[Mod] Simple Mobs [mobs]

[wcwyes]

can I add my own api for my mod on top of the api for mobs to add min_height, or can I add it directly in the new mob mod file?
I don't want to have to edit all of the mobs to make this work.

[wcwyes]

can I use spawn_func to do this?

[wcwyes]

I think this looks right

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mobs:register_spawn("mountain:mountain_monster", {"default:dirt_with_grass"}, 2, -1, 7000, 1, 1000, function(pos, node))
    pos.y > 30
    return true

[sfan5]

That code won't do anything try this:

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mobs:register_spawn("mountain:mountain_monster", {"default:dirt_with_grass"}, 2, -1, 7000, 1, 1000, function(pos, node)
    return (pos.y > 30)
end)

[TenPlus1]

Any chance of adding a knock-back effect when hitting a mob, so it cannot just run up and kill you and gives you a chance to fend it off, or knock it into water/lava/a hole etc :)

[wcwyes]

That code won't do anything try this:

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mobs:register_spawn("mountain:mountain_monster", {"default:dirt_with_grass"}, 2, -1, 7000, 1, 1000, function(pos, node)
    return (pos.y > 30)
end)

Thanks

[Wrestlerpbeast]

I'm new to minetest and everytime i try to put on ANY mod what so ever i always get a error before it even lets me in the world i was wondering if you could put a photo example on how to install a mod. Thank you.

[webdesigner97]

Did you rename this mod's folder to just "mobs"?

[Wrestlerpbeast]

yes but i still get an error :(

[Temperest]

What is the error? It doesn't help if you just say "there's an error" and don't say what it is.

You should have a file called debug.txt beside the minetest executable. Please post that file here.

[Wrestlerpbeast]

Do i need to make another folder ? I have one mods folder and i have 2 or 3 mods in it and none of them work

[Wrestlerpbeast]

GUIConfigureWorld: Not allowing focus change.
GUIConfigureWorld: Not allowing focus change.
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: ========== ERROR FROM LUA ===========
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: Failed to load and run script from
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: C:\Documents and Settings\rick\My Documents\Minetest\minetest-0.4.7\bin\..\mods\mobs\init.lua:
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: cannot open C:\Documents and Settings\rick\My Documents\Minetest\minetest-0.4.7\bin\..\mods\mobs\init.lua: No such file or directory
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: =======END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run C:\Documents and Settings\rick\My Documents\Minetest\minetest-0.4.7\bin\..\mods\mobs\init.lua
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: ModError: Failed to load and run C:\Documents and Settings\rick\My Documents\Minetest\minetest-0.4.7\bin\..\mods\mobs\init.lua
13:08:59: INFO: event_handler(): Ctrl+C, Close Event, Logoff Event or Shutdown Event, shutting down.

[PilzAdam]

GUIConfigureWorld: Not allowing focus change.
GUIConfigureWorld: Not allowing focus change.
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: ========== ERROR FROM LUA ===========
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: Failed to load and run script from
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: C:\Documents and Settings\rick\My Documents\Minetest\minetest-0.4.7\bin\..\mods\mobs\init.lua:
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: cannot open C:\Documents and Settings\rick\My Documents\Minetest\minetest-0.4.7\bin\..\mods\mobs\init.lua: No such file or directory
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: =======END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run C:\Documents and Settings\rick\My Documents\Minetest\minetest-0.4.7\bin\..\mods\mobs\init.lua
13:08:51: ERROR[main]: ModError: Failed to load and run C:\Documents and Settings\rick\My Documents\Minetest\minetest-0.4.7\bin\..\mods\mobs\init.lua
13:08:59: INFO: event_handler(): Ctrl+C, Close Event, Logoff Event or Shutdown Event, shutting down.

What is the directory structure? The init.lua, api.lua and textures/ files/folders should be directly in mods/mobs/

[Wrestlerpbeast]

I'm sorry but what does all that mean? I'm very new.

[onpon4]

cannot open C:\Documents and Settings\rick\My Documents\Minetest\minetest-0.4.7\bin\..\mods\mobs\init.lua: No such file or directory

init.lua. It's missing.

I think Windows Explorer by default adds an extra folder when you extract Zip files. That might be the problem. Look in the mobs folder; it should have init.lua and some other files and folders for the mod. If you don't see it there but see it somewhere else, it's whatever folder it's in that should be directly in that mobs folder.

[Dan Duncombe]

cannot open C:\Documents and Settings\rick\My Documents\Minetest\minetest-0.4.7\bin\..\mods\mobs\init.lua: No such file or directory

init.lua. It's missing.

