FOSS gamedev and creative worlds

I am running version 0.4.7 on Mint 15, and I can't find trees of any kind anywhere. I tried builds from the Ubuntu 14 and Ubuntu 13 lists as well as the one from the official Mint repository, and whilst the Ubuntu builds have grasses, flowers and papyrus, there's no other plant life present. Does anybody have any advice? Or directions to a post that solves my problem already?

Thankyou!

Make sure you use minetest_game not minimal

I found that I was using Minetest_game after downloading the two Ubuntu versions from the website (at least, I was according to the GUI. The minimal option is there as well.). I still don't have trees, I'm afraid.

When you create your new world, are you using the new V7 map gen ? if so you wont find trees, use V6 or Indev to create your world...

You could also consider building minetest yourself.

When you read the instructions under Compiling on GNU/Linux: , scroll halfway down the README.txt here: https://github.com/minetest/minetest you can copy/paste the commands.

2 things:
- I don't know mint, for Lubuntu I put "sudo" before apt get etc..
- cd minetest-minetest-286edd4 --> look in your homefolder for the current 'name'. 286edd4 is just an example.


Edit: Typo.

I've just taken a peek at the debug file, and it's telling me that, in direct contradiction to what the GUI was telling me, it was still opening the game in Minimal instead of in Game. Which puts me in a place that, last time I tried it, caused my KDE desktop to disappear in a flurry of broken packages. Still, nothing ventured nothing gained...

So. Uncertain Newbie question: which folder is the Game folder in Mint, that I would have to install the minetest_game file into? Is it the Hidden one in my Home folder? From what experience I have with Linux, it seems to have the same file tree structure as Ubuntu.

janet.mayfire wrote::which folder is the Game folder in Mint, that I would have to install the minetest_game file into? Is it the Hidden one in my Home folder?

The same folder where minimal is in.