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Is it possible to craft an entire building?

For example; Lets say you create a new smelter device called a construction yard.
and the output is an entire building that is any size? like 20 X 20 and you place it
like you place a chest or smelter or other single square object on the ground?

Is this possible in Minetest?

Thanks.

Brockenflabel wrote:Is it possible to craft an entire building?

For example; Lets say you create a new smelter device called a construction yard.
and the output is an entire building that is any size? like 20 X 20 and you place it
like you place a chest or smelter or other single square object on the ground?

Is this possible in Minetest?

Thanks.

Well, it isn't a function which is available immediately, but I imagine you could code a mod which does something similar.

Yes https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9577

paramat wrote:Yes https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9577

He just means a node which spawns a building when placed, and removes it when dug.

You could define a building spawner node with a ...

... function that places a schematic around the node.

There are already bridge tools, which build automatically.
Also I've seen a mod which adds small, medium and large houses as nodes - long time ago.
I can't remember the mod which added them.

Krock wrote:There are already bridge tools, which build automatically.
Also I've seen a mod which adds small, medium and large houses as nodes - long time ago.
I can't remember the mod which added them.

It was one by Dan. I actually made the buildings for the houses.

My apartment mod also does that as a side-effect. My random_buildings mod has a build chest which you can place and where you have to insert the materials required. And there are several other mods out there which place buildings.

Thanks for the replies.
:)

paramat wrote:You could define a building spawner node with a ...

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on_construct = func(pos),

... function that places a schematic around the node.

Do not use on_construct for these kinds of purposes. Use after_place_node. on_construct is something that the engine will call no matter what when the node is set in the world; you do not want that. The fact that it isn't called when eg. a schematic is placed is broken non-standard behavior due to optimization.