[Mod] WorldEdit [1.0] [worldedit]

[sfan5]

Could we please have the ability to remove blocks from a region? I'm not talking about making them air,I'm talking about deleting them such that the game regenerates them.

This would be useful to revert an area to its original state.

That is currently not possible using the Lua API

It is possible on the database level. Trouble is: How do you identify those mapblocks you want to be removed/calculated anew? Also, removing them would only work while the game is not running and using that particular database/map.

Well...

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import sqlite3

def getBlockAsInteger(x, y, z):
    return z * 16777216 + y * 4096 + x

conn = sqlite3.connect("map.sqlite")
cur = self.conn.cursor()
post = [(7, 2, -2), (7, 2, -1)] # MapBlock position [ (nodepos.x / 16, nodepos.y / 16, nodepos.z / 16) ]

for pos in post:
    cur.execute("DELETE FROM `blocks` WHERE `pos`==?", (getBlockAsInteger(x, y, z), ))


[Sokomine]

That code certainly helps if the chunk to be removed has already been identified. Sometimes you'd want to remove all blocks that have not been built on, where people just wandered through in search for ressources/explored the scenery.
If only a few individual blocks ought to be generated, they could of course be marked with a special block that is used only in these blocks and nowhere else - and let the database handle the rest.

[LazyJ]

Using WorldEdit to wipe-out an area and have Minetest regenerate that are gets a thumbs-up from me.

It would be nice to be able to quickly and easily restore heavily mined areas on our server or to regenerate abandoned sections for new development.

The other reason I came to post was to ask if it would be possible for the strength of the punch be greatly reduced when WorldEdit's punch selection is used.

In more recent daily-builds of Minetest the reach and strength of the player's actions in creative mode have been increased. The strength of the punch results in an instant removal of whatever node was struck.

Most of the time this is great, saves time from constantly having to flip back-and-forth between tools and materials. But, when WorldEdit's "//p set" is used the two marker-blocks get blasted. Usually those are blocks I'd like to keep.

I could edit the settings in Minetest but then I would lose the power-punch completely. It's only when I use WorldEdit that I require a light tap to set the markers.

Thanks for a great mod!

[Sokomine]

Using WorldEdit to wipe-out an area and have Minetest regenerate that are gets a thumbs-up from me.

Doing it directly from WorldEdit would be dangerous. It's only really safe to delete from a world database while the world is not running. WorldEdit could only be used to mark the areas. Manually placing a block in each 16x16x16 chunk that is to be deleted would be possible (or, alternatively, those that are to be kept) - but it would also be a lot of work. Cutting off the map to delete anything below -1000 (as an example) or with x>1500 etc. would also be pretty easy.

[cHyper]

nice mod...

is there a gui Version planed in the future?
this will be very helpful...

[sfan5]

nice mod...

is there a gui Version planed in the future?
this will be very helpful...

There was a GUI mod for WorldEdit but it was discontinued.
Why would you need a GUI anyway?

[thefamilygrog66]

nice mod...

is there a gui Version planed in the future?
this will be very helpful...

There was a GUI mod for WorldEdit but it was discontinued.
Why would you need a GUI anyway?

A formspec would be handy, for sure.

[twoelk]

For example browsing for a certain schematic file to load from within minetest would make things easier. At the moment you have to memorize the exact name or have a list visible some place outside the program window.

Actually being able to load schematic files from some other folder than the current world folder would be nice as well. I could keep my basic schematics in some util/schems/ folder instead of having folders with the same content in several world folders.

[addi]

nice mod...

is there a gui Version planed in the future?
this will be very helpful...

There was a GUI mod for WorldEdit but it was discontinued.
Why would you need a GUI anyway?

We have a working version of cornernotes gui mod here: https://bitbucket.org/kingarthursteam/minetest-worldedit_gui/
its not tested with worldedit 1.0 and 0.4.7-dev but it shuld work with the worldedit version for 0.4.7 stable it dose not contain all chatcomands, but it give you an overview about some mostly used ones.

