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hello i am new at this game and i have 2 problems.the frist everytime i close the game the game world deletes and im getting pretty mad.and when i try to connect to a server it stays on the connecting to server. thank you for reading this and please help me with my problem

2 possible solutions:

1. Did you unzip/extract the minetest zip (what you should do) or playing it directly from a zip (which can cause those problems)
2. Check if your minetest_game folder is in the minetest folder (same folder as where the minimal folder is), where it belongs.

Edit: more text.

yeah my game files save now but i still cant connect to servers

Here's a list of servers with their links, so you can find out which version of minetest you need for a server (It's under servers, sticky, servers monitoring service):

http://servers.minetest.ru/

And here is a link that helps you find out where the servers are:

http://minetest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3268

Edit:
Name is the ingame name you choose to use., password a password you make up
Adress is the IP adress or a (combination of) word(s) of the server (see under adress in the first link), port is the number, not always 30000

I have the same problem with the saving, no matter what I do, the worlds wont save :(

TehPencilmaster wrote:I have the same problem with the saving, no matter what I do, the worlds wont save :(

You tried my suggestions in post 2?

If they didn't work:
- what operating system do you use (Windows/Mac/Linux) and version/specification.
- Which minetest version (and serial number) are you using (for example 0.4.3, 25cf375)

Edit: typo

I have Windows 7 and I use Minetest 1.4.3. I dont know the serial number though.
Also, your suggestions in Post 2 sadly have not worked for me :/

Maybe you should try to reinstall minetest. If you already didn't try, I can recommend Sfan5's build

Minetest.net, downloads, Sfan5's builds, the one with latest behind it's name I guess: http://sfan.sf.funpic.de/minetest-builds

I use Lubuntu, but understand from the forums that this a very good build.

Edit: driect download link: http://sfan.sf.funpic.de/minetest-builds/c55/minetest-0.4.3-25cf375-extrafilters_chkbox-win32.7z

mmm chek the minetest folders and find the worlds folder if it isn't is there create one