Minetest 0.4.9

[Novacain]

good job, but what about changes wich are more viewable? I mean something the player can see while playing? for example a new node? or a new biom ( for example snow)? This would be great! Or some nodes could be deleted?
can I find a list with changes which will happens next?
Thanks for your answers!

check out the changelog in the first post. it lists all the changes, making it one of the first places to find out what the upgrade does.

[Zane]

can anyone give me full details of the new update?now I dont have a laptop that I can use,
(I have to use my dsi)

[hansuke123]

how to creating a texture pack mods game and maps

[Casimir]

Texture pack: http://wiki.minetest.net/Texture_Packs
Mods: http://dev.minetest.net/Intro
Game: Is just a collection of mods. Look at minetest_game to see how a game is structured.
Map: In Minetest click "New" give it a name then click "Create". The Map is saved in your Minetest folder under "worlds".

[Landrover110]

Good i will download it now

[BlauerEisRegen]

Very cool, but I have many wrong textures in the inventory! and some textures in the inventory are simply blue! I can't really play because of the wrong textures!
-> I mean that for example the dirt with snow node has the dirt with grass texture in the inventory and so on!
Has somebody else this problem?

Has really nobody else found this problem? and how can I fix that??

[PilzAdam]

Very cool, but I have many wrong textures in the inventory! and some textures in the inventory are simply blue! I can't really play because of the wrong textures!
-> I mean that for example the dirt with snow node has the dirt with grass texture in the inventory and so on!
Has somebody else this problem?

Has really nobody else found this problem? and how can I fix that??

IIRC there are some topics about that already.

[darcklord6]

slow loading chunks healp pleas

[Novacain]

slow loading chunks healp pleas

If on a server, get yourself and them faster Internet.

If on singleplayer, get a faster computer, or disable things like shaders, particles and 3d clouds.

[darcklord6]

slow loading chunks healp pleas

If on a server, get yourself and them faster Internet.

If on singleplayer, get a faster computer, or disable things like shaders, particles and 3d clouds.

thanks i turn particles off and now chunks ar lading much faster :D

[crystaldynamic]

Cool :3

[Barneybear1]

how do we install minetest on kindle

[hoodedice]

how do we install minetest on kindle

Is it a Kindle Fire with support for Android apps? There is a beta android version under Unofficial Engine development.

[Barneybear1]

Yes it is a kindle fire hd I know how to get it but when I go into bin I click on minetest.exe but then it said unsupported file type

[sfan5]

Yes it is a kindle fire hd I know how to get it but when I go into bin I click on minetest.exe but then it said unsupported file type

You cannot run Minetest Windows on a device that runs Android

[sfan5]

Yes it is a kindle fire hd I know how to get it but when I go into bin I click on minetest.exe but then it said unsupported file type

You cannot run Minetest Windows on a device that runs Android

it could work with wine

Wine for Android is not in an useable state yet, it is barely able to run solitare.

[ak399g]

I haven't played in a while. At some point, the shadowed areas of the world got so dark that they're actually black and I can't see anything. I recall they used to be desaturated and decontrasted, but not actually pitch-black. I used to be able to sorta kinda navigate around in the darkness. Now I can't. When did this change happen? Can I restore to old configuration?

[Sokomine]

the shadowed areas of the world got so dark that they're actually black and I can't see anything

If placing a torch does not help, try to disable shaders. Problems with shaders may lead to a completely black world. Else try to grow a tree. They usually lead to updates of light in the mapblocks they grow in.

[PilzAdam]

I haven't played in a while. At some point, the shadowed areas of the world got so dark that they're actually black and I can't see anything. I recall they used to be desaturated and decontrasted, but not actually pitch-black. I used to be able to sorta kinda navigate around in the darkness. Now I can't. When did this change happen? Can I restore to old configuration?

There was a bug that made a part of the map completly black when a sapling grows to a tree. Try planting another sapling in that area and let it grow, or let flowing lava disappear on its own.

[ak399g]

I haven't played in a while. At some point, the shadowed areas of the world got so dark that they're actually black and I can't see anything. I recall they used to be desaturated and decontrasted, but not actually pitch-black. I used to be able to sorta kinda navigate around in the darkness. Now I can't. When did this change happen? Can I restore to old configuration?

There was a bug that made a part of the map completly black when a sapling grows to a tree. Try planting another sapling in that area and let it grow, or let flowing lava disappear on its own.

That's not quite what I meant. I'm not getting lighting /bugs/ per se. I just remember in 4.8, standing in a cave with no torches or anything. I could still see the walls. Yes they were gray and hard to see, but I could still see them. In 4.9, I can't see them at all. It's just too dang dark. Same goes for nighttime: it's really dark.

