[Mod] Lights+ [12112013] [lightsplus]

[qwrwed]

This is my first Minetest mod, Lights+. It adds white and gold lights that turn on/off when punched.
Screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/ERFdj
Now with gold and flat lights.
License is WTFPL, textures are by VanessaE and paramat, code for flat lights is by LionsDen.
Download (Github)
Code: https://github.com/qwrwed/lightsplus
After downloading, rename the extracted folder to "lightsplus".
If you are updating from a version before 12/11/2013 to a version after, your slab lights and flat lights may be the wrong orientation. I have kept the old version available for download.
The latest version requires Minetest version 0.4.7 or later.
Old download link
Code: https://github.com/qwrwed/lightsplus/tree/old
Feedback is appreciated.
Dependencies:default
Crafting
For some reason, only 3 of the 10 craft recipes are shown in the zcg mod.
Normal light (10):

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GGG


G = glass
i = torch
Gold lights are crafted with a light and a gold ingot in any formation.
Slab lights are crafted with three lights (normal or gold) in a row.
Two slab lights vertically make a full node light.
Flat lights can be crafted by putting one light (normal or gold) in the crafting grid (makes 16).
Eight flat lights in any formation make one slab light.

[qwrwed]

Released!

[gauthierhaas]

Your mod is really well made, keep improving it! (new colours/shape/...)

[qwrwed]

Thanks for the feedback! When I have time, I will make ground lights, wall lights and full node lights, any other ideas? as for colours, I'll have to find a program that can do it, any suggestions for what is the best one?

[Comp52]

GIMP is a free program that a lot of people use. You could try that.

[qwrwed]

Updated, see first post

[paramat]

Thanks for this mod.
I find the white texture too bright so made this 3kB 16x16 glowing gold block texture. The colour gradients of the faces and edges were colour sampled from a photo of a 24 carat gold bar.
Feel free to use it:
RGB values for the Map mod.
On the map this creates a bright gold colour that can be distinguished from torches and sand.

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lightsplus:light 255 218 90

[tux_peng]

Maybe you could add a StreetLights function, where they only glow at night

PS-- GIMP is overkill for some; paint.NET is nice for windows, seashore is good on macs

[NakedFury]

Can it be possible to create a light source equivalent to the games sun for underground cities[think dwarf city or any other underground race] and be tied to the same cycle as the sun?

[qwrwed]

Thanks for this mod.



I find the white texture too bright so made this 3kB 16x16 glowing gold block texture. The colour gradients of the faces and edges were colour sampled from a photo of a 24 carat gold bar.
Feel free to use it:
RGB values for the Map mod.
On the map this creates a bright gold colour that can be distinguished from torches and sand.

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lightsplus:light 255 218 90

No problem. Thanks for the texture. Do I just add that line of code by itself to the init.lua?

Maybe you could add a StreetLights function, where they only glow at night

I could try, but I don't know how. Is there any way to detect what time it is?

Can it be possible to create a light source equivalent to the games sun for underground cities[think dwarf city or any other underground race] and be tied to the same cycle as the sun?

If I can do what tux_peng suggested, then I can probably do the cycle, but I don't think the light would be bright enough to light a whole underground city.

[tux_peng]

line 165 of beds mod

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        if minetest.env:get_timeofday() < 0.2 or minetest.env:get_timeofday() > 0.805 then


[paramat]

No problem. Thanks for the texture. Do I just add that line of code by itself to the init.lua?

In PilzAdam's map mod http://minetest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2747 add the following code to the 'colors.txt' file if you want the lights to show up on the generated map.

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lightsplus:light 255 218 90
lightsplus:light_on 255 218 90
lightsplus:slab_light_wall 255 218 90
lightsplus:slab_light_wall_on 255 218 90
lightsplus:slab_light 255 218 90
lightsplus:slab_light_on 255 218 90
lightsplus:slab_light_inv 255 218 90
lightsplus:slab_light_inv_on 255 218 90

GIMP can give you RGB values for any colour. For the default white lights it would be 255 255 255.
I don't really expect anyone to use my texture, it was made for my own use as i needed a glowing gold node :)

[qwrwed]

This will probably be updated with new textures and automatic lights tomorrow.
EDIT: maybe not, automatic lights are not working as planned.

[Bas080]

I like the simplicity of this mod. Nice craft and bright looking nodes. I am missing the mesecons compatibility. Being able to turn the lights on and off with a mesecon signal.

[nikminers]

What happened to Lights+, I can't get it!

[philipbenr]

whenever it is uploaded to ompldr, I never, ever seem to be able to download. :(

[philipbenr]

PS-- GIMP is overkill for some; paint.NET is nice for windows, seashore is good on macs

If you know how to use Gimp, it is one of the best. :)

[Jordach]

whenever it is uploaded to ompldr, I never, ever seem to be able to download. :(

Omploader is dead. Permanently. VaneesaE may have a copy of this as it is used on her server.

[VanessaE]

Lights+ is not installed on my server.

[Dan Duncombe]

I may have a copy... I'll have to check.

EDIT: Nope, no copies, sorry/

[Topywo]

I'm not 100% sure if it's 2.0:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65428713/lightsplus.zip

[philipbenr]

whenever it is uploaded to ompldr, I never, ever seem to be able to download. :(

Omploader is dead. Permanently. VaneesaE may have a copy of this as it is used on her server.

This is why I use Github.

[LionsDen]

I'm not 100% sure if it's 2.0:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65428713/lightsplus.zip

It's version 1.0 because the slabs don't hang on the walls right. If I get some time in the next few days, I will try to fix it if I can.

[nikminers]

I'm not 100% sure if it's 2.0:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65428713/lightsplus.zip

It's version 1.0 because the slabs don't hang on the walls right. If I get some time in the next few days, I will try to fix it if I can.

Huge thanks!! I'll use 1.0 for now to hold me over.

[nikminers]

I'm not 100% sure if it's 2.0:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65428713/lightsplus.zip

It's version 1.0 because the slabs don't hang on the walls right. If I get some time in the next few days, I will try to fix it if I can.

Huge thanks!! I'll use 1.0 for now to hold me over. BTW any idea how to make the lights brighter? Which part of which file do I alter?

[LionsDen]

BTW any idea how to make the lights brighter? Which part of which file do I alter?

As far as I could see from a quick look, the lights are already at maximum. The maximum amount of brightness that a light can have is 14, any value higher and the game just substitutes 14 for it. Only the sun is allowed to be 15. To make them brighter, would probably require a lot of code and slow down the game majorly because you would be changing the lighting on every node in an area around every light. That or else some changes made to the base game code would have to be made and it doesn't seem likely or at least high on the features list.

[LionsDen]

Ok, I managed to get the slab lights working. Here is a link to a mediafire account that has the file. Sorry about mediafire but fileden kept erroring out when I tried to register and dropbox says that is free for only 14 days. So I went with mediafire. I didn't want to use a site that needed me to download something to use it either. So here is the link.

http://www.mediafire.com/?37haa5tuu8dwcic

[Topywo]

Thanks for providing this mod again!

[nikminers]

Ok, I managed to get the slab lights working. Here is a link to a mediafire account that has the file. Sorry about mediafire but fileden kept erroring out when I tried to register and dropbox says that is free for only 14 days. So I went with mediafire. I didn't want to use a site that needed me to download something to use it either. So here is the link.

http://www.mediafire.com/?37haa5tuu8dwcic

Thanks, this is awesome!

[nikminers]

I have 1 prob with Lights+, the full nodes are remarkably dim and ugly when used beside any other light from the mod. Is there any way to fix this?