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I've seen so many great mods like redstone, nyanland, oil mod, nuke... so yeah anyway can somone tell me how to download the modding thing if there is one and how to make mods and where to do it because I'm confused and if anyone knows where there are some decent tutorials, please tell me.

Hi, have a look at http://c55.me/minetest/wiki/doku.php?id=mods

If you don't already understand C++ or lua scripting then forget it.

I think that many modders of minetest began the study of lua with writing simple mods

Death Dealer wrote:if you dont already understand C++ or lua scripting than forget it.

Do the complete opposite mate. I did'nt know shit about Lua scripting the day before yesterday...and already made my first mod, and added more to it! Just took some time, some questioning, and some gosh damn effort!

As for the program to edit the codes, Mr.Cyber, I simply googled "Lua script editor" and found "LuaEditor 2010", works nicely and simple feeling.

Making Minetest mods is easy, yeah. :)
I use Notepad++, it supports a lot of programming languages. ;)

Thanks guys I'm gonna try to start working on a nether mod if I can figure out the portal code and how to make other worlds and add more mobs. Ummmmm can anyone gimme a mod with just 1 new mob let's say a zebra. That doesn't damage you so when I recieve the mod I'll change the textures and that.

Hey guys I just downloaded lua editor and when i try to start it up I get this msg: the application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). Click OK to teminate the aplication

If on vista, run as admin? :o Idk, cuz I'm on XP. xD

You could simply use Notepad++ like already recommended. It´s a great text editor and supports syntax highlighting for LUA.

@robert good idea
@lunarhiro im on xp too

Meh I might as well switch to notepad++ also then xD.

cyberslayer wrote:Thanks guys I'm gonna try to start working on a nether mod if I can figure out the portal code and how to make other worlds and add more mobs. Ummmmm can anyone gimme a mod with just 1 new mob let's say a zebra. That doesn't damage you so when I recieve the mod I'll change the textures and that.

Why do you won't someone to make you a mod so badly? Use animal mod and replace the texture. Its real easy.

Death Dealer wrote:

cyberslayer wrote:Thanks guys I'm gonna try to start working on a nether mod if I can figure out the portal code and how to make other worlds and add more mobs. Ummmmm can anyone gimme a mod with just 1 new mob let's say a zebra. That doesn't damage you so when I recieve the mod I'll change the textures and that.

Why do you won't someone to make you a mod so badly? Use animal mod and replace the texture. Its real easy.

yep plenty of lil animals to play around with..just look at the sheep or cow or deer... or something xD

For Linux users, you can use gedit; its simple and expandable to insanity. For window$, I agree with the Notepad++ choice.

I still haven't dared to try and make a mod but I'm planning to do it.