FOSS gamedev and creative worlds

This mod adds the mineral textures of coal, iron, copper, mese, gold, and diamond onto nodes.. A new feature with 0.9 is the ability to add a diamond to your node. The new recipe is a secret.

You start by crafting an Inlay Tool.


Then you place the Inlay Tool in the crafting grid, along with the node and the ore (currently supported minerals are: coal, iron, mese, gold, copper, diamond.). The recipes are shapeless.

Screenies!
Coal Cobble
What I'm proudest of. The mod will adapt to whatever texture pack you are using, e.g. what this image displays. <- With version 1.2 this is only mostly true. Pictures will get updated as soon as I have the time.
Some of the Inlaid nodes.

ToDo
Not much right now.

Now then, time for all the technical stuff:

License: Code is licensed under the WTFPL license, WTFPL for the Inlay Tool and Chisel. As the textures of the nodes will change with different texture packs, consult the license of the texture pack for the license of the nodes.

Depends on default. May add support for other mods in the future.

Notes: Versions 0.1-0.3 have the code written so that it should always work with the texture pack you are using. Versions 0.4-0.10 have textures in a texture folder. Versions 1.0 and later revert to the way that 0.1-0.3 handled textures. Also, if anyone desires to make better textures for the Inlay tool, please go ahead.

How to install: download the file by clicking on the links below, then rename the folder to "inlaid" (without quotes), and place it in the mods folder of you Freeminer directory. Enable it in the "Config" tab of the worlds menu. Enjoy!

Download:
1.2
Enjoy the code, or find all previous versions on Github

Special Thanks to SegFault22 and Kaeza!

Update: Version 0.2.

Adds support for Stone Bricks. Also a minor bugfix.

Sorry for this, but:

Why?

webdesigner97 wrote:Sorry for this, but:

Why?

Well, I thought that it was something original, and the concept seemed good to me, so I made it. I also figured it would be a good way to get my name out there as a new modder.

Enke wrote:

webdesigner97 wrote:Sorry for this, but:

Why?

Well, I thought that it was something original, and the concept seemed good to me, so I made it. I also figured it would be a good way to get my name out there as a new modder.

Well, one thing it could be good for is decorating cave themed homes. You should make it so you can inlay the ores back into the stone.

Evergreen wrote:Well, one thing it could be good for is decorating cave themed homes. You should make it so you can inlay the ores back into the stone.

I suppose I can work on that in version 0.4. I want to take things one at a time, and what I'm planning on next is to add brick block support. By version 1.0 I want to have drops and sounds working.

Update: Version 0.3

This update adds support for brick blocks. It also adds a description, and screenshot for the mods tab in the main menu.

Update: Version 0.4

At the request of VanessaE, code has been rewritten to use provided textures, so that texture pack authors can make their own textures for the inlaid nodes. Other than that, no changes. Does anyone have any ideas for what nodes I should work on next?

What evergreen said sound's kinky. Back onto stone

Alright. I'll work on that soon.

Update: Version 0.4.1

Fixes license, adds a version history text file, and nerfs the crafting recipes for the inlay tool and chisel.

Update: Version 0.5

Adds the much-awaited support for stone blocks!

Update: Version 0.6

Adds support for desert stone and sandstone.

Update: Version 0.7

Adds support for MESE blocks.

Update: Version 0.8

Adds support for junglewood planks.

Update: Version 0.9

You can now inlay 1 diamond into a node by placing the node, the diamond, and the chisel into the crafting grid.

Update: Version 0.10

Files merged; craftitem recipes further nerfed.

Update: Version 1.0

Texture system redone, and the nodes now drop lumps/crystals when mined.

This is probably my last update, unless you guys want more. I doubt it, though, as this mod wasn't ever that popular.

If you ever add support for other mods, I suggest that for the ores that can drop >1 items, make the items required to craft its block(s) use one more items than the maximum number of items that can be dropped each time it is mined. Or double it for everything, as there are mods which might be capable of doubling ore output through technology.
Similar to this was a famous issue with Equivalent Exchange 2 (minecraft mod), where metal-ingots like Iron could be transmuted back into their ore at a 1:1 ratio, whereas an ore processor like the electric Macerator could produce metal dust at a 2:1 ratio (to ore blocks), and those dusts could each be smelted for a full ingot - thus creating an infinite duplication loop.

Well, I set up the mod to give you 1 ore when you mine the node, and require one ore to craft the node. As far as I can see, there shouldn't be a way to cheat the system.

Enke wrote:Well, I set up the mod to give you 1 ore when you mine the node, and require one ore to craft the node. As far as I can see, there shouldn't be a way to cheat the system.

Well, I think your mod loses some interested peoples because you're using default textures.
Would it be possible to make them "better"/nicer? I didn't download because it doesn't look enough nice and creative for me.
This are my thoughts, maybe wrong, no idea.

Krock wrote:Well, I think your mod loses some interested peoples because you're using default textures.
Would it be possible to make them "better"/nicer? I didn't download because it doesn't look enough nice and creative for me.
This are my thoughts, maybe wrong, no idea.

Here's the thing, and I'll probably edit my post to this. As of 1.0 and forward, the mod is set up to use the textures from your texture pack. Here's some screenshots for an example.

Example with the Default textures, as you mentioned.


An image taken with the Gridtoon Texture pack. The mod did this by itself, I didn't edit the textures. You can go to the 'hub and look in the textures folder. You won't find them.

