minetest pocket edition

[Sokomine]

At least the power consumption of a phone would be very low and thus it would be a great (if a bit expensive, depending on the phone used) server.
I'm afraid most players here would like to play on a phone and not just host a server. This may be considerably more difficult to achieve than getting the server running. And even if it works, control of the game might still be difficult with a touch-device.

[Jordach]

sfan5 manged it to compile the server for an Android phone, it worked pretty good.

....and? is that it? any... hmm... screenshots or test versions or anything?

I played on the server hosted on sfan5's phone. Worked like every other Minetest server, no noticeable differences (except that the chat is broken).

Ask sfan5 for the download link.

BTW, the lag was playable comparable to the Wazuclan server. It also runs on a Samsung Galaxy Ace.

EDIT: It requires busybox and Android 2.3+

[sfan5]

sfan5 manged it to compile the server for an Android phone, it worked pretty good.

....and? is that it? any... hmm... screenshots or test versions or anything?

I played on the server hosted on sfan5's phone. Worked like every other Minetest server, no noticeable differences (except that the chat is broken).

Ask sfan5 for the download link.

I recompiled the server with cURL and UcLibc, the chat is no longer broken.
What you need: Android device(doesn't need to be rooted); USB cable; PC with Windows, Linux or Mac
How to try it out:
1. Download https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30267315/adb.exe if you are on Windows, otherwise you need to get adb on other ways
2. Try "adb devices" and make sure you see a device listed there (enable usb debugging)
3. Make sure you have more than 20 MB free space on the internal storage (not the SD card) and enable USB Debugging in settings
4. Download https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30267315/archive-utils-android.zip and extract it
5. Use adb push decompress /data/local/tmp and adb push spk /data/local/tmp
6. Download https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30267315/Minetest/minetestserver-0.4.7-android.spk.gz
7. Use adb push minetestserver-0.4.7-android.spk.gz /data/local/tmp
8. Log into the device with adb shell
9. Switch to /data/local/tmp and verify that decompress and spk are working:

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your_computer$ adb shell
$ cd /data/local/tmp
$ ls
decompress
spk
minetestserver-0.4.7-android.spk.gz
$ ./spk
spk version 0.1.8 (compiled Jun 18 2013 21:37:15 with gcc 4.6 20120106 (prerelease))
Usage: spk (cx)[v] [options] <archive> [files] ...
spk packs files and directories in a developer-friendly format.

Valid options:
  --no-uid-gid          Doesn't save User ID and Group ID to archive
  --no-mode             Doesn't save Access mode to archive

Examples:
  spk cv example.spk foo bar        # Create example.spk with the files foo and bar
  spk x --no-uid-gid archive.spk    # Extract archive.spk without setting UID and GID
$ ./decompress
Usage: decompress <input> <output>

10. Decompress minetestserver-0.4.7-android.spk.gz and delete minetestserver-0.4.7-android.spk.gz:

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$ ./decompress minetest-0.4.7-android.spk.gz minetest-0.4.7-android.spk
Read 6302847 bytes, Wrote 6299648 bytes, Decompression factor 0.05%
$ rm minetest-0.4.7-android.spk.gz

11. Extract minetest-0.4.7-android.spk and delete minetest-0.4.7-android.spk:

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$ ./spk xv minetest-0.4.7-android.spk
minetest-0.4.7-android
minetest-0.4.7-android/games
minetest-0.4.7-android/games/minimal
minetest-0.4.7-android/games/minimal/game.conf
minetest-0.4.7-android/games/minimal/mods
minetest-0.4.7-android/games/minimal/mods/legacy
minetest-0.4.7-android/games/minimal/mods/legacy/depends.txt
minetest-0.4.7-android/games/minimal/mods/legacy/init.lua
minetest-0.4.7-android/games/minimal/mods/legacy/textures
minetest-0.4.7-android/games/minimal/mods/legacy/textures/firefly.png
<........>
$ rm minetest-0.4.7-android.spk

