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Light

PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 15:30
by Nathan
I have been interested in farming, and have noticed on the wiki that some plants need a least 13 light to grow certain plants (http://wiki.minetest.net/Farming). So what is 13 Light and how do I know how much light my plants are getting?

P.S. does torch light count?

Re: Light

PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 15:45
by Krock
Nathan wrote:I have been interested in farming, and have noticed on the wiki that some plants need a least 13 light to grow certain plants (http://wiki.minetest.net/Farming). So what is 13 Light and how do I know how much light my plants are getting?

P.S. does torch light count?

Wheat and cotton grow, when the light is more than 13.
Torches spread the light of MAX_LIGHT - 1 = 14 - 1 = 13
So, torches won't work to let plants grow.
You need something which glows more - example: moreblocks' super glow glass

See also:
https://github.com/minetest/minetest_ga ... t.lua#L408
https://github.com/minetest/minetest_ga ... s.lua#L613

Re: Light

PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 16:50
by Nathan

So... what do I do with these? Also I tried the more-blocks MOD, however it failed by saying that it failed to load and run "init.lua."

Re: Light

PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 17:13
by Nathan
Does anybody know of any bright light sources?

Re: Light

PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 21:20
by Topywo
Nathan wrote:Also I tried the more-blocks MOD, however it failed by saying that it failed to load and run "init.lua."


Did you use the right name moreblocks so without -master. Did you install also the dependencies?

Nathan wrote:Does anybody know of any bright light sources?


RabbiBob's boblocks:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1274

qwrwed's lightplus:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3332&hilit=lights

There are more out there, sometimes in mods who's name doesn't give a hint of it.

Though it looks like a lot of work, you could take your time to browse through the mods in mod releases and modding general.

Re: Light

PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 05:29
by HeroOfTheWinds
Mesecons lamps also give 14 light, just for the record. You can see an excellent example of efficient plant growing on Megaf's server 4.0.

Re: Light

PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 15:49
by Nathan
Yes I have renamed it, and I have also installed everything it depends on. However I have found a plugin called "Magma Tools," which emits enough light to grow plants.

Re: Light

PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 18:18
by DS-minetest
I want brighter maximal light.

Re: Light

PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 07:21
by Calinou
You need something that emits 14 light just besides (non-diagonally) or above the crop, such as Super Glow Glass. Torches won't work.