“block” and “node”
Confusion with “blocks” and “nodes”. Seriously, this is starting to get annoying. These dev wiki uses “block”/“mapblock” for 16×16×16 nodes and “node” for a single “cube-thingie”. A node can be Sand but also be a torch etc. (IIRC).
The community wiki calls “nodes” often “blocks”. In minetest_game, some node names have “block” in it, for example “Steel Block”, “Bronze Block”, “Grass Block” etc.
I think the terminology should be consistent throughout the wikis and the game.
I make following suggestions:
- Keep the meaning of “node” and “block” in the sense of the developer wiki
- Stop using the term “block” in any different sense
- Introduce the term “cube” which means a node which has the shape of a cube of side length 1, for example Steel Block, Dirt, Gravel, Water Source etc. but not Torch, Flowing Water, Door, Wooden Stair, Wooden Slab. Consequently in minetest_game (and maybe other subgames/games, too), rename all nodes which are cubes and have “Block” in their names, so “Steel Block” shall become “Steel Cube”, etc. This change resolves the nameclash between “block” (in the sense of “cube-shaped node”) and “block” (in the sense of “16×16×16 nodes”).
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