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Posted: **Thu Jun 28, 2012 18:06**

If you've run a MineCraft server you probably know what these are. Basically, the record each time a player interact or places a block; and let you right-click a block with a stick to see who placed it or issue a /lb command to see all block history in a set radius I have no idea if this would currently be possible in MineTest, but I thought I'd through the idea out there.

Posted: **Thu Jun 28, 2012 20:01**

There is a "rollback" mod but it is quite slow, especially when playing and hosting a server on the same machine due to disk activity.

Posted: **Thu Jun 28, 2012 20:49**

I have a less-polished version of this, I just save the server output to a file and search for coordinates. It also saves chat. It requires launching the server differently, an easier way of finding and searching coordinates would be really great.

Anyway, this is what I do; run these commands in a terminal emulator:
To save to a file called servlog.txt:

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Code: Select all: minetestserver --gameid minetest 2>> servlog.txt

To get a history of what happened to a block:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

Code: Select all: grep "(coordinates)" servlog.txt

To search chat messages of several players:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

Code: Select all: grep "CHAT" servlog.txt | grep -e player1 -e player2

There's a conversation about this here: http://minetest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2029&p=2

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