to include support for unified inventory, I couldn't fit the old slot formation into the available space (without a lot of extra work). I considered having 6 slots would allow for the possible inclusion of capes.

I see. I don't know if capes are still planned and happening, and even if they are they'll probably be a player skin property and unrelated to armor. I guess the 6th slot can be used for various other ideas however. 2 shields would be a nice one, but if not we can probably think of one more later on.

PS: I don't have much spare time to work on this at the moment but If you think you can improve this mod then you are quite welcome to make a pull request, thank you again for your comments.

I'll keep that in mind. And thank you for the quick reply also... as well as for making this mod which is probably one of the coolest and biggest features that can be added to Minetest servers right now! I wish to help improve this, although it feels like a few more tweaks might be needed for it to be fully ready.

[MirceaKitsune]

I made two feature requests, aimed at fixing the wielditem issue. Mentioning them here in case they're of interest and use:

on_wielditem_change Lua function

Ability to use item preview images as textures

[addi]

hi stu,

just a question, can u move the armor.conf into the world dir? so armor can configured in each world separate.

also its a bit anoying that armor drop is enabled by default. i deleted the bones mod, because its anoying. Now i keep my items, but ill lose my armor :-(
can this setting just can depend on if the bones mod installed or not?

thanks

[stu]

hi stu,

just a question, can u move the armor.conf into the world dir? so armor can configured in each world separate.

also its a bit anoying that armor drop is enabled by default. i deleted the bones mod, because its anoying. Now i keep my items, but ill lose my armor :-(
can this setting just can depend on if the bones mod installed or not?

thanks

Done. Note that armor.conf can now be placed in the mod directory or the world directory, were worldpath configs override those set in the modpath.

Armor drop on die now defaults to false if the bones mod is not present.

Thanks for the good suggestions.

[Achilles]

This is a good mod however I disagree with the protection levels each armor adds to your own, It is slightly over the top and makes PvP a wearisome combat rather than a demonstration of skill...

[stu]

This is a good mod however I disagree with the protection levels each armor adds to your own, It is slightly over the top and makes PvP a wearisome combat rather than a demonstration of skill...

The current version allows you to disable this feature, simply set ARMOR_HEAL_MULTIPLIER = 0 in armor.conf. If you have not done so already then you should create this file in your 3d_armor mod or world directory. See armor.conf.example for more details.

[Achilles]

This is a good mod however I disagree with the protection levels each armor adds to your own, It is slightly over the top and makes PvP a wearisome combat rather than a demonstration of skill...

The current version allows you to disable this feature, simply set ARMOR_HEAL_MULTIPLIER = 0 in armor.conf. If you have not done so already then you should create this file in your 3d_armor mod or world directory. See armor.conf.example for more details.

That is not my complaint with this mod, My complaint is that when hit by a diamond sword the best armor only allows the one to have half a lives damage inflicted on him, this means that even without the armors healing processes it will take at least 20 strikes with a diamond sword to kill someone, which is extremely unreasonable...

[Achilles]

This is a good mod however I disagree with the protection levels each armor adds to your own, It is slightly over the top and makes PvP a wearisome combat rather than a demonstration of skill...

The current version allows you to disable this feature, simply set ARMOR_HEAL_MULTIPLIER = 0 in armor.conf. If you have not done so already then you should create this file in your 3d_armor mod or world directory. See armor.conf.example for more details.

That is not my complaint with this mod, My complaint is that when hit by a diamond sword the best armor (Diamond) only allows a player to have half a lives damage inflicted on him, this means that even without the armors healing processes it will take at least 20 strikes with a Diamond Sword to kill someone with Diamond Armor: Extremely Unreasonable...

[stu]

That is not my complaint with this mod, My complaint is that when hit by a diamond sword the best armor only allows the one to have half a lives damage inflicted on him, this means that even without the armors healing processes it will take at least 20 strikes with a diamond sword to kill someone, which is extremely unreasonable...

Then you should use ARMOR_LEVEL_MULTIPLIER to weaken armor in general or override the armor definitions with your own custom versions.

[Achilles]

That is not my complaint with this mod, My complaint is that when hit by a diamond sword the best armor only allows the one to have half a lives damage inflicted on him, this means that even without the armors healing processes it will take at least 20 strikes with a diamond sword to kill someone, which is extremely unreasonable...

Then you should use ARMOR_LEVEL_MULTIPLIER to weaken armor in general or override the armor definitions with your own custom versions.

I intend to ask the owner of the server I play on, Clip Public Server, to do that.

Thanks for the help :)

[stu]

I intend to ask the owner of the server I play on, Clip Public Server, to do that.

Thanks for the help :)

Sorry, I thought you must be the one running the server. I agree that some of the levels could use some balancing, however, it is impossible to keep everyone happy and I do think a full set of diamond armor should offer a good deal of protection, maybe it would be easier just to make the diamond sword a bit stronger ;-)

[FASTPACEDMAN2000]

Does the armor give protection or is it just for show?
Is it the same crafting recipient as Minecraft armor?

[Minetestforfun]

Hi,

- Yes, armor give protection
- It's the same recipe from Minecraft (in Minetest, we have also "shields")