I think Windows Explorer by default adds an extra folder when you extract Zip files. That might be the problem. Look in the mobs folder; it should have init.lua and some other files and folders for the mod. If you don't see it there but see it somewhere else, it's whatever folder it's in that should be directly in that mobs folder.

If you tell Windows Explorer to extract a zip file it often makes a new folder of the same name, where you are extracting, with the zip file contents inside. Si it basically converts zip to normal.

[Rhys]

Someone could make a NPC Villager mod out of this.

[Neuromancer]

Another idea, if you hit a mob with a flaming arrow from PilzAdam's throwing Mod, the mob should catch on fire run around setting things on fire, die and leave you with cooked meat. Kind of gruesome, but really convienient. It kind of stinks that the throwing mod doesn't do any damage to Mobs anymore. Maybe just make Mobs flammable? Maybe there should be other ways to catch them on fire, if they go into a burning forest?

[Rhys]

I would like a pig added. So, I am working on a texture for you, Adam.

[ak399g]

How do I create a mob with a plantlike drawtype? I see it uses "visual =" instead of "drawtype".

[Dan Duncombe]

How do I create a mob with a plantlike drawtype? I see it uses "visual =" instead of "drawtype".

Try upright_sprite, that gives a flat plane, change the side or front values later on to say whether it moves sideways or flat-on forwards

[PilzAdam]

How do I create a mob with a plantlike drawtype? I see it uses "visual =" instead of "drawtype".

There is no plantlike drawtype for entities.

[Neuromancer]

How do I create a mob with a plantlike drawtype? I see it uses "visual =" instead of "drawtype".

There is no plantlike drawtype for entities.

But you can make something that looks just like a plantlike drawtype by doing this:

node_box = {
type = "fixed",
fixed = {
-- {left,bottom,front,right,top,back}
{0, -1/2, -1/2, 0, 1/2, 1/2},
{-1/2, -1/2, 0, 1/2, 1/2, 0}
},
},

[Dan Duncombe]

How do I create a mob with a plantlike drawtype? I see it uses "visual =" instead of "drawtype".

There is no plantlike drawtype for entities.

But you can make something that looks just like a plantlike drawtype by doing this:

node_box = {
type = "fixed",
fixed = {
-- {left,bottom,front,right,top,back}
{0, -1/2, -1/2, 0, 1/2, 1/2},
{-1/2, -1/2, 0, 1/2, 1/2, 0}
},
},

You can't set a drawtype for entities can you? I know their is a wielditem drawtype, but not nodeboxes. Forgive me if I'm wrong.

[Mossmanikin]

How do I create a mob with a plantlike drawtype? I see it uses "visual =" instead of "drawtype".

Example:

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minetest.register_node("entitytest:plantlike_node", {
    drawtype = "plantlike",
    tiles = {"default_apple.png"},
    groups = {not_in_creative_inventory=1},
})

minetest.register_entity("entitytest:plantlike_entity",{
    visual = "wielditem",
    visual_size = {x=2/3, y=2/3, z=2/3},
    textures = {"entitytest:plantlike_node"},
    collisionbox = {-1/4, -1/2, -1/4, 1/4, 0, 1/4},
})


and to check what it looks like:

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minetest.register_tool("entitytest:test_spawner", {
    description = "Test Spawner",
    inventory_image = "default_nc_front.png",
    on_place = function (itemstack, placer, pointed_thing)
        minetest.add_entity(pointed_thing.above, "entitytest:plantlike_entity")
        return itemstack
    end,
})


[derpswa99]

Can you please make the mobs have a bit more health, I ask this because anything above a steel sword will 1-shot them, and I want to change to mobf, but I want to stay in simple mobs because it's easy to run on my computer. If you do this or not, thank you.

[jenova99sephiros]

Please３DModel

[PilzAdam]

Can you please make the mobs have a bit more health, I ask this because anything above a steel sword will 1-shot them, and I want to change to mobf, but I want to stay in simple mobs because it's easy to run on my computer. If you do this or not, thank you.

You can change that yourself, simply adjust "hp_max" in the register_mob() calls in the init.lua. Maybe look at "armor" too, its the percentage of damage taken by a punch (e.g. the stone monster has armor=80, that means it only gets 80% of the damage).
If you found good values for these fields then please share them with us.

[PilzAdam]

Please３DModel

What?

[SFFP]

Hi I like this mod alot but I found a bug: Sometimes the hostile mobs are not hostile and just walk around