FOSS gamedev and creative worlds

I found the default player jump height (1 block) a little inconvenient when I'm putting block below myself to make a pillar, which is a common trick in Minecraft. I think making the jump height 1.5 blocks will work fine.

I know I can change the jump height with lua code set_physics_override, but that requires making a mod. Is there an option to change the jump height without making a mod?

yes
set_physics_override({jump=x})

This is a mod that does that for you. You just use chat commands.
https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=7498

Or change the config file for the map. Below is a link to the example file. Line 396 is the physics stuff
https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/minetest.conf.example

You can use Shift to jump over 2 nodes. But somehow it doesn't work anytime.

Don wrote:This is a mod that does that for you. You just use chat commands.
https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=7498

Or change the config file for the map. Below is a link to the example file. Line 396 is the physics stuff
https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/minetest.conf.example

That's a great mod, but I want have the change immediately available when I load a mod, so maybe writing one myself would be better.

You can use the sneak.
-Hold shift.
-Jump.
-You just jumped 1.5 blocks without mods! Huray!

@yyt16384:
As Don wrote: You can edit minetest.conf. The relevant setting is movement_speed_jump. The default is:


If you use this line:

You’ll jump just high enough for 2 nodes. You may want to play around with this value a bit until you find a good one. You must restart the world every time you change this setting.

If you add this to your main minetest.conf, the setting applies to all worlds, I guess. If you add it to the minetest.conf of a world folder, it only applies to that world.


Random notes:
The Player Tools mod is mostly used for testing purposes, since it uses set_physics_override directly. I have created this mod to be able to quickly try out different values for set_physics_override without restarting Minetest all the time. It has probably its uses for creative games as well, but I would not recommend using that for survival games with many mods, epspecially if one of them also uses set_physics_override.

Oh, another thing to know: The settings in minetest.conf configure the base values. set_physics_override does *not* alter these base values, instead it just applies some factor if I understood correctly. Anyways, it is possible to use custom movement_speed_whatever settings together with Player Effects together relatively painlessly.

Dragonop wrote:You can use the sneak.
-Hold shift.
-Jump.
-You just jumped 1.5 blocks without mods! Huray!

That's a good thing. It's different from the Minecraft way, but it's always good to have this feature.

Wuzzy wrote:If you add this to your main minetest.conf, the setting applies to all worlds, I guess. If you add it to the minetest.conf of a world folder, it only applies to that world.

I can't find minetest.conf in my world folder... world.mt seems to be the place to store settings. Should I just place it in world.mt?

Wuzzy wrote:Oh, another thing to know: The settings in minetest.conf configure the base values. set_physics_override does *not* alter these base values, instead it just applies some factor if I understood correctly.

I know. The values are multipliers to the default values.

yyt16384 wrote:

Dragonop wrote:You can use the sneak.
-Hold shift.
-Jump.
-You just jumped 1.5 blocks without mods! Huray!

That's a good thing. It's different from the Minecraft way, but it's always good to have this feature.

Wuzzy wrote:If you add this to your main minetest.conf, the setting applies to all worlds, I guess. If you add it to the minetest.conf of a world folder, it only applies to that world.

I can't find minetest.conf in my world folder... world.mt seems to be the place to store settings. Should I just place it in world.mt?

Wuzzy wrote:Oh, another thing to know: The settings in minetest.conf configure the base values. set_physics_override does *not* alter these base values, instead it just applies some factor if I understood correctly.

I know. The values are multipliers to the default values.

Just so you know, minetest is similar to Minecraft but does not try to be Minecraft.

The world folder doesn't have a config file. Just copy the one in the .minetest folder and paste it into the world folder.

I don't think world folders support minetest.conf.

Add it to the Minetest.conf in the Minetest base folder (~/.minetest on non-portable Linux)

rubenwardy wrote:I don't think world folders support minetest.conf.

Add it to the Minetest.conf in the Minetest base folder (~/.minetest on non-portable Linux)

My mistake. I don't know what made me think that.
Here is the minetest.conf wiki
http://wiki.minetest.com/wiki/Minetest.conf

Edit - I know why I thought that. I start my server with a script that points to the minetest.conf file that I have in the world folder.