Suggestions for next build

[ABJ]

Redstone already exists. (MESE, yellow color). And the Redstone mod is known as mesecons.
And torches do look really retarded.
Also some mobs would be good.
We definitely need a better mapgen with acceptable SEAS, LAKES and RIVERS. God, it's annoying to see any sort of water bodies nowadays. Also, some lag optimization? It feels MT 0.4.13 is laggier than ever. And caves and cave systems. Also, proper islands in proper seas.
Minetest in general as it is now is depressing as hell.

[Echoes91]

And torches do look really retarded.

Torches MOD could be simply merged.

Also some mobs would be good.

Many mods and frameworks exist, Mobs Redo is a great example.

We definitely need a better mapgen with acceptable SEAS, LAKES and RIVERS. God, it's annoying to see any sort of water bodies nowadays.

Really you don't like mapgen V7? I find it great even with default biomes, they are just a bit large (still have not been able to find all of them into a single survival game).

[ABJ]

Ooops! XD

[ABJ]

i want a 3D first person hand, kinda like Minecraft but better, in minecraft when holding items, they float in FP. something like a hand holding the items in Minetest would be cool.

Does this not already exist?

[KCoombes]

I'd like to see a 'Refresh' button for the public server list

[ABJ]

Interesting, yes. Though you can do it now (I think) by disabling and enabling public serverlist, that's rather counter intuitive.

[benrob0329]

@ABJ the hand is just a texture, not an actual 3D model.

[ABJ]

Oooh yeah the texture was rather good tho. It mislead me all these years.

[stormchaser3000]

i personally think we should try to make something less like minecraft. i like the old idea of minetest being a modding engine instead of a minecraft clone.

[amadin]

Thrown snowball, i mean default_snowball.png from default mod.

[prof-turbo]

i like the old idea of minetest being a modding engine instead of a minecraft clone.

It already is...

We definitely need a better mapgen with acceptable SEAS, LAKES and RIVERS. God, it's annoying to see any sort of water bodies nowadays. Also, some lag optimization? It feels MT 0.4.13 is laggier than ever. And caves and cave systems. Also, proper islands in proper seas.

fractal mapgen
valleys mapgen
mapgen v7
lua mapgens

And 0.4.13 isn't laggier than ever to me.

[KCoombes]

Sorry, here's another one:

A client verifier, to reject connections from any unofficial client.

[benrob0329]

More shaders!!!!

Dynamic shadows, reflections, custom shaders per node...

[rubenwardy]

Sorry, here's another one:

A client verifier, to reject connections from any unofficial client.

This is open source, a lot of clients are unofficial. What's the aim, to stop flying?

[KCoombes]

No, to stop crashing servers

[rubenwardy]

A client shouldn't be able to crash servers.

The solution isn't to block modified clients, but to fix the bug that crashes the server. Blocking "unofficial clients" is also against the whole open source nature of nature, I build minetest myself so I use an unofficial client.

[KCoombes]

And a new one - colored chat text for important announcements - limited to admins/mods

I frequently miss admins saying they're restarting the server to update.

[TumeniNodes]

The ability to use the mouse wheel to scroll through inventory... (my finger is cramping :( from clicking through)
I have almost every mod so my inventory list is large...
It would also be cool (not sure if it exists or not yet) but the ability to completely remove items from inventory the user does not use, and add it in if they do need it?
I use Minetest for building, so I have absolutely no use, need, nor desire for 50 variations of swords, axes, shovels, picks etc... Id like to be able to have them not show in my inventory without having to go technical... I am sure there are others who have this same desire?
Ability to create / add new, custom (skyboxes) as some other games have... this would attract many new users... (realistic clouds, etc.. maybe to be able to even add stars/sky views via other apps such as Celestia, or maybe create world maps from Marble?
Again, still to new to have found out if these features already exist but I have been searching and even poking around to see if I can do it or create the abilities
And I am trying to create 3 block high doors right now, because 2 block high just does not work for my OCD.
And I wish to hell someone would figure out a way to be able to set items on slabs without them floating in the air :P and to even be able to stack, say a concrete slab on top of a brick slab (just sayin')

[rubenwardy]

I know that it is possible to set the skybox, not sure how, never done it.

[TumeniNodes]

I know that it is possible to set the skybox, not sure how, never done it.

Oohh... I'll have to keep digging then cuz that would be very cool for me to play with. I know about the sky_color (or something like that I saw), but I tried only once so far to use a realistic image for the clouds by replacing default_cloud, and even simply adding a cloud/s texture but I know already I have to dig deeper into the graphics and maybe core? I'll figure it out... or I won't who knows :P
I was also thinking it would be so cool to maybe, make it so old atari games could be played in minetest, like tank pong where a player could build a tank and barracades and play against other players etc and if you get hit you get teleported to another location on the game
... (maybe that would not be a "feature" but more of a sub-game idea?) sorry

[GreenMy]

Minetest with mobs without mods installed

[firefox]

Minetest with mobs without mods installed

that has been suggested many times and has always been rejected.
first it needs a stable mob API, but even if there is one, mobs will not be included by default.
(except friendly animals, maybe ...)

[rubberduck]

real 3D torches!!!!!

[benrob0329]

Like the ones from BlockMens torches mod.

[ErrorNull]

minetest is pretty cool and just started modding. I'd like a way to modify the reach distance of the player when targetting a node (blocks, mobs, etc) in survival mode. it seems to be approx 4-5 nodes ahead?

I'd like to make the reach distance shorter. to enhance realism especially when digging and attacking mobs. if this is already possible, may someone plz direct me.... and....

forgiveness please, for my noobiness.

[KamaZ]

My biggest dream about minetest is Minecraft stopped in Beta 1.8.1 (last playable version) with great new features, for example firearms, FINALLY MOBS and more cool things

[MineYoshi]

uhmmmmm

Mobs were rejected, the last mobs that had Minetest were the oerkki and dungeon master!

Simply you will need mods for that feature!

What i request for next version:

-Have a very great performance and that don't be laggy!

-Have a better mods api!

[ShadMOrdre]

The interact privilege should be separated into use, build, and mine privileges, each distinct.
1. Use would still enable users to interact with the world in non-destructive ways, like opening doors, or punching objects to use them.
2. The build privilege would enable users to actually build objects. On this, any node that is placed by a particular user should only be modifiable by that user or an admin. Thus, ownership of placed nodes. And this would also include the ability to "mine" said node back into a users inventory.
3. The Mine privilege would enable users to gather resources from any non-owned node, while protecting nodes that were built with the above privilege.

My 4 year loves to play, but the interact privilege means that he can be very destructive to a build as well. I would like to let him be able to open a door without him destroying everything around it.

[MineYoshi]

The interact privilege should be separated into use, build, and mine privileges, each distinct.
1. Use would still enable users to interact with the world in non-destructive ways, like opening doors, or punching objects to use them.
2. The build privilege would enable users to actually build objects. On this, any node that is placed by a particular user should only be modifiable by that user or an admin. Thus, ownership of placed nodes. And this would also include the ability to "mine" said node back into a users inventory.
3. The Mine privilege would enable users to gather resources from any non-owned node, while protecting nodes that were built with the above privilege.

My 4 year loves to play, but the interact privilege means that he can be very destructive to a build as well. I would like to let him be able to open a door without him destroying everything around it.

+100

Nice idea, i sometimes think about that too!

I will like That be implemented in Minetest in the future!