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Make the same nodes use different textures in different biomes. Is it possible?

well wouldnt it be better to just use different nodes?

jordan4ibanez wrote:well wouldnt it be better to just use different nodes?

If you wanted to have dyanmic colored grass/foliage you would need quite a lot of node definitions. ;)
But yeah, that's a good idea. Now code it :P

Or just a function in the scriptapi to change the texture of a node type live.

jordan4ibanez wrote:well wouldnt it be better to just use different nodes?

And make different recipes for them? Too much code and data, and it's not the best solution.

What about how Minecraft does it? http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Biomes They use a single png colour image to change the type of biome based on temperature and rainfall (which with the weather patch by TeddyDesTodes should be possible in Minetest)

yes i was going to recommend the png trick...but i doubt anyone will be able to code that to use sectors of the png..you'd have to rewrite the biome engine

jordan4ibanez wrote:yes i was going to recommend the png trick...but i doubt anyone will be able to code that to use sectors of the png..you'd have to rewrite the biome engine

I didn't think Minetest had a biome engine.... but I may be wrong, I know TeddyDesTodes has added a biome system in his weather patch.

yes it does..jungle trees are in a jungle biome...but right now biomes are really small on top of all that