For example browsing for a certain schematic file to load from within minetest would make things easier. At the moment you have to memorize the exact name or have a list visible some place outside the program window.

thats a good idea! :) if im feeling lucky i may implement this into the gui version.

[sfan5]

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For example browsing for a certain schematic file to load from within minetest would make things easier. At the moment you have to memorize the exact name or have a list visible some place outside the program window.

thats a good idea! :) if im feeling lucky i may implement this into the gui version.

Irrlicht has a built-in file chooser, there is no need to redo that in lua.
All we need is a file chooser interface for Lua

[cHyper]

Irrlicht has a built-in file chooser, there is no need to redo that in lua.
All we need is a file chooser interface for Lua

lets find that out...
that will be a great step for minetest-developers...
;)

[DragonSoul]

I think there is a problem with the hollow cylinder of the 1.0 version, it does show how many nodes are generated but they don't appear. I have tried it multiple times with the latest minetest version but the nodes doesn't appear, all others are fine except for this.

[Temperest]

DragonSoul: Working perfectly fine here. I can't confirm this issue. If you can reproduce it under certain circumstances let us know.

LazyJ: Good idea, though punch strength can't really be reduced dynamically. I'll try to see if it's possible to do this by changing interact privs.

cHyper: a GUI is planned, yes, but I have no time right now to do it. Unfortunately addi's may not be entirely compatible (I know for sure that it's missing a few functions of 1.0), but it should be a good starting point.

[kwalters-price]

i should say

Whoa nice, although the first screenshot is just madness haha.

I will give this a try later ^_^

[LazyJ]

UPDATE: The power-punch problem has been fixed by a github release of the minetest_game within the past week. The power-punch is still there with a slightly longer click while a light tap is back with a shorter click. Minetest keeps getting better! \0/

[Tx_RushFan]

I can't get this mod to work. I copied the Uberi-Minetest-WorldEdit-3fa9dfd folder into my Minetest's mods folder. In game I've tried the following:

1. type in /grant worldedit and am told Server -|- Invalid parameters (see /help grant)
2. type in /grant username worldedit and am told Server -|- Unknown privilage:worldedit

[Nightshade]

I can't get this mod to work. I copied the Uberi-Minetest-WorldEdit-3fa9dfd folder into my Minetest's mods folder. In game I've tried the following:

1. type in /grant worldedit and am told Server -|- Invalid parameters (see /help grant)
2. type in /grant username worldedit and am told Server -|- Unknown privilage:worldedit

First of all, make sure you rename the folder to "worldedit" (without the quotes, of course). Then, when you highlight your world in the singleplayer menu, click configure and enable the whole worldedit mod.

[LazyJ]

Hlowdy :)

I'm having a bit of trouble with the GUI crashing my Mintest client when I click on the "World Edit" icon.

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01:25:29: ERROR[main]: ServerError: ...in/../mods/utility_mods/WorldEdit/worldedit_gui/init.lua:75: attempt to call method 'get_player_by_name' (a nil value)
01:25:29: ERROR[main]: stack traceback:
01:25:29: ERROR[main]:     ...in/../mods/utility_mods/WorldEdit/worldedit_gui/init.lua:75: in function 'get_formspec'
01:25:29: ERROR[main]:     .../bin/../mods/utility_mods/unified_inventory/internal.lua:17: in function 'get_formspec'
01:25:29: ERROR[main]:     .../bin/../mods/utility_mods/unified_inventory/internal.lua:85: in function 'set_inventory_formspec'
01:25:29: ERROR[main]:     ...f/048/bin/../mods/utility_mods/unified_inventory/api.lua:93: in function 'action'
01:25:29: ERROR[main]:     ...bin/../mods/utility_mods/unified_inventory/callbacks.lua:59: in function <...bin/../mods/utility_mods/unified_inventory/callbacks.lua:51>
01:25:29: ERROR[main]:     ...Minetest_game_stuff/048/bin/../builtin/misc_register.lua:330: in function <...Minetest_game_stuff/048/bin/../builtin/misc_register.lua:318>


I'm using:

• Singleplayer, creative mode with Unified Inventory's "creative" priv
• Minetest 0.4.8 unstable, Github 2013_12_21
• World Edit, Github 2013_12_20
• Unified Inventory, Github 2013_12_21

Thanks for a great mod!