12. Switch to minetest-0.4.7-android/bin and start minetestserver with the parameters you want:

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$ cd minetest-0.4.7-android/bin
$ ./minetestserver --logfile debug.txt --world ../world --gameid minetest --config minetest.conf
<time>: ACTION[main]:         .__               __                   __   
<time>: ACTION[main]:   _____ |__| ____   _____/  |_  ____   _______/  |_
<time>: ACTION[main]:  /     \|  |/    \_/ __ \   __\/ __ \ /  ___/\   __\
<time>: ACTION[main]: |  Y Y  \  |   |  \  ___/|  | \  ___/ \___ \  |  | 
<time>: ACTION[main]: |__|_|  /__|___|  /\___  >__|  \___  >____  > |__| 
<time>: ACTION[main]:       \/        \/     \/          \/     \/       
<time>: ACTION[main]: World at [../world]
<time>: ACTION[main]: Server for gameid="minetest" listening on port 30010.
creative inventory size: 176
<time>: ACTION[ServerThread]: announcing to servers.minetest.net

After that you can e.g. use your own minetest.conf
You should know how to get files from your computer. (Hint: adb push minetest.conf /data/local/tmp/minetest-0.4.7-android/bin)

[Mito551]

does it work with other games? thank you very much for these detailed instructions!
and what would happen if i ran "minetest", not "minetestserver"?

[PilzAdam]

and what would happen if i ran "minetest", not "minetestserver"?

I guess its simply not there, because nobody has succesfully build it yet.

[sfan5]

does it work with other games?

Sure, it's the original minetestserver code without any modifications

[oxenfreedan]

I don't get how to do it couldn't you just make an apk?

[sfan5]

I don't get how to do it couldn't you just make an apk?

I can't make an .apk because it is not an app and apps need to be written in Java(theres JNI too, but that doesn't work well with .so's requiring other libs)

[sfan5]

....and? is that it? any... hmm... screenshots or test versions or anything?

I played on the server hosted on sfan5's phone. Worked like every other Minetest server, no noticeable differences (except that the chat is broken).

Ask sfan5 for the download link.

I recompiled the server with cURL and UcLibc, the unicode/char errors are gone now.
What you need: Android device(doesn't need to be rooted); USB cable; PC with Windows, Linux or Mac
How to try it out:
1. Download https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30267315/adb.exe if you are on Windows, otherwise you need to get adb on other ways
2. Try "adb devices" and make sure you
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<time>: ACTION[main]: World at [../world]
<time>: ACTION[main]: Server for gameid="minetest" listening on port 30010.
creative inventory size: 176
<time>: ACTION[ServerThread]: announcing to servers.minetest.net

After that you can e.g. use your own minetest.conf
You should know how to get files from your computer. (Hint: adb push minetest.conf /data/local/tmp/minetest-0.4.7-android/bin)

Has anybody tried this yet?

[kobayashi]

I try this :( You haven't put the dll files for adb and I don't know how to run the GZ files in android

[sfan5]

You haven't put the dll files for adb

Google the name of the dll thats missing

I don't know how to run the GZ files in android

??? You don't run .gz files
Just do what the steps say, nothing else

[kobayashi]

please put in this the file AdbWinApi.dll

[sfan5]

You can download it here

[saikoe]

Yea everyone would like to play minetest pe just like mcpe you can release it on iPad and iPod and iPhone and also add the same blocks and skins for mutiplayer

[Evergreen]

Yea everyone would like to play minetest pe just like mcpe you can release it on iPad and iPod and iPhone and also add the same blocks and skins for mutiplayer

Not happening any time soon. Or ever for that matter.

[saikoe]

But why I don't play minecraft anymore I saw herobrine in my world so now I play minetest

[saikoe]

Yea everyone would like to play minetest pe just like mcpe you can release it on iPad and iPod and iPhone and also add the same blocks and skins for mutiplayer

Not happening any time soon. Or ever for that matter.

