[Mod] Smooth nodes [idea] [smooth]

[Bas080]

Build in a world with more details, nodes transition smoothly. WIP

Download
https://github.com/bas080/smooth

Features
- The basic code is written still needs descent node rendering so it works for differing default nodes.

License
WTFPL for LUA and PNG files

Screenshot

Notice the stone with dirt and the tree and wood with grass. Still the code needs serious reorganization.

[cornernote]

Finally, the author has been located! =)

If only you knew how many times I searched the forums trying to find where this came from. I asked others and nobody had even heard about it.

[leo_rockway]

I like it!
The stone to dirt texture is kind of light compared to the default stone... it kind of gave me some OCD, haha.

But I really like this idea.

[Mito551]

it doesn't work for me... no crashing, everything just as it was.

[MirceaKitsune]

I don't know if this is exactly what I think it is, but if it is that's really awesome! The screenshot in the first post is gone however... are there any other images of this so we can see it?

[Mossmanikin]

Works fine for me and love the idea.

[Bas080]

This mod hasn't been worked on since i started modding. Looking at the code i would do it completely different now. Atm it requires textures for all smooth nodes. I would now use nodeboxes and a texture which can be "overlayed"(placed in-front of node with param2). What do you guys think is the best way to do this?

[Mossmanikin]

Looking at the code i would do it completely different now. Atm it requires textures for all smooth nodes. I would now use nodeboxes and a texture which can be "overlayed"(placed in-front of node with param2). What do you guys think is the best way to do this?

Inspired by your mod and the swamp mod I've been experimenting a bit with smooth transitions.
I've looked at the code of several mods and searched the dev wiki but haven't been able to find a sane way to do this for more than a couple of nodes. By that I mean: what I've done works, but it's way too slow (I created a ton of new nodes).
Could you give a small example, in pseudo-code, of how you'd do this with param2, now you're more experienced?

[Evergreen]

Someone needs to make some kind of connected textures api, so things like this could be done more quickly, and less hacky.

[JPRuehmann]

Hello
I´d like try it out, but get the following error.

23:07:45: ERROR[main]: ========== ERROR FROM LUA ===========
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: Failed to load and run script from
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: /home/ruehmann/.minetest/mods/smooth/init.lua:
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: /home/ruehmann/.minetest/mods/smooth/init.lua:76: attempt to index global 'default' (a nil value)
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: stack traceback:
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: /home/ruehmann/.minetest/mods/smooth/init.lua:76: in main chunk
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: ======= END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run /home/ruehmann/.minetest/mods/smooth/init.lua
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: ModError: ModError: Failed to load and run /home/ruehmann/.minetest/mods/smooth/init.lua

please get it work.
Thanks,
JPR

[Evergreen]

Hello
I´d like try it out, but get the following error.

23:07:45: ERROR[main]: ========== ERROR FROM LUA ===========
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: Failed to load and run script from
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: /home/ruehmann/.minetest/mods/smooth/init.lua:
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: /home/ruehmann/.minetest/mods/smooth/init.lua:76: attempt to index global 'default' (a nil value)
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: stack traceback:
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: /home/ruehmann/.minetest/mods/smooth/init.lua:76: in main chunk
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: ======= END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run /home/ruehmann/.minetest/mods/smooth/init.lua
23:07:45: ERROR[main]: ModError: ModError: Failed to load and run /home/ruehmann/.minetest/mods/smooth/init.lua

please get it work.
Thanks,
JPR

Make a text file called depends.txt and put the word "default" in it.

[JPRuehmann]

That helped.
Thanks,
JPR