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Adds Elevators to minetest.

Version: 0.2
Licence: LGPL 2.1

Dependencies: default mod (found in minetest_game)

Report bugs or request help on the forum topic.

This is an early version of this mod, it isn't perfect and there are maybe some ugly bugs.

Crafting:

Elevator:

group:wood group:wood
default:steel_ingot default:steel_ingot
group:wood group:wood

Elevator Door:

default:steel_ingot default:steel_ingot
group:wood default:steel_ingot
default:steel_ingot default:steel_ingot

Elevator Shaft:

default:stone group:wood
group:wood default:stone

The Crafting will maybe change in the future.

Installation

Unzip the archive, rename the folder to to elevator and
place it in minetest/mods/

Github: https://github.com/fz72/elevator
Download: https://github.com/fz72/elevator/archive/master.zip

You might want to change the name of your mod (a bit), since there exists a mod with the name elevator)

viewtopic.php?id=4587#p66234

Could you post a fwe screenshot sof this as well? It sounds interesting.

Topywo wrote:You might want to change the name of your mod (a bit), since there exists a mod with the name elevator)

viewtopic.php?id=4587#p66234

I don't know a better name for this mod. Maybe some others have suggestions.

Evergreen wrote:Could you post a fwe screenshot sof this as well? It sounds interesting.

There are two screenshots in the attachment.

It looks nice. You could call it fancy_elevator

New Version 0.2 available!

Fixed bug with the camera above the elevator.

I renamed the mod to fancy_elevator as suggested.

Hey
This mod is almost the same I did recently (see my signature). I just haven't seen this mod (that forum search is horrible).
+ your opening and closing doors are nice, I plan to implement something like this (but in a different manner) in my mod soon(TM). EDIT: Hey, I did it...
+ That speed up / slowing-down movement is awesome, maybe I will rewrite my mod's movement code(it's a bit hacky) EDIT: This one too.
+ I haven't yet implemented stuff like a call queue and door keep-open times. EDIT: I probably won't do this in near time.

One negative point I see is the sensitivity against map-blocks becoming inactive. If the shaft is too tall, your elevator will just disappear and can't be called. In my mod, I use a global table to store elevator instances (represented by the motor), and the cabins are just "slaves". If the cabin in the shaft is not active or too far away, the empty cabin is just teleported... (of course not when a player is inside, that would be cheating...). You are welcome to use that idea.

PS: maybe I should rename my mod, I didn't find the other one too...

i love this mod becasue the motion is smooth but i just found that it has a glitch, if you end up in the shaft the entire map gets messed up and all you get is pitch black all the time. even teleport doesnt fix it. also once the elevator arrives, at a door (if the door gets put in the list) it doesnt release the player, and if you click the exit button on the elevator it ejects you above the "ceiling" of the elevator box