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Hi Everyone,
I am new to minetest, I found the program when i was playing Globeminner and saw that minetest was the core program and have downloaded the newest version of minetest 0.4.9, I am not a programmer, but i do have some ideas, me and my family are playing Globeminner and might switch to Minetest when i figure out how to make my own server, also the mods for minetest do work in Globeminner (well some of them) - Globeminner is made by some of your core developers of minetest mods and my family do love building things and i thought of joing minetest forums so i can get some help and give new ideas for mods

Thank you

Welcome to the original Minetest-core forums!
Post your ideas into "Feature Discussion" and mod wishes into "Modding General" -> "Post your mod requests/ideas here".

era_athene wrote:Globeminner is made by some of your core developers of minetest mods

Welcome to the forums.

No, it isn't. I've never seen any core Minetest or Freeminer (an established fork of Minetest) developer working on Globeminner.

era_athene wrote:Globeminner is made by some of your core developers of minetest

Nope nope nope nope. Also, I would watch out talking about globeminner on here. That has been a source of controversy recently. (you can replicate the globeminner gameplay by installing some mods)

Welcome to the Minetest forums!

I see that you would like to make a server. Would you like to make one on your local network, such that only your family members can play, or an internet one, where everyone on the internet can play?

Globeminner basically took our work and sell it. They did nothing except adding a different logo.

era_athene wrote:when i figure out how to make my own server,

There's a nice thread here for Windows users needing help on starting a server (under Linux, it is easier). You might also consider joining one of the existing servers. If you have small children in your family, perhaps one of VanessaEs servers (there are diffrent kinds of worlds and sets of mods installed) or linuxgaming.us might be a of intrest as those servers place special value on beeing family-friendly and avoiding undesired language. It's usually much more fun building on a public server and enjoying the buildings of other players as well :-)

Sokomine wrote:

era_athene wrote:when i figure out how to make my own server,

There's a nice thread here for Windows users needing help on starting a server (under Linux, it is easier). You might also consider joining one of the existing servers. If you have small children in your family, perhaps one of VanessaEs servers (there are diffrent kinds of worlds and sets of mods installed) or linuxgaming.us might be a of intrest as those servers place special value on beeing family-friendly and avoiding undesired language. It's usually much more fun building on a public server and enjoying the buildings of other players as well :-)

Welcome to the community!

A word of caution. Even with the rules in place against swearing, it does happen, and there is some innuendo-type discussion every now and then. It's not as bad as some I've seen, but you may want to know this beforehand. Also, all of VanessaE's servers, ShadowNinja's server, Kizeren's server, and a few other servers are chat-connected via IRC. Most of the users (my best guess is about 85%) are anywhere between 8 and 18 years old. Of that, the majority seem to be 10-12. You won't have much to worry about, but as with anything, there will be variations. :-)

Enke wrote:

Sokomine wrote:

era_athene wrote:when i figure out how to make my own server,

There's a nice thread here for Windows users needing help on starting a server (under Linux, it is easier). You might also consider joining one of the existing servers. If you have small children in your family, perhaps one of VanessaEs servers (there are diffrent kinds of worlds and sets of mods installed) or linuxgaming.us might be a of intrest as those servers place special value on beeing family-friendly and avoiding undesired language. It's usually much more fun building on a public server and enjoying the buildings of other players as well :-)

Welcome to the community!

A word of caution. Even with the rules in place against swearing, it does happen, and there is some innuendo-type discussion every now and then. It's not as bad as some I've seen, but you may want to know this beforehand. Also, all of VanessaE's servers, ShadowNinja's server, Kizeren's server, and a few other servers are chat-connected via IRC. Most of the users (my best guess is about 85%) are anywhere between 8 and 18 years old. Of that, the majority seem to be 10-12. You won't have much to worry about, but as with anything, there will be variations. :-)

Yes, the problem is that we can't prevent the swearing before it happens. That is where a swear filter would come in handy. How ever, like Enke said, you can't really prevent the innuendo stuff.

Thank you for the welcomes and i will not mention said game anymore and my kids are 9 and 11 and know not to swear and i will keep the swearing and other stuff out of forums. and i look forward to suggesting ideas soon - and i will try all of your advice and i do love the mods everyone are making and keep up the good work

era_athene wrote:Thank you for the welcomes and i will not mention said game anymore and my kids are 9 and 11 and know not to swear and i will keep the swearing and other stuff out of forums. and i look forward to suggesting ideas soon - and i will try all of your advice and i do love the mods everyone are making and keep up the good work

You got ripped off, buying that game. Sorry about that.