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Hi everyone,

I made a simple mod that implements "Glowstone". It's crafted like that:

stone stone stone
stone mese_crystal stone -> Output: 4 "Glowstone"
stone stone stone

Glowstones can placed anywhere and be used as alternative light source with a little higher lightlevel than torches. When block is digged it drops one "Glowstone", so you won't loose it.

Furthermore you can make stairs and slabs out of glowstone.

Screenshot:

(added blocks)

Depends:
default
stairs (optional)

Download:
Version 1.2: Download

works with Minetest 0.4.5 or later

License:
WTFPL

Please give Feedback and ideas for improvement

Nice! :D

+1
It would be nice if there'd be more types of this stone...

lkjoel wrote:Nice! :D

Thanks. I have seen that you are developing a Nether, so maybe you can implement it ;)

artur99 wrote:+1
It would be nice if there'd be more types of this stone...

Thanks, will keep in mind ;)

BlockMen wrote:

lkjoel wrote:Nice! :D

Thanks. I have seen that you are developing a Nether, so maybe you can implement it ;)
-snip-

Yes, I have ;)

Yes, I have ;)

Nice! I had not noticed you already have glowstone in your project :D

Nice mod BlockMen! I was playing around with your mod, next thing you know im building a glowstone house in my creative world :)
Really nice mod, I would also like to suggest a different recipe.
Change your current one with this:
C= Cobblestone
T= Torch
M= Mese
C
C T C
C
OR use this!
M
MTM
M

-Josh :):):):)

Josh wrote:Nice mod BlockMen! I was playing around with your mod, next thing you know im building a glowstone house in my creative world :)
Really nice mod, I would also like to suggest a different recipe.
Change your current one with this:
C= Cobblestone
T= Torch
M= Mese
C
C T C
C
OR use this!
M
MTM
M

-Josh :):):):)

Thanks! If you have done your building, could you upload an image? :)

To your recipes: I thought about torches too, but decided for mese cas it should be a little bit rare, like in mc. Your second recipe is a good idea, but a bit too expensive i think.

Would that recipe be better?

cobble cobble cobble
cobble mese cobble
cobble cobble cobble

BlockMen wrote:

Josh wrote:Nice mod BlockMen! I was playing around with your mod, next thing you know im building a glowstone house in my creative world :)
Really nice mod, I would also like to suggest a different recipe.
Change your current one with this:
C= Cobblestone
T= Torch
M= Mese
C
C T C
C
OR use this!
M
MTM
M

-Josh :):):):)

Thanks! If you have done your building, could you upload an image? :)

To your recipes: I thought about torches too, but decided for mese cas it should be a little bit rare, like in mc. Your second recipe is a good idea, but a bit too expensive i think.

Would that recipe be better?

cobble cobble cobble
cobble mese cobble
cobble cobble cobble

Glowstone is a light node, so it would need a torch. But that recipe seems fine!
Here is the glowstone house i made: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/102401091/screenshot_858456849.png
Look's great at night dosen't it?

Click here blockMen :)
http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?pid=72446#p72446

I made you a banner yours welcome :) though you didn't asked for, one but I am being nice :)

Josh wrote:Glowstone is a light node, so it would need a torch. But that recipe seems fine!
Here is the glowstone house i made: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/102401091/screenshot_858456849.png
Look's great at night dosen't it?

Yeah, it looks cool. I will update the recipe as soon as posible, also improve the texture a little bit.

Likwid H-Craft wrote:Click here blockMen :)
http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?pid=72446#p72446

I made you a banner yours welcome :) though you didn't asked for, one but I am being nice :)

Thanks, looks good. Maybe I will use somewhere, don't know yet.

Well You can add it on first post :) to start.

Version 1.1 released

Changelog:
-improved texture
-changed recipe (every kind of stone can used now)

Have a free texture:

Jordach wrote:Have a free texture:

Thanks, looks not bad:


But I will keep my texture ;)

Who want's use Jordach's Texture, download it, rename it to "glowstone_block.png" and copy it to ~/minetest-game-folder/textures/all

It looks like a bee comb...Hey we should have a Bee Mod next, have bees to get, flowers and so on and, they have a hive they going in to make, honey and it act like a chest or something for them, to add the honey in the area but it takes time.

So that will be cool having bees anyone like make it happen sometime? and Jordach made the Comb since it this
looks like one.

Hybrid Dog wrote:There are 2 useless lines:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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minetest.register_node("glowstone:block", {
    description = "Glowstone",
    tiles = {"glowstone_block.png"},
    is_ground_content = true,
    groups = {cracky=3,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
    drop = 'glowstone:block',
    sounds = default.node_sound_glass_defaults(),
    light_source = LIGHT_MAX-0.5,
})

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minetest.register_node("glowstone:block", {
    description = "Glowstone",
    tiles = {"glowstone_block.png"},
    groups = {cracky=3,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
    sounds = default.node_sound_glass_defaults(),
    light_source = LIGHT_MAX-0.5,
})


Thanks! Will be removed in next release ;)

Likwid H-Craft wrote:It looks like a bee comb...Hey we should have a Bee Mod next, have bees to get, flowers and so on and, they have a hive they going in to make, honey and it act like a chest or something for them, to add the honey in the area but it takes time.

That mod is called Bees and Candles and has been written by darkrose. It works very fine and is a nice addition to the game.

Regarding the glowstone mod, perhaps a smaller nodebox-version like the one in homedecor might be useful as well in some places.

You can't use floating point light values, also LIGHT_MAX is kinda useless today (max light level is 15 currently).

Calinou wrote:You can't use floating point light values, also LIGHT_MAX is kinda useless today (max light level is 15 currently).

Good to know. Will be fixed too ;)

Would it be an improvement, when I change the recipe to following?

stone stone stone
stone mese_crystal stone -> Output: 4 "Glowstone"
stone stone stone

Notice: stone is every kind of Stone, so: Cobblestone, Stone, Dessert Stone, etc...

Or would mese_fragment be even better?

I'd go with the crystal here, given the amount of stone you're using.

Blockmen, maybe you could make Glowstone slabs or stairs?

VanessaE wrote:I'd go with the crystal here, given the amount of stone you're using.

Ok, then I will change to crystal.

Josh wrote:Blockmen, maybe you could make Glowstone slabs or stairs?

Yeah, actually I want add Stairs, Slabs and quater blocks.

Be sure you run those stair/slabs/etc through the circular saw in moreblocks and keep them out of the creative inventory to reduce clutter.

Calinou wrote:You can't use floating point light values, also LIGHT_MAX is kinda useless today (max light level is 15 currently).

and

from Github (minetest)


I guess although the absolute maximum is 15, you can only use 14, because 15 is reserved for LIGHT_SUN.

VanessaE wrote:Be sure you run those stair/slabs/etc through the circular saw in moreblocks and keep them out of the creative inventory to reduce clutter.

Of cause they won't be in creative Inventory. But when i run those through the circular saw I get more types of stairs n slabs I want.

So it is free to Calinou to add Glowstone as new slab/stair material, but I will just implement the chosen 3 kinds of.


EDIT: Decided to add them in creative inventory...

its work for 0.4.7??

geralddizon15 wrote:its work for 0.4.7??

It would work, but i released a new version now that has a cheaper recipe and includes stairs and slabs. Already forgot about this mod and that i wanted to add that.

Cool mod