Freeminer

[Enke]

Wait. Wasn't there something about telling Freeminerbot to compile a new build of Freeminer or something?

[Inocudom]

Wait. Wasn't there something about telling Freeminerbot to compile a new build of Freeminer or something?

Freeminer bot crashed and burned, sad to say.

[Sokomine]

The only creative Freeminer server I know about unfortionately turned damage on and does not yet have a /spawn command. Hope someone reads that and changes it.

[Hybrid Dog]

The only creative Freeminer server I know about unfortionately turned damage on and does not yet have a /spawn command. Hope someone reads that and changes it.

This one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmyZDbFumwg
I only saw 1 freeminer server on the public serverlist yet, maybe this is the one.

[Sokomine]

This one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmyZDbFumwg
I only saw 1 freeminer server on the public serverlist yet, maybe this is the one.

Maybe. Unfortionately, I can't check the video from here. The server I built on has a site called "extreme mining spot". I own a tiny house out of cheap baskets for pies close to the travelnet there. There's also a travelnet inside the house which connects to a spot in the desert where I built a small castle (I like the sandstonebrick texture there).

[Inocudom]

http://forum.freeminer.org/threads/windows-builds.1/#post-1035
It was quite a while, but a new Freeminer build was made today.

[HolyPhoenix]

So would you guys say that freeminer performs better than minetest?

[Sokomine]

So would you guys say that freeminer performs better than minetest?

They all come with mapgens that are less suitable for building, those Freeminer servers, so it's hard to tell. There are some aspects that are annyoing when building (i.e. floating dirt/sand). However, it's good to have a change and diversity sometimes.

[philipbenr]

@HolyPheonix: Try them both.

[Inocudom]

I must remind people here of this fork of Minetest, for it desperately needs a community of its own (and people willing to host servers for it that aren't mere experiments.) For those not willing to read the first post, I will post the link to Freeminer's website here:
http://freeminer.org/

You see, as it stands right now, Freeminer does not have a future, because it does not have a community of it's own. This is a shame, because this fork is open source and it is under the GPLv3 license. Besides, it does incorporate all of the commits made to Minetest while keeping its own features (like a node-based farmesh and gsmapper.) I would also recommend its default sub-game, if only sand/gravel/dirt didn't flow (well, a pull request could be made to toggle whether the behavior occurs or not,) for that sub-game works with not only Freeminer's mapgenv6, but also its mapgenv7 and mapgenv5 (the one from 0.3.1.) Of course, other sub-games will work with this fork too, which is maintained by xyz and proller. Instead of uncaringly allowing it to sink into the abyss, give it a try and give it a chance. Don't be like the PureZC community, which didn't care about it much, if at all (of course, they didn't care about Minetest either.)

For the users of Windows, do not download the stable build on the home page of Freeminer's website. It is far, far too old. Instead, download one of the latest development builds:
http://forum.freeminer.org/threads/jojoa1997s-32bit-builds.132/
http://forum.freeminer.org/threads/craigs-32-bit-windows-freeminer-builds.124/
To those that use these builds, make sure that you put the following line into your configuration file to prevent your CPU from revving like a jet engine:
more_threads = 0
All thanks goes to proller for telling me about this extremely important setting.

[Casimir]

On Freeminer I get 1 to 7 fps. On Minetest it's 24 to 30.

[Inocudom]

On Freeminer I get 1 to 7 fps. On Minetest it's 24 to 30.

Well, might as well tell the developers of Freeminer (xyz and proller) about that. Their irc channel can be found below:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#freeminer

[Inocudom]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n8qf0hltvbd7w5s/freeminer-0.4.10.3-free-dev-win32-a14a829.zip?dl=0
Jojoa1997 made a new build of Freeminer for Windows today. Here is the link to it. Write in this topic how well it works. To those that use this build, make sure that you put the following line into your configuration file to prevent your CPU from revving like a jet engine:
more_threads = 0
All thanks goes to proller for telling me about this extremely important setting.

[proller]

by default for windows build more_threads=0

[Napiophelios]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n8qf0hltvbd7w5s/freeminer-0.4.10.3-free-dev-win32-a14a829.zip?dl=0
Jojoa1997 made a new build of Freeminer for Windows today. Here is the link to it. Write in this topic how well it works. To those that use this build, make sure that you put the following line into your configuration file to prevent your CPU from revving like a jet engine:
more_threads = 0
All thanks goes to proller for telling me about this extremely important setting.

Doesnt even open up the gui for me....Is this 32bit or 64bit?
I have wanted to try FreeMiner but I have yet to get a Windows version that works.
The ones on the FreeMiner site open but as soon as I start a game they just shut down immediately.

[Inocudom]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n8qf0hltvbd7w5s/freeminer-0.4.10.3-free-dev-win32-a14a829.zip?dl=0
Jojoa1997 made a new build of Freeminer for Windows today. Here is the link to it. Write in this topic how well it works. To those that use this build, make sure that you put the following line into your configuration file to prevent your CPU from revving like a jet engine:
more_threads = 0
All thanks goes to proller for telling me about this extremely important setting.

Doesnt even open up the gui for me....Is this 32bit or 64bit?
I have wanted to try FreeMiner but I have yet to get a Windows version that works.
The ones on the FreeMiner site open but as soon as I start a game they just shut down immediately.

This build is 32bit, but should work in 64bit Windows.

[Krock]

Freeminer is broken for Windows XP.
Blame developers

[Inocudom]

Just forget about Win and come to the red-eyed side ;)
As a gift, I'd give you the ability to use up to 32Gb of RAM on a 32-bit system FOR FREE!!!
You'd be able to use up to 4Gbs of RAM for FM w/o even thinking that your system may hang up - FM will never eat more than that.
So, is it a deal, Inocudom?

This is what 4aiman had to say about the matter when I asked him in the Freeminer forums.

[hoodedice]

you can do that on windows too, using a RAM disk.

[Inocudom]

This is what lighting looks like in Freeminer. It differs from Minetest, but I am not sure how.

[Hybrid Dog]

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/U7nu8522gtdI.png
This is what lighting looks like in Freeminer. It differs from Minetest, but I am not sure how.

I can't see a difference here.

[Krock]

Looks like the light spreads differently

[Hybrid Dog]

Is smooth lighting enabled or disabled?

[Hybrid Dog]

freeminer supports object shadows



but they're still in development

[RHR]

freeminer supports object shadows

Nice, but why just for objects?

[Inocudom]

freeminer supports object shadows

Nice, but why just for objects?

I don't think it's possible for it to be done for nodes without there being massive fps drops. I guess that is proller's reasoning too.

How do you turn the shadows on?

[proller]

shadows = 1

Dynamic light and shadows from whole word require lot of work.

[proller]

Somebody for unknown reasons lock prev topic about freeminer. So part2.

Freeminer - fork of minetest.
GPL licensed.
Use c++11
lot of features, much faster server, ...

https://github.com/freeminer/freeminer
http://freeminer.org/
Full list of changes - http://forum.freeminer.org/threads/full ... etest.110/

[Krock]

What if this topic gets closed too?

[proller]

Maybe remove admin privs from person who made it?