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Another question: I copied the "minetest_game" folder, renamed it "minetest_server", and changed a few of the builtin mods (namely removing bones and bucket). I have waving water, waving plants, and waving leaves enabled
In a "minetest_game" world, the water, leaves, and plants all wave like they're supposed to.
In a "minetest_server" world, the water waves like it's supposed to, but the leaves and plants do not.
Why is this?

EDIT: I think I've narrowed it down to the "moreblocks" mod that breaks it. No idea why.
EDIT: Moreblocks redefines all plants for some reason.
Code: [spoiler]
Original:

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minetest.register_node("default:dry_shrub", {
    description = "Dry Shrub",
    drawtype = "plantlike",
    visual_scale = 1.0,
    tiles = {"default_dry_shrub.png"},
    inventory_image = "default_dry_shrub.png",
    wield_image = "default_dry_shrub.png",
    paramtype = "light",
    waving = 1,
    walkable = false,
    is_ground_content = true,
    buildable_to = true,
    groups = {snappy=3,flammable=3,attached_node=1},
    sounds = default.node_sound_leaves_defaults(),
    selection_box = {
        type = "fixed",
        fixed = {-0.5, -0.5, -0.5, 0.5, -5/16, 0.5},
    },
})

Moreblocks:

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minetest.register_node(":default:dry_shrub", {
    description = "Dry Shrub",
    drawtype = "plantlike",
    visual_scale = 1.0,
    tiles = {"default_dry_shrub.png"},
    inventory_image = "default_dry_shrub.png",
    wield_image = "default_dry_shrub.png",
    paramtype = "light",
    sunlight_propagates = true,
    walkable = false,
    groups = {snappy=3,flammable=3,attached_node=1},
    sounds = default.node_sound_leaves_defaults(),
    selection_box = {
        type = "fixed",
        fixed = {-1/3, -1/2, -1/3, 1/3, 1/6, 1/3},
    },
})

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The redefinition lacks the "waving = 1" parameter, which would explain the problem.
I use an older version of moreblocks, though. I'll try with the newer version.

[PilzAdam]

I haven't played in a while. At some point, the shadowed areas of the world got so dark that they're actually black and I can't see anything. I recall they used to be desaturated and decontrasted, but not actually pitch-black. I used to be able to sorta kinda navigate around in the darkness. Now I can't. When did this change happen? Can I restore to old configuration?

There was a bug that made a part of the map completly black when a sapling grows to a tree. Try planting another sapling in that area and let it grow, or let flowing lava disappear on its own.

That's not quite what I meant. I'm not getting lighting /bugs/ per se. I just remember in 4.8, standing in a cave with no torches or anything. I could still see the walls. Yes they were gray and hard to see, but I could still see them. In 4.9, I can't see them at all. It's just too dang dark. Same goes for nighttime: it's really dark.

And you used shaders in both versions? Nothing changed in the lighting AFAIK.

[ak399g]

There was a bug that made a part of the map completly black when a sapling grows to a tree. Try planting another sapling in that area and let it grow, or let flowing lava disappear on its own.

That's not quite what I meant. I'm not getting lighting /bugs/ per se. I just remember in 4.8, standing in a cave with no torches or anything. I could still see the walls. Yes they were gray and hard to see, but I could still see them. In 4.9, I can't see them at all. It's just too dang dark. Same goes for nighttime: it's really dark.

And you used shaders in both versions? Nothing changed in the lighting AFAIK.

Maybe my monitor's just dark or something. :P
In other news, when I look downward at a steep angle towards water, it turns opaque.
EDIT: This occurs when:
I start a server in one window (water is transparent)
I connect through another window as a client (water turns opaque, when viewed at a steep angle)
When I disconnect with the client, the water returns to normal (transparent all the time)

[LuxAtheris]

Ahmm is this a bug to this version?
http://imgbox.com/52JqqXDh

[sfan5]

Ahmm is this a bug to this version?
http://imgbox.com/52JqqXDh

Nope, not that I know of one.
Try updating your graphics driver or Minetest itself (I see you're using the dev version)

[rubenwardy]

Ahmm is this a bug to this version?
http://imgbox.com/52JqqXDh

Maybe turn texture atlas off?

EDIT: I have been reliably informed that there is no texture atlas in 0.4.9

[LuxAtheris]

Ahmm is this a bug to this version?
http://imgbox.com/52JqqXDh

Maybe turn texture atlas off?

EDIT: I have been reliably informed that there is no texture atlas in 0.4.9

So how do you fix this?

[Achilles]

Is Desert Cobble going to become part of the actual Minetest game?

[CraigyDavi]

Is Desert Cobble going to become part of the actual Minetest game?

It has not been added yet but it probably will be soon. https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/pull/250

[Achilles]

OK, Thanks

[davidforsure!!!]

this is great the shaders are awesome and not lag.... the leaves is waving..the plant is waving and the water is waving to..AWESOME nice work i dont know this is posibble but cool