[0.4.12] Release Candidate builds

[BlockMen]

We plan to release 0.4.12 Soon™.

These RC builds are ment for testing and to help us to find bugs before we release the final version.
If you find bugs in these builds, please report them on the bugtracker.

Get them here:
Windows (32-bit): https://www.dropbox.com/s/ufehji6rvz7xq ... 1.zip?dl=0
Windows (64-bit): https://www.dropbox.com/s/9yn7rvb94hvp2 ... 1.zip?dl=0

[Wuzzy]

What are the most notable changes in 0.4.12 Release Candidate?
This would help a lot with testing.

[TenPlus1]

One of the bigger changes is that biomes for v5/v7 maps have changed so please click on the following link for more information:

https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10860

[addi]

the bug with the wielditems is still not fixed. viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10862
and the UI and Formspecs does look - uhm diffrent - First too small and unreadable, and if i changing the gui Scale, that the Mainmenu gets readable, the Formspecs ingame exploding my screen, times too big. Not the formspec of the default sign: this is still small.

[Krock]

Important changes:
- [New Network codes -> master branch only]
- Performance optimizations
- Improvements in MGv5/7
- Removed internal sqlite3 library
- GUI scaling fixes
- New Lua MG functions minetest.generate_ores() and minetest.generate_decorations()
- VManip (+ light calculation) optimizations
- Better progress bar on server join
- display_gamma setting for contrasts
- "blob" and "vein" ore type

[Casimir]

- "blob" and "vein" ore type

I fail to use them successfully. Can someone please provide an example?

[Thermal_Shock]

I fail to use them successfully. Can someone please provide an example?

Here's an example of the blob ore type that's working for me.

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minetest.register_ore({
      ore_type       = "blob",
      ore            = "default:lava_source",
      wherein        = "default:stone",
      clust_scarcity = 16*16*16,
      clust_num_ores = 16,
      clust_size     = 40,
      height_min     = -31000,
      height_max     = 64,
      noise_threshhold = 0.8,
      noise_params = {offset=0, scale=1, spread={x=100, y=100, z=100}, seed=37, octaves=3, persist=0.70}
})

I just couldn't get satisfying results out of the vein ore type. Although the dev wiki page on minetest.register.ore mentions this type is finicky. As well as resource intensive.

I can't say I'm particularly fond of the smaller font size in the main menu either. Think of the old people!

Edit.

I should also mention that minetest.generate_decoration greatly simplifies seeding the world. My plant generation files are half the size they were before. Great addition.

[Napiophelios]

I think so far the most notable change is the start up;
my screen stays pretty calm till the game is loaded...even when preloading textures.

Before it would kinda go crazy till every thing finished loading,
it would scare me sometimes the way it would go black and forth black and forth so to speak.

Splitting up gui/formspec and hotbar scaling is also very cool. I like having seperate settings for each.

[solars]

Please update http://dev.minetest.net/Changelog.
There is 0.4.11 not released...

Is the test only for windows, or get I the same version when I build it from github?
I have build a new version today and it says it is 0.4.11-dev!
Should it not bee 0.4.12-dev?

[Krock]

Should it not bee 0.4.12-dev?

https://github.com/minetest/minetest/tree/freeze-0.4.12

[Linuxdirk]

First too small and unreadable, and if i changing the gui Scale, that the Mainmenu gets readable, the Formspecs ingame exploding my screen, times too big. Not the formspec of the default sign: this is still small.

So it’s still broken in the same way as it is with 0.4.11 for me …

[nrz]

No Krock, network code isn't in 0.4.12, it's on master only