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This mod adds the chatcommand light_cave [maxlight] to automatically light up a cave with e.g. torches.
maxlight is the maximum light a lighting node is placed (to be able to see light strength at specific position, try the superpick mod)

License: WTFPL
Download: zip, tar.gz
github: cave_lighting



If you got ideas or found bugs, please tell them to me.

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cool mod, but

Hybrid Dog wrote:to automatically to light up

(fixed)

Does it take torches from the players inventory?

DS-minetest wrote:cool mod, but

Hybrid Dog wrote:to automatically to light up

fixed.

Nathan.S wrote:Does it take torches from the players inventory?

No, it depends on which light_source node you hold in hands. Currently automatically lighting a cave requires the give privilege because l think it's fairly cheaty.

Very impressive mod.

Works flawlessly in really big caves. But it didn't work in a small cave that was 50% filled with water. But that is okay, because the mod did give some feedback (something went wrong).

BTW: does not work with meselamp block.

Just wanted to mention this two things. I don't need them fixed, but you might want to know. :)

lightonflux wrote:Very impressive mod.

Works flawlessly in really big caves. But it didn't work in a small cave that was 50% filled with water. But that is okay, because the mod did give some feedback (something went wrong).

The something went wrong message didn't mean an error, it meant that you viewed a node with an angle < 45°, l fixed it.
Thanks for informing me about the water problem, now the light nodes are only placed onto "normal" nodes.

BTW: does not work with meselamp block.

Just wanted to mention this two things. I don't need them fixed, but you might want to know. :)

Did you get the "Something went wrong." message?


ls the bobblocks mod or the version l use broken?
When the light node is placed, it becomes dark, so the mod fills every possible position with a bobblock:

Just tested again with meselamp before updating your mod. It appears it was a user error and meselamps work fine. So i probably didn't look at the right thing.

I just got the "cave to big" error. Would it be possible to light only a part of the cave in that case?

lightonflux wrote:I just got the "cave to big" error. Would it be possible to light only a part of the cave in that case?

yes, it would also be possible to increase the maximum amount of nodes
l think I'll greatly increase the 20000 nodes limit. lt's actually just to avoid overfilling memory (e.g. if a bug would appear).