Minetest 0.4.5 released!

[PilzAdam]

Hello everyone!
Finally after the long time without any release Minetest 0.4.5 is here!
Some changes are a new mese system (mese is now a crystal), a new public server list and many new translations.
We hope that you enjoy the new release.

Download: http://minetest.net/download.php
Sourcecode: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/tree/0.4.5 & https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/tree/0.4.5
Changelog: http://dev.minetest.net/Changelog
celeron55's block post: http://c55.me/blog/?p=1436

Additional note: A password related bug in 0.3 was found and fixed. So there is a 0.3.3 release too.
0.3.3 Sourcecode: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/tree/stable-0.3

[pandaro]

I'm trying but something goes wrong ..
Installation ok or nearly so, during the installation (compiled from source on debian 7) I got this message:

minetest-0.4.5/src/emerge.cpp: 244:10: warning: deleting object of abstract class type 'MapgenParams' which has non-virtual destructor will cause undefined behavior [-Wdelete-non-virtual-dtor]

also:
Launching a game without installing / games / mods / default in a creative session everything runs fine.
Otherwise, installing default or other (copied from the previous version): launching the game in normal mode the screen is black, you can only see the life bar (but very distorted). Upon closing the terminal returns:

segmentation error

and client crash

bug? I'm wrong?

[PilzAdam]

I'm trying but something goes wrong ..
Installation ok or nearly so, during the installation (compiled from source on debian 7) I got this message:

minetest-0.4.5/src/emerge.cpp: 244:10: warning: deleting object of abstract class type 'MapgenParams' which has non-virtual destructor will cause undefined behavior [-Wdelete-non-virtual-dtor]

also:
Launching a game without installing / games / mods / default in a creative session everything runs fine.
Otherwise, installing default or other (copied from the previous version): launching the game in normal mode the screen is black, you can only see the life bar (but very distorted). Upon closing the terminal returns:

segmentation error

and client crash

bug? I'm wrong?

So what do you do exactly?
You use the default mod from the 0.4.4 release?
And you can simply ignore the warnings.

[pandaro]

So what do you do exactly?

play 0.4.5, but my screen is black

You use the default mod from the 0.4.4 release?

i'm not sure...can you link me?

And you can simply ignore the warnings.

No...if i try to make my stupid mods... i'm not sure if client crash for my error or for other...

[Calinou]

Try using my one-line script, it'll install 0.4.5 (which is the latest in the Git repository):
http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=3837

[0gb.us]

What, no Ubuntu version yet?

I guess I can wait a bit longer.

EDIT: Never mind. It seems you also posted links to the frozen source code. I'll just use that.

Not all us Linux users will compile though, so it would be nice if the Linux packages were released.

[tinoesroho]

Glad to hear it! Looking forward to installing this on all systems. It really is a big leap from 0.4.4 to 0.4.5!

[Josh]

Yay! Any new gameplay features?

[jojoa1997]

the gameplay stuf is somewhere in here http://dev.minetest.net/Changelog

[vv221]

Not all us Linux users will compile though, so it would be nice if the Linux packages were released.

It's as simple as "git clone git://github.com/minetest/minetest.git && cd minetest && cmake . && make && make install" ;)

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The changelog reads about a Calionu's version and a « nameless » one… What does that mean ?

[BorisGrishenko]

What happened to the sound effects?

[prestidigitator]

Not sure about 0.4.5, but I tried a Win32 build from a few days ago (most of my boxes run Linux) and had no sound at first. For some reason sound DID work with the 0.4.4 release version, but for PilzAdam's build of a dev version I had to go download the OpenAL library separately to get sound working again. Maybe the official 0.4.4 build came with a version of OpenAL bundled?

Also see http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=3829 and make sure the new in-game volume control is high enough.

[0gb.us]

Not all us Linux users will compile though, so it would be nice if the Linux packages were released.

It's as simple as "git clone git://github.com/minetest/minetest.git && cd minetest && cmake . && make && make install" ;)

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The changelog reads about a Calionu's version and a « nameless » one… What does that mean ?

Don't tell me, I already compiled it. But being a Linux user doesn’t automatically make one comfortable with the command line or compiling. There is one Windows user in my family (who constantly has computer issues), and the rest of us use Linux. Of us four Linux users, guess how many of us even have any idea what compiling or even the command line are? Just one. Me. There have been Linux packages in the past, and it would be nice to see that tradition continued.

Being a Linux user just means being intelligent enough to see that Windows is a piece of garbage. It doesn't necessary imply having even mild computer skills.

[Calinou]

There are daily packages built on Launchpad, you can use these. A bit easier than compiling, but harder than just installing Minetest through the software center/Synaptic/command line. ;)

[0gb.us]

At least for Ubuntu, the one in the software center is out of date (it's version 0.3.1), an the daily unstable build is, well, unstable.

