Server mods

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Server mods

by Tenr » Thu Mar 23, 2017 16:31

Hello.
How to install mods on server?
I can install any mod, or only mods developed to work in multilayer?
 

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Re: Server mods

by rubenwardy » Thu Mar 23, 2017 16:56

Nearly all mods will support multiplayer, due to how Minetest is designed. All games are actually multiplayer from the code's point of view, it's just that singleplayer only allows one player to join (with the name of "singleplayer")
 

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Re: Server mods

by Tenr » Thu Mar 23, 2017 17:20

rubenwardy wrote:Nearly all mods will support multiplayer, due to how Minetest is designed. All games are actually multiplayer from the code's point of view, it's just that singleplayer only allows one player to join (with the name of "singleplayer")

Okay, then how to install mods on server?
 

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Re: Server mods

by rubenwardy » Thu Mar 23, 2017 17:30

the exact same way as on a client, except you'll need to manually enable them by adding:

load_mod_modname = true

to the world.mt of the server's world
 

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Re: Server mods

by Tenr » Thu Mar 23, 2017 17:40

rubenwardy wrote:the exact same way as on a client, except you'll need to manually enable them by adding:

load_mod_modname = true

to the world.mt of the server's world

On client I have directory "mods", but linux package minetest-server have following structure:
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/.
/etc
/etc/init.d
/etc/init.d/minetest-server
/etc/logrotate.d
/etc/logrotate.d/minetest-server
/etc/minetest
/etc/minetest/minetest.conf
/lib
/lib/systemd
/lib/systemd/system
/lib/systemd/system/minetest-server.service
/lib/systemd/system/minetest-server@.service
/usr
/usr/games
/usr/games/minetestserver
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/minetest
/usr/lib/minetest/minetestserver
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/minetest-server
/usr/share/doc/minetest-server/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/minetest-server/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/minetest-server/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/minetest-server/copyright
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man6
/usr/share/man/man6/minetestserver.6.gz

And directory with server map have
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map_meta.txt
rollback.sqlite
map.sqlite
auth.txt
force_loaded.txt
world.mt
config.cfg
ipban.txt
players
env_meta.txt

Where I need to put mods?
 

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Re: Server mods

by rubenwardy » Thu Mar 23, 2017 17:45

/home/username/.minetest/mods

note that .minetest is a hidden directory
 

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Re: Server mods

by Tenr » Thu Mar 23, 2017 18:31

Thanks, it works.
I also hear that I can install textures on server, and client automatically download and use them. Can I do that?
 

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Re: Server mods

by cHyper » Thu Mar 23, 2017 21:06

Tenr wrote:Thanks, it works.
I also hear that I can install textures on server, and client automatically download and use them. Can I do that?


i use /home/<username>/.minetest/textures folder for singleplayer gaming,
maybe it works for servers also?!!
 

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Re: Server mods

by Tenr » Fri Mar 24, 2017 19:59

cHyper wrote:i use /home/<username>/.minetest/textures folder for singleplayer gaming,
maybe it works for servers also?!!

Maybe, but how to set this in config file?
 


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