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Do we have a Modding FAQ somewhere?
The modding questions thread is over 1100 posts long, so I am sure there are plenty of frequently asked modding-related questions. ;-)

I may write something on code consistency and mod design guidelines some day, but this would take quite a lot of time.

There's a bit of stuff on the development wiki. Mostly reference, but also a few introductory and how-to articles. It would be a great place to put together a collaborative FAQ, since it is formatted and anyone can contribute.

I am pretty sure that modding info and tutorials belongs in the community wiki. I think the dev wiki is more for engine documentation, but I may be confused. I do know that the community wiki has a general FAQ, but the dev wiki does not.

I took the liberty of adding a modding FAQ page (EDITED) to the community wiki. If you don't feel like getting a wiki account just post some question/answers here and when I get time I'll add them.

domtron vox wrote:I am pretty sure that modding info and tutorials belongs in the community wiki. I think the dev wiki is more for engine documentation, but I may be confused. I do know that the community wiki has a general FAQ, but the dev wiki does not.

I took the liberty of adding a modding FAQ page to the community wiki. If you don't feel like getting a wiki account just post some question/answers here and when I get time I'll add them.

No, I think the modding FAQ strictly belongs to the development wiki and no where else. It is just plain confusing and irrelevant for general minetest gamers.

hoodedice wrote:No, I think the modding FAQ strictly belongs to the development wiki and no where else. It is just plain confusing and irrelevant for general minetest gamers.

IMHO, more confusion would stem from there being two different wikis. But after looking at the two wikis I'm inclined to agree you.

EDIT: Moved it to http://dev.minetest.net/Modding_FAQ. I can't add a modding FAQ link to the dev wiki's main page since it is protected but I did link to it from the general FAQ on the community wiki. The wikies are in a sorry state. There are two identical pages for installing mods dev and community which is a bad thing.

Having two pages for installing mods is okay. At the end of the day, we still get around 10 queries per week on how to install mods haha. But actually creating mods is not stuff that the general player is to be harassed with.

Having two pages is not ok for the same reason it isn't good to copy/paste code: 1) discrepancies can occur if one is changed but another isn't and 2) increases complexity. But we are getting off topic which is my fault. A general wiki organization topic should probably be made in general discussion.

Anyone who has some good Q&As post them here or add them to the wiki page.

Hmm, I suppose I could chip in a bit with this. Added a couple simple Q&A's regarding node transparency.

/me *face palm* >.<.

I'm sorry that last post linked to the wrong one. Fixed that link and am moving your stuff to the right wiki page right now.

EDIT: Fixed. Those are some good questions.

Wiki stuff stays on the wiki. No need to link that to the forums. You can talk about it in the IRC if you want.


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