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This mod changes default torches so that they burn out after 8 to 10 minutes and will be replaced with an unlit torch, which can be relit by punching with coal powder (2x coal lump = 10x coal powder) or placing 1x unlit torch with 1x coal powder in crafting grid.

Also having water beside any torches will make them drop as an unlit item, so this mod will bring a little more realism to survival servers :)

Download: https://github.com/tenplus1/real_torch/archive/master.zip

Source: https://github.com/tenplus1/real_torch

Licence: MIT

Is this going to appear on xanadu?

i hope no. i don't like this much. they should be floodable before being able to light out.

azekill: floodable nodes do not drop them as items, it only gets replaced so the abm is required to do this properly in the mod.

Kilarin: maybe, gotta ask Shinji :)

Ten, you magnificent man!!!
Hehe I wonder how the players on my servers are going to react. >:-)

I was thinking of trying to turn this into a campfire that you feed sticks to every once in a while or it goes out :)

TenPlus1 wrote:Kilarin: maybe, gotta ask Shinji :)

While I think this would be fascinating on a new map, its going to be a bit of a pain when every place that people mapped out with torches, expecting them to last, suddenly go dark.
Any chance you could convert the old existing torches into glowstone or something like? :)

TheReaperKing wrote:I was thinking of trying to turn this into a campfire that you feed sticks to every once in a while or it goes out :)

There's already a campfire mod. :-) viewtopic.php?f=11&t=10569

maikerumine wrote:Ten, you magnificent man!!!
Hehe I wonder how the players on my servers are going to react. >:-)

2 options:

1: get angry
2: craft glowlights - 1 torch +1 glass = 4 glowlights :P (this recipe is OP)

Might be tough to relight a torch in the dark?

ExeterDad wrote:Might be tough to relight a torch in the dark?

maybe give unlit torches light = 2
so you can still see it in the dark?

tenplus i love the added realism to this torch. i've never liked the idea of torches that last forever. with your new torch mod we can continue on with the principle of light that eventually runs out. For example, how about lanterns that last longer than torches. Now there is incentive to craft 'better' light sources.

Also, would you consider combining your torch behavior with Sofar's upgraded 3D torch? viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14359

i'm currently using sofar's 3d torch and would miss those features if I began to use your torch 2.0.

Updated to 0.4:

- Detects version of minetest to determine use of 2D or 3D torches.

just what i was hoping for! very nice.

Since you get diamond armor, you dont really need light to dig.

Would it be possible to make the burnout optional as a global setting, for use of the flooded torch feature only?

ErrorNull wrote:tenplus i love the added realism to this torch. i've never liked the idea of torches that last forever. with your new torch mod we can continue on with the principle of light that eventually runs out. For example, how about lanterns that last longer than torches. Now there is incentive to craft 'better' light sources.

Also, would you consider combining your torch behavior with Sofar's upgraded 3D torch? viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14359

i'm currently using sofar's 3d torch and would miss those features if I began to use your torch 2.0.

+1 It would be nice to have the wield torch witch ligntening in dark and unlit after few time

Edit 2017/01/20 = and is it a bug or it's normal that the light remains after the torch lit ?
Edit = i change in the 3d.lua the light_source by 3 it done the job, but is it correct ?

I like the idea of real torches. But then we need a replacement for permanent light. I would suggest a mese torch that works like a normal torch, but they are brighter. And that gives a good reason for digging

Updated to 0.6

- 2x coal lumps give 10x coal dust (recipe changed)
- Fixed check for Ethereal mod support
- Sounds added by tacotexmex