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I have Linux and I am running minetest 0.4.9.
Everytime I go to load the modstore it is just blank. This is kind of annoying becuase I am now unable to apply mods. However the game seems to run perfectly fine otherwise.

In the meantime is there a way to install a mod without going through the modstore?

Im confused, what are you talking about?? last I checked there is not a mod store, all mods must be installed manually.

Vazon wrote:Im confused, what are you talking about?? last I checked there is not a mod store, all mods must be installed manually.

I think he's talking about the "Online mod repository" button in the "Mods" tab of the menu. It appears fine for me.

Nathan wrote:I have Linux and I am running minetest 0.4.9.
Everytime I go to load the modstore it is just blank. This is kind of annoying becuase I am now unable to apply mods. However the game seems to run perfectly fine otherwise.

This is a known bug, we'll fix this soon.

Nathan wrote:In the meantime is there a way to install a mod without going through the modstore?

You can download mods on the forum, most mods are only on the forums anyway.

For help with installing, see this: http://wiki.minetest.net/Installing_mods

Nathan wrote:In the meantime is there a way to install a mod without going through the modstore?

There are several ways to do this, e.g. with MT-GitSync, at least for mods that are on GitHub. But most of them are.

Morn76 wrote:

Nathan wrote:In the meantime is there a way to install a mod without going through the modstore?

There are several ways to do this, e.g. with MT-GitSync, at least for mods that are on GitHub. But most of them are.

Self promotion there. It is much easier to just get from the forum.

rubenwardy wrote:

Morn76 wrote:

Nathan wrote:In the meantime is there a way to install a mod without going through the modstore?

There are several ways to do this, e.g. with MT-GitSync, at least for mods that are on GitHub. But most of them are.

Self promotion there. It is much easier to just get from the forum.

It's even easier than that to just clone everything into an "mt" folder and write a shell script (like this one) that goes through each repo and pulls it.

rubenwardy wrote:Self promotion there. It is much easier to just get from the forum.

Apples and oranges. MT-GitSync is not just for getting a mod once, but also for keeping it updated automatically.

cheapie wrote:It's even easier than that to just clone everything into an "mt" folder and write a shell script (like this one) that goes through each repo and pulls it.

I think many people (especially beginners) find GUI programs easier to handle than writing shell scripts. And not everyone uses Linux.

Morn76 wrote:And not everyone uses Linux.

I never said it had to be that particular script.

cheapie wrote:I never said it had to be that particular script.

No, but you wrote shell script which strongly suggests a script for e.g. Linux or OS X. The Windows equivalent is still called batch files I think.

Possible reason: http://irc.minetest.ru/minetest-dev/201 ... #i_3764867

Morn76 wrote:

cheapie wrote:I never said it had to be that particular script.

No, but you wrote shell script which strongly suggests a script for e.g. Linux or OS X. The Windows equivalent is still called batch files I think.

Yes, batch. Like a robot which types in commands into the cmd-window.