[kaeza]

I'm having a bit of trouble with the GUI crashing my Mintest client when I click on the "World Edit" icon.

https://github.com/Uberi/Minetest-WorldEdit/pull/26

[kizeren]

I'm having a bit of trouble with the GUI crashing my Mintest client when I click on the "World Edit" icon.

https://github.com/Uberi/Minetest-WorldEdit/pull/26

Hope he pulls soon... this bug annoying.

[LazyJ]

Thanks, kaeza, for the fix :)

It was small enough that I decided to edit the code myself. Now the WE icon in Unified Inventory doesn't crash Minetest but... there is still a glitch to work out.

The GUI screen comes up but the Unified Inventory's item grid still displays and covers up the buttons on the right-hand side of the GUI.

The work-around I came up with was to type some random letters/numbers in Unified Inventory's search bar, click on the search icon, UI comes up with nothing (removing the item grid) then click on the WE icon and WE's GUI comes up unobstructed.

The comand-line use of WE is still faster (once mastered) but the GUI can help new users of the mod to better learn WE. The GUI gives a graphic representation of what the command-line does. Some of us learn better by having visual references. ;) "A picture is worth a thousand words" sort of thing.

[Temperest]

Thanks for the patch kaeza, I've merged it. For some reason I missed it entirely while going through the GitHub feed.

Edit: LazyJ, I will investigate that. Does this happen when you just click the button, or are there additional steps involved?

Edit: confirmed, will be fixed soon before v1.1.

Edit: fixed in https://github.com/Uberi/Minetest-WorldEdit/commit/df6ab06e746939bad72f0c7ff4dcfd6a46f71925

[addi]

if i use the worldedit gui ill stay at it. there is no way to go to the craft grid again. only logout/login helps
the click on the back button opens only the last visited page in worldedit_gui

[Jordach]

if i use the worldedit gui ill stay at it. there is no way to go to the craft grid again. only logout/login helps
the click on the back button opens only the last visited page in worldedit_gui

Press the escape key.

[addi]

if i use the worldedit gui ill stay at it. there is no way to go to the craft grid again. only logout/login helps
the click on the back button opens only the last visited page in worldedit_gui

Press the escape key.

when i press "i" it opens it again but it does not open the inventory and the craft grid it opens the worldedit_gui

[addi]

here is a video that describes the bug
holding the i key does not help

[Zombie471]

I'm trying to import the Schematic from Minecraft to Minetest in https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=6007 but, //import doesn't exist. Not even in the command list on here..

[sfan5]

I'm trying to import the Schematic from Minecraft to Minetest in https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=6007 but, //import doesn't exist. Not even in the command list on here..

My fault, use //load

[Zombie471]

I'm trying to import the Schematic from Minecraft to Minetest in https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=6007 but, //import doesn't exist. Not even in the command list on here..

My fault, use //load

I did //load *Schematic Name* and it says

11:48:41: ERROR[ServerThread]: Map::setnote(): not allowing to place CONTENT_IGNORE while trying to replace "default:stone" at (157,21,3) (block]

Only parts of the Schematic load.

[sfan5]

I'm trying to import the Schematic from Minecraft to Minetest in https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=6007 but, //import doesn't exist. Not even in the command list on here..

My fault, use //load

I did //load *Schematic Name* and it says

11:48:41: ERROR[ServerThread]: Map::setnote(): not allowing to place CONTENT_IGNORE while trying to replace "default:stone" at (157,21,3) (block]

Only parts of the Schematic load.

Make sure enough parts of the map are loaded by flying around first.