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just wondering because i get a little bored when night hits in the game has anyone thought of making like fireflys or something that has a glow to it at night to make night time a little more fun for players, at night i tend to hit caves to mine and farm ores and coal but i'd like to see if you guys have any ideas for it . Thanks !!

Would be nice to see fireflies back, they were in the game by default pre-0.4 but were taken out.

Would be a nice option to enable/disable that could spawn around trees and light up an area at night time :)

Spots wrote:just wondering because i get a little bored when night hits in the game has anyone thought of making like fireflys or something that has a glow to it at night to make night time a little more fun for players, at night i tend to hit caves to mine and farm ores and coal but i'd like to see if you guys have any ideas for it . Thanks !!

Butterflies by day, Fireflies by night? That would be a fun mod.

the glow mod has fireflies by night...
https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=6300

I never got to experience being around fireflies ingame.
they would be intresting.

Maybe that could be possible with something like Bas080's Bee mod

Just had an idea:
Turn grass into grass with fireflies that emits light and spawns firefly-particles. Now I need someone to make the particle spawner, i don't understand how to use them.

Casimir wrote:Just had an idea:
Turn grass into grass with fireflies that emits light and spawns firefly-particles. Now I need someone to make the particle spawner, i don't understand how to use them.

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minetest.register_abm({
    nodenames = {"default:grass_5"},
    interval = 5,
    chance = 5,
    action = function(pos, node)
        if ((minetest.env:get_timeofday() < 0.2) or (minetest.env:get_timeofday() > 0.8)) then
        node.name = "firefly:grass_5"
        minetest.env:add_node(pos, node)
        end
    end
})

minetest.register_abm({
    nodenames = {"firefly:grass_5"},
    interval = 5,
    chance = 5,
    action = function(pos, node)
        if ((minetest.env:get_timeofday() > 0.2) and (minetest.env:get_timeofday() < 0.8)) then
        node.name = "default:grass_5"
        minetest.env:add_node(pos, node)
        end
    end
})

minetest.register_node("firefly:grass_5", {
    description = "Grass",
    drawtype = "plantlike",
    tiles = {"default_grass_5.png"},
    inventory_image = "default_grass_5.png",
    wield_image = "default_grass_5.png",
    paramtype = "light",
    walkable = false,
    light_source = 10,
    buildable_to = true,
    is_ground_content = true,
    drop = "default:grass_1",
    groups = {snappy=3,flammable=3,flora=1,attached_node=1,not_in_creative_inventory=1},
    sounds = default.node_sound_leaves_defaults(),
    selection_box = {
        type = "fixed",
        fixed = {-0.5, -0.5, -0.5, 0.5, -5/16, 0.5},
    },
})

I could see if I can figure out the code in the bee mod, and maybe change it to fireflies. Emitting light, however, is going to be much more difficult.

The node itself is the one emitting light, that's the trick.

Casimir wrote:The node itself is the one emitting light, that's the trick.

Yes, I was kind of thinking of doing it that way myself.

EDIT: Just throwing the code together as we speak.

Okay, just finished the first version, will post it tomorrow.

That's what I have now. But the particles move to fast.

And there is one major problem: the night is to bright.

Casimir wrote:That's what I have now. But the particles move to fast.

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minetest.register_abm({
  nodenames = {"firefly:grass_5"},
  interval = 0.1,
  chance = 3,
  action = function(pos, node, _, _)
    local p = {x=pos.x, y=pos.y+math.random(), z=pos.z}
    minetest.add_particle(p, {x=(math.random()-0.8),y=(math.random()-0.8),z=(math.random()-0.8)}, {x=math.random()-0.5,y=math.random()-0.5,z=math.random()-0.5}, math.random(2,5), math.random(1,1.5), true, "firefly_particle.png")
  end,
})


And there is one major problem: the night is to bright.

I actually just finished the code, and added a texture. I just have to do a bit of tweaking. Also, you are right about the light being too bright.

Fireflies were self illuminating, not actually a light source, but it gave it that impression. I miss those little fellas. They were so mindless and random. With a bit of improvement, they would make the night in Minetest pretty again. I personally like to catch them and put into those glass vessels thus making a Firefly lantern or something.