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Hello everyone!
I have reworked the signs mod from xyz (http://minetest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2736).

Changelog:

• A new input system; There is only one line and it is split up into lines automatically; you can force a newline with " | "
• Remove the shadows under the sign
• It overrides the default signs so you dont have 2 different signs in the creative inventory

GitHub:
https://github.com/PilzAdam/signs

Download:
https://github.com/PilzAdam/signs/zipball/master

License:
Same as in the mod from xyz; my changes are also WTFPL

Dependencies:
None.

Screenshot:

Nice, i need to check it

nice work... it should be added with the next mt-version... awesome...

I think i might just use this!

If you do clear objects, do you lose the sign text?

cornernote wrote:If you do clear objects, do you lose the sign text?

Yes. But rightclick the sign and hit enter will create a new object (this is also a fix i have done).

can you make it restore the letters when i punch it?

cornernote wrote:can you make it restore the letters when i punch it?

Done: https://github.com/PilzAdam/signs/commit/fa72ba55df12565de7ddef4375a9b6fab1fdaf9e

this is AWESOME

PilzAdam wrote:

cornernote wrote:can you make it restore the letters when i punch it?

Done: https://github.com/PilzAdam/signs/commit/fa72ba55df12565de7ddef4375a9b6fab1fdaf9e

+1000

i tried to do it when signs was 1st around, but gave up. thanks PilzAdam

Can you extend this into a standalone text printing api? (or a seperate mod entirely?). Sans the sign (the node itself is irrelevant to me, i just want to print text dynamically with different items, resolutions and axis, ). Could also be handy for mods like mailboxes and such :-)

I love this mod :D

PilzAdam: There is a new version of the font work we were doing on IRC. This one fixes some missing characters from my previous copy, and also fixes the messed up sizes and alignment of some characters. All eight font sets have been reworked accordingly.

http://digitalaudioconcepts.com/vanessa/hobbies/minetest/signs-textures-20121010-3.zip

(note the -3 in the filename)

+ 3 for this mod ;). I love it!

Are there any plans to update this mod for the present builds of minetest? This mod has a few issues with the text messages on the signs. Sometimes, objects and even other messages get stuck to them. Other times, the messages will not show up. If it helps, Zegatron's Server uses this mod, not the one this is based on.

Is it possible to make a larger version of this sign so that there is more room for text? Can there be locked versions of this sign?

Inocudom wrote:Are there any plans to update this mod for the present builds of minetest? This mod has a few issues with the text messages on the signs. Sometimes, objects and even other messages get stuck to them. Other times, the messages will not show up. If it helps, Zegatron's Server uses this mod, not the one this is based on.

This is an bug in the object attachment code in the engine. It is already (hopefully) fixed in the latest dev-version of Minetest.

Inocudom wrote:Is it possible to make a larger version of this sign so that there is more room for text? Can there be locked versions of this sign?

Smaller text isnt that good because it makes it unreadable on long distances.
And I am not a friend of locked signs, furnaces etc.

I wasn't referring to changing the size of the text, but to making an additional type of sign that has double the width and double the length (thus room for more letters.) The sign would have to be made up of more than one block, just like your beds.

Inocudom wrote:I wasn't referring to changing the size of the text, but to making an additional type of sign that has double the width and double the length (thus room for more letters.) The sign would have to be made up of more than one block, just like your beds.

So instead of four signs on a wall you would have a 4*4 sign on the wall

jojoa1997 wrote:

Inocudom wrote:I wasn't referring to changing the size of the text, but to making an additional type of sign that has double the width and double the length (thus room for more letters.) The sign would have to be made up of more than one block, just like your beds.

So instead of four signs on a wall you would have a 4*4 sign on the wall

I was thinking of more of a 2x2 sign. I don't know if it is possible for PilzAdam to make a 4x4 sign (nor how one could be placed accurately.)

Inocudom wrote:

jojoa1997 wrote:

Inocudom wrote:I wasn't referring to changing the size of the text, but to making an additional type of sign that has double the width and double the length (thus room for more letters.) The sign would have to be made up of more than one block, just like your beds.

So instead of four signs on a wall you would have a 4*4 sign on the wall

I was thinking of more of a 2x2 sign. I don't know if it is possible for PilzAdam to make a 4x4 sign (nor how one could be placed accurately.)

yeah a 2*2 i was thinking of 4 square blocks

I like the idea of this mod, and in my opinion, something similar should be added to minetest_game.

Does this mod work on Minetest 0.4.4?

luk3yx wrote:um... does it work on 0.4.4

Yea.

It didn't work when I tested it.

It may be just me, maybe a corrupt download, a missing file, or something else on my end. I hope the mod developer fixes this issue.

If anyone's interested, I've forked this to add signs onto wooden fenceposts. Place a few standard fences, then place a sign onto the post as usual. Instead of the sign floating in front of the post, the post will be replaced with one bearing the sign.

Right click to edit the text as described in the first post.

Dig the post+sign combination to get back one fencepost and one sign.

Download: https://github.com/VanessaE/signs/archive/master.zip
...or browse the code: https://github.com/VanessaE/signs

Unzip the downloaded file, rename the resultant folder to just "signs", and put it in your Minetest mods folder.

Note that these signs-on-fences objects don't connect to neighboring fences yet (my initial idea was that these be placed onto fences that are being used as vertical posts, e.g. as lampposts).

Amazing! +1

That a good improvement!

Fixed a bug in my fork that kept other mods' right-click actions from working right if you happen to be holding a sign when performing such an action. Please re-pull/re-download as needed.

+1
Could you add cyrillic letters/explain how to add cyrillic letters?
I added new png file, added it's name w/o extension to the list of filenames, but that didn't work...
Ttf patch applied also.