And for something you don't want go and play minetest on your computer

[saikoe]

Yea everyone would like to play minetest pe just like mcpe you can release it on iPad and iPod and iPhone and also add the same blocks and skins for mutiplayer

Not happening any time soon. Or ever for that matter.

And for something you don't want go and play minetest on your computer

[saikoe]

So yea back off ever nothing

[Evergreen]

Yea everyone would like to play minetest pe just like mcpe you can release it on iPad and iPod and iPhone and also add the same blocks and skins for mutiplayer

Not happening any time soon. Or ever for that matter.

And for something you don't want go and play minetest on your computer

I see your point, but it still isn't going to happen. It would need an entire rewrite of the game, and no one is interested in doing it. Plus, it would no longer be open source.

[ndjdjksisksk]

i might play around with the code a little bit with minetest 1.0.0 and see if i can make an interface with the toutch screen

[sfan5]

It would need an entire rewrite of the game

Wrong! We would just need an interface between some Android Java Methods and C++

it would no longer be open source

Also wrong! See above

[PenguinDad]

It would need an entire rewrite of the game

Wrong! We would just need an interface between some Android Java Methods and C++

it would no longer be open source

Also wrong! See above

They are talking about an iPhone and iPad version.
Try to use Android Methods on an iPad.

[sfan5]

It would need an entire rewrite of the game

Wrong! We would just need an interface between some Android Java Methods and C++

it would no longer be open source

Also wrong! See above

They are talking about an iPhone and iPad version.
Try to use Android Methods on an iPad.

An iPad/iPod version will also not require a rewrite.

[ch98]

kobayashi, you should search the forum first before posting ideas and requests, this has been mentioned several times.

The app, if done, will probably only be for android.

I am not sure how the android market works, but the dev tool kit is free for android, but not for iOS.

I thought you can get free xcode with iOS thing if you have apple developer account and own an mac.

[Rct. Tsoul]

Wrong! We would just need an interface between some Android Java Methods and C++

Yes, I will be willing to contribute to this project, sfan5 if you have the MineCraft app on a Android or Ipad/phone, you will see what I am talking about, we only need an interface and controls, when just compiled as is, there is no way to control it, unless you attach a Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse
but that would suck for a touch device, defeats the purpose of a touch device.
My ultimate goal:
Host a Minetest server on a Cisco/Linux connected to direct fiber optic internet, then when Im board, connect can start building something, even connect with my son so we can build and have some fun.

sfan5 .............. if you don't have MineCraft for a tablet device, I will buy it for you so you can see how it works, this will give you some incite as to how it would work greatly.

[Claire]

OMG! I would LOVE to see Minetest on mobile device! It would be amazing! I think the player base would grow by a lot!!! :D

[general3214]

This topic just sparked an idea for me. Minetest should be ported to consoles/smartphones that currently do not have Minecraft available. However, this does not mean that I discourage development for Xbox, iOS, or etc. I am just suggesting an idea to the developers, so that Minetest won't be hidden behind Minecraft's wall of popularity.

[PilzAdam]

This topic just sparked an idea for me. Minetest should be ported to consoles/smartphones that currently do not have Minecraft available. However, this does not mean that I discourage development for Xbox, iOS, or etc. I am just suggesting an idea to the developers, so that Minetest won't be hidden behind Minecraft's wall of popularity.

I personally dont care if Minetest is less popular than Minecraft. Being a small and not-so-known project has also a lot of good sides.
I dont really use any other devices except the PC, so I wont develop for them.

[stormchaser3000]

This topic just sparked an idea for me. Minetest should be ported to consoles/smartphones that currently do not have Minecraft available. However, this does not mean that I discourage development for Xbox, iOS, or etc. I am just suggesting an idea to the developers, so that Minetest won't be hidden behind Minecraft's wall of popularity.

I personally dont care if Minetest is less popular than Minecraft. Being a small and not-so-known project has also a lot of good sides.
I dont really use any other devices except the PC, so I wont develop for them.

good point less griefers lol