FOSS gamedev and creative worlds

Hi when I start up up my server it gives the error

I am using a script to start it up, here it is

I know, this is a forum for bug reports for Minetest but here's a great site to solve the problem.

Krock wrote:I know, this is a forum for bug reports for Minetest but here's a great site to solve the problem.

really sorry about that, usually I would google it but I used the search forum function and my problem did not come up so I presumed it new, again sorry for the inconvinience, also there is a google for this http://www.fuckinggoogleit.com/

This error always happens to my sister!!!

I know how to resolve it:

1. Go in the world path (usually ~/.minetest/worlds/<the name of the world>)
2. Open the env_meta.txt file with a text editor (create it if does not exist)
3. Type in the following lines:
   
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   game_time = 0
time_of_day = 0
EnvArgsEnd

4. Save it
5. Reload the world in minetest

It should work after doing this.
Sometimes the player data will also be deleted, and that's a problem if you aren't in creative. So make world backups.

When i tried to enter one of my minetest singleplayer worlds it said that the "EnvArgsEnd" could not be found.

I used jogag's solution. I can enter the world, but now the world is empty. I have no 'inventory", and none of my commands go through. Each time I type and enter a command, this error message comes up:

2015-09-11 11:28:05: ERROR[ServerThread]: Got packet command: 50 for peer id 2 but client isn't active yet. Dropping packet

Is there a solution for this also?

BTW: I made a world backup, before I messed with things.

Easiest solution I have found is just deleting env_meta.txt and the game will just generate a new one for you. This will allow the map to load

Texan wrote:When i tried to enter one of my minetest singleplayer worlds it said that the "EnvArgsEnd" could not be found.

I used jogag's solution. I can enter the world, but now the world is empty. I have no 'inventory", and none of my commands go through. Each time I type and enter a command, this error message comes up:

2015-09-11 11:28:05: ERROR[ServerThread]: Got packet command: 50 for peer id 2 but client isn't active yet. Dropping packet

Is there a solution for this also?

BTW: I made a world backup, before I messed with things.

Oh no, it also happened to my sister but I forgot to say it.
Make world backups, minetest is still unstable. Should auto-backup be added by default to MT? (= should I post an issue?)

Alright, I have successfully restored Texan's map. It is in full working condition. The fix is actually very simple. After Texan gave me a copy of her backup I started to examine it. Some things stood out to me. Mainly, that env_meta.txt was completely empty. I knew the from the errors that something was wrong with this file. I proceeded to create a world with the same exact seed as Texan's world. Upon examining the env_meta.txt in this new map, I saw it had the game time and time of day for that map. I copied the env_meta.txt from this alternate map to the faulty one, replacing the env_meta.txt from the bad map with the env_meta.txt from the good map, and Vualaa!! It opened, but it still was giving error messages. The error messages now pertained to the client. There was no inventory and the coordinates were doing weird things when i tried to move. Also, when I typed commands the i got error messages like the ones Texan described. This situation prompted me to check out some more .txt files, and upon investigation, in the "players" folder there was a file called "singleplayer". This file was absoltely empty as well. I then proceeded to compare this file to the "singleplayer" file of the map with the exact seed. The "singleplayer" file of this alternate map had data describing the position, inventory contents, and much more. So i replaced the "singleplayer" file of the faulty map with the "singleplayer" file of the map with the exact seed. When I went to open it up, It worked completely. Every single function was in complete working order. It was that simple. As it turns out, for some reason, the environment and the player had no identity. What did puzzle me was that these files were empty. How did they get that way? That is the question.
Congrats Texan on your newfound identity. :P

LOL Thanks myster for your help.
That world is important to me, and I didn't wanna lose it. I'm so glad you fixed it.

Texan wrote:When i tried to enter one of my minetest singleplayer worlds it said that the "EnvArgsEnd" could not be found.

I used jogag's solution. I can enter the world, but now the world is empty. I have no 'inventory", and none of my commands go through. Each time I type and enter a command, this error message comes up:

2015-09-11 11:28:05: ERROR[ServerThread]: Got packet command: 50 for peer id 2 but client isn't active yet. Dropping packet

Is there a solution for this also?

BTW: I made a world backup, before I messed with things.

Yes, i did the same
when i first googled it i saw that one could type anythin in the env-meta.txt file and the world would run but like your case im unable to do anything about the empty world
geeks out there im in trouble pls help

myster wrote:Alright, I have successfully restored Texan's map. It is in full working condition. The fix is actually very simple. After Texan gave me a copy of her backup I started to examine it. Some things stood out to me. Mainly, that env_meta.txt was completely empty. I knew the from the errors that something was wrong with this file. I proceeded to create a world with the same exact seed as Texan's world. Upon examining the env_meta.txt in this new map, I saw it had the game time and time of day for that map. I copied the env_meta.txt from this alternate map to the faulty one, replacing the env_meta.txt from the bad map with the env_meta.txt from the good map, and Vualaa!! It opened, but it still was giving error messages. The error messages now pertained to the client. There was no inventory and the coordinates were doing weird things when i tried to move. Also, when I typed commands the i got error messages like the ones Texan described. This situation prompted me to check out some more .txt files, and upon investigation, in the "players" folder there was a file called "singleplayer". This file was absoltely empty as well. I then proceeded to compare this file to the "singleplayer" file of the map with the exact seed. The "singleplayer" file of this alternate map had data describing the position, inventory contents, and much more. So i replaced the "singleplayer" file of the faulty map with the "singleplayer" file of the map with the exact seed. When I went to open it up, It worked completely. Every single function was in complete working order. It was that simple. As it turns out, for some reason, the environment and the player had no identity. What did puzzle me was that these files were empty. How did they get that way? That is the question.
Congrats Texan on your newfound identity. :P

ok so what you said is right but i dont have a backup then what do i do?

GUYS !!! MYSTER IS A GENIUS!
ok so all u have to do is go to the .minetest file(im on ubuntu so its .minetest whereas in windows its "minetest" )go to worlds in worlds go to the selected world in the selected world go to the file called players in players go to the desired players and open the txt file
it will be blank
so type or copy-paste this
breath = 11
hp = 20
name = singleplayer
pitch = 7.79
position = (-12.19,145,55.65)
version = 1
yaw = -146.79
PlayerArgsEnd
List main 32
Width 0
Item default:dirt
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
EndInventoryList
List craft 9
Width 3
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
Empty
EndInventoryList
List craftpreview 1
Width 0
Empty
EndInventoryList
List craftresult 1
Width 0
Empty
EndInventoryList
EndInventory


and u got ur world back


P.S : guys there is this line called "name = singleplayer" above
change the singleplayer to whatever u want(ur name that is)

Easiest solution to both problems is to just delete the files and let them auto regenerate on startup/login.