You know what? I'm going to quit complaining and do something about it. There are THREE people maintaining Windows versions in the forum, and none maintaining Linux versions. I don't know how to build packages, but I can build and distribute run-in-place versions like they do. I'll compile overnight, and post it in the morning. If people see it as useful, I'll do it again for 0.4.6, otherwise, I'll stop.

[4aiman]

Will you supply all necessary dependencies for Linux version or people will have to download them beforehand?

[kaeza]

@0gb.us, if you run this:

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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sudo cpack . -GDEB


Right in the source directory, it will create a .deb package out of it. Dunno if the package contains the info about other packages required by Minetest.
Of course, there are other formats as well. See the cpack documentation for more info.

[0gb.us]

Will you supply all necessary dependencies for Linux version or people will have to download them beforehand?

Hmm. That is a very good question. To not supply them would be to defeat the entire purpose, but supplying them requires users to figure out where to unpack them to. It would be easier without my builds ....

@0gb.us, if you run this:

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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sudo cpack . -GDEB


Right in the source directory, it will create a .deb package out of it. Dunno if the package contains the info about other packages required by Minetest.
Of course, there are other formats as well. See the cpack documentation for more info.

Awesome, that sounds like just what I need! Although the use of sudo seems a bit dubious ...

With or without sudo though, I get an error.

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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CPack Error: CPack generator not specified

I'll look into this tomorrow. I already should have been asleep hours ago.

[4aiman]

Dunno if the package contains the info about other packages required by Minetest.

AFAIK it won't if there are no info on dependencies in your system. But that can be fetched from v0.3.1 got from repos.

[xyz]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Standard_Base

[prestidigitator]

I built an Ubuntu/Debian package a few days ago, but I'm not completely satisfied with the dependencies. The build system decided I needed the packages for my particular video driver, and I'm not sure how to fix that. Also I didn't include all the copyright info and stuff that you'd want to put into a real install package, because the point was just to be able to install on a couple systems at home. Anyway, it's not too difficult if someone wants to fiddle with it a bit:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/

The one tricky bit was editing the rules file to use cmake, but that's really not too difficult either. I added the lines (with the indents being a tab, not spaces):

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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override_dh_auto_configure:
    cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=0 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr

# Don't know what to do here with CMake yet
override_dh_auto_clean:
    echo 'Skipping auto clean'


As you can see I'm not sure how to do the clean with cmake. Heh. My solution was just to copy the debian directory out and start from a fresh source directory each time if I needed to recompile (which I really only needed to do once to fix that very problem with cleaning).

[4aiman]

@xyz:
And?...
I mean, what's your point?
"DO use RPM"?
Then I must warn anyone, that alien do not always work well converting some package. Well, if minetest would be tested with alien on a number of Debian-based distros, then it's Ok to have RPM.
But we have Slax users and also those, who "don't like to install anything" (TM, I presume).

[xyz]

@xyz:
And?...
I mean, what's your point?
"DO use RPM"?

You totally missed my point. I actually wanted someone to build binaries (not .rpm packages) that are only dynamically-linked to libraries specified in LSB standard. All other libraries must be embedded (static). That'd produce a binary working in most modern GNU/Linux environments (though it'd be better just to build packages for every existing distro, anyone?).

[Traxie21]

If this would mean that we don't have to install libraries to run MT, then YES.

[VanessaE]

If you wanna build a deb package (also works for rpm and I think slackware also), use "checkinstall". It's included in most distro repositories these days and is very easy to use. Command-line driven, can be interactive or not, as needed.

[0gb.us]

I know I said I'd work on this today, but that's a lot to take in, and my mind isn't at 100% right now (I'm fighting off a bad flu). I'll try see what I can do when I'm feeling up to it. It should be an interesting learning experience.

From the sounds of it, I think I'll try Xyz's way first. Having a singular package would be awesome.

[rarkenin]

If you wanna build a deb package (also works for rpm and I think slackware also), use "checkinstall". It's included in most distro repositories these days and is very easy to use. Command-line driven, can be interactive or not, as needed.

Checkinstall is not recommended for distributable packages as it can sometimes fudge the dependencies. It is meant mainly for integrating a classic compile-build-install-run package into apt. That is, it allows it to be removed via dpkg, and also allows it to satisfy a dependency in some cases.

[rulion.burg]

I like v.0.4.5 but i cannot make bot with my crafting table,, how to make it that,,, can you add a train for make rail work

[rarkenin]

I like v.0.4.5 but i cannot make bot with my crafting table,, how to make it that,,, can you add a train for make rail work

You need to get the carts mod. As for bots, I am still working on those and you need yo run them on the client side.

[lord_james]

It doesn't work. When I open minetest ,OS shows an advise to me and close the game. Other Xyz's builds work on the box.