However, thank's for you critique of the mod. You have alerted me to the fact that I should do some better explanation in my OP. Thanks! :)

Edit* You've also made me realise that I had a bug! Thanks again! *Enke hands Krock a +4 scale mail of respiration*

In my mod, MoreStuff2, the user can craft basic non-tool "tools" (Hammer, Saw, etc.) using Steel/Steel plates. Said tools have infinite uses, but do not work as a tool on any nodes or entities in the world - they are just items.
I suggest that you do something similar - make your tool recipes yield One of the tools, and edit your recipes to replace the tool with itself. Although they would have infinite uses, it's not like it is overpowered, because you don't use those tools on entities/nodes in the world - only for crafting "extra"/decorative stuff.

SegFault22 wrote:In my mod, MoreStuff2, the user can craft basic non-tool "tools" (Hammer, Saw, etc.) using Steel/Steel plates. Said tools have infinite uses, but do not work as a tool on any nodes or entities in the world - they are just items.
I suggest that you do something similar - make your tool recipes yield One of the tools, and edit your recipes to replace the tool with itself. Although they would have infinite uses, it's not like it is overpowered, because you don't use those tools on entities/nodes in the world - only for crafting "extra"/decorative stuff.

It sounds like a good idea, but I have no clue how to implement it... Sorry. I would love to if I could.

In my mod, I add several recipes for converting naturally-generated stone materials into Bricks. This requires a saw, which is replaced with itself. The code:
[spoiler=code]

[/spoiler]
Notice this line - it is the one that does the replacing:

It is very similar in structure/location to the "recipe" line(s). This code will replace any Saw in the recipe with a Saw, so the saw is never consumed.
"Saw" is also just an Item, registered elsewhere. Using it on anything will not damage it, and it can not be used like other tools for any speed/damage increasing effects.
And don't forget the commas, they are important for some odd reason.

SegFault22 wrote:In my mod, I add several recipes for converting naturally-generated stone materials into Bricks. This requires a saw, which is replaced with itself. The code:
[spoiler=code]

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local crafting = {
    { "morestuff2:block_granite", "morestuff2:bricks_granite 8" },
    { "morestuff2:block_marble", "morestuff2:bricks_marble 8", },
    { "morestuff2:block_basalt", "morestuff2:bricks_basalt 8", },
    { "morestuff2:block_gneiss", "morestuff2:bricks_gneiss 8", },
    { "morestuff2:block_limestone", "morestuff2:bricks_limestone 8", },
    { "morestuff2:block_schist", "morestuff2:bricks_schist 8", },
    { "morestuff2:block_quartzite", "morestuff2:bricks_quartzite 8", },
}

for _, row in ipairs(crafting) do
    local craftin = row[1]
    local craftout = row[2]

    minetest.register_craft( {
    output = craftout..'',
    recipe = {
        { craftin, craftin, craftin },
        { craftin, 'morestuff2:saw', craftin },
        { craftin, craftin, craftin },
      },
      replacements = { {'morestuff2:saw', 'morestuff2:saw'}, },
    })

end


[/spoiler]
Notice this line - it is the one that does the replacing:

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      replacements = { {'morestuff2:saw', 'morestuff2:saw'}, },

It is very similar in structure/location to the "recipe" line(s). This code will replace any Saw in the recipe with a Saw, so the saw is never consumed.
"Saw" is also just an Item, registered elsewhere. Using it on anything will not damage it, and it can not be used like other tools for any speed/damage increasing effects.
And don't forget the commas, they are important for some odd reason.

So I would have to add the

to my init.lua for each of my craftitems (two of them)? Can this be made shapeless to fit with the rest of the mod?

Update: Version 1.0.2 fixes my redundancies with stone

Enke wrote:

SegFault22 wrote:In my mod, I add several recipes for converting naturally-generated stone materials into Bricks. This requires a saw, which is replaced with itself. The code:
[spoiler=code]

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local crafting = {
    { "morestuff2:block_granite", "morestuff2:bricks_granite 8" },
    { "morestuff2:block_marble", "morestuff2:bricks_marble 8", },
    { "morestuff2:block_basalt", "morestuff2:bricks_basalt 8", },
    { "morestuff2:block_gneiss", "morestuff2:bricks_gneiss 8", },
    { "morestuff2:block_limestone", "morestuff2:bricks_limestone 8", },
    { "morestuff2:block_schist", "morestuff2:bricks_schist 8", },
    { "morestuff2:block_quartzite", "morestuff2:bricks_quartzite 8", },
}

for _, row in ipairs(crafting) do
    local craftin = row[1]
    local craftout = row[2]

    minetest.register_craft( {
    output = craftout..'',
    recipe = {
        { craftin, craftin, craftin },
        { craftin, 'morestuff2:saw', craftin },
        { craftin, craftin, craftin },
      },
      replacements = { {'morestuff2:saw', 'morestuff2:saw'}, },
    })

end


[/spoiler]
Notice this line - it is the one that does the replacing:

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

Code: Select all

      replacements = { {'morestuff2:saw', 'morestuff2:saw'}, },

It is very similar in structure/location to the "recipe" line(s). This code will replace any Saw in the recipe with a Saw, so the saw is never consumed.
"Saw" is also just an Item, registered elsewhere. Using it on anything will not damage it, and it can not be used like other tools for any speed/damage increasing effects.
And don't forget the commas, they are important for some odd reason.

So I would have to add the

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minetest.register_craft( {
    output = craftout..'',
    recipe = {
        { craftin, craftin, craftin },
        { craftin, 'morestuff2:saw', craftin },
        { craftin, craftin, craftin },
      },
      replacements = { {'morestuff2:saw', 'morestuff2:saw'}, },
    })

to my init.lua for each of my craftitems (two of them)? Can this be made shapeless to fit with the rest of the mod?

You would add the replacements line, to all recipes using your tools. It can be shapeless too, and the replacements will still work.

Alright, I will give it a shot.

Well, it worked!

Version 1.1 adds a nice new inlay tool texture, removes the chisel, and prevents the inlay tool from being used up during crafting, thanks to SegFault22!