Post your mod requests/ideas here

[12Me21]

It would be cool if you could pick up chests with items in them. To prevent players from abusing this to carry a lot of stuff, you could make them walk more slowly while carrying fiulled chests.

[Hybrid Dog]

It would be cool if you could pick up chests with items in them. To prevent players from abusing this to carry a lot of stuff, you could make them walk more slowly while carrying fiulled chests.

you could use the wrench of technic I think

[d34dlyxpunch]

we should have a mod for Pokemon

[Krock]

we should have a mod for Pokemon

Well, you're not the first with this idea.

However, what should this mod contain?
Do you think about mobs, carts or just wallpapers?

[Damien]

I'd really like to make a modification containing some finctional advertising...I've been working with paint on some stuff lately...for example : Mario head airlines! We fly...for you!
The problem is that I lack .lua knowledge.

[Don]

I'd really like to make a modification containing some finctional advertising...I've been working with paint on some stuff lately...for example : Mario head airlines! We fly...for you!
The problem is that I lack .lua knowledge.

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9614

[Damien]

I'd really like to make a modification containing some finctional advertising...I've been working with paint on some stuff lately...for example : Mario head airlines! We fly...for you!
The problem is that I lack .lua knowledge.

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9614

Yes,I've already seen that,there's also a post of mine,but that is an editable billboard : i meant to make proper finctional advertisings,quite like a painting modification...I've also tried to open some codes relative to that modification and an other paintings mod,but I can't figure out anyway how to make my own billboards mod...

[Don]

I'd really like to make a modification containing some finctional advertising...I've been working with paint on some stuff lately...for example : Mario head airlines! We fly...for you!
The problem is that I lack .lua knowledge.

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9614

Yes,I've already seen that,there's also a post of mine,but that is an editable billboard : i meant to make proper finctional advertisings,quite like a painting modification...I've also tried to open some codes relative to that modification and an other paintings mod,but I can't figure out anyway how to make my own billboards mod...

This will help you figure it out.
http://rubenwardy.com/minetest_modding_book/

[12Me21]

Mario head airlines! We fly...for you!

I'm probably the only one who gets that joke lol.

[LazerRay]

Got some more mod ideas, these could also double as APIs for expanding them.

Power Pack mod/API (works like the Mana API, but for tech based items like power tools and jetpacks)

Magic mod/API (use Mana API, craft spells and spell-book or wand to hold them, can add more spells and containers at later times)
Possible spells for the mod:

Dig Block (break the block you aim at, may have multiple tiers like the picks)
Light Orb (places a ball of light where you aim, can be punched out like a torch)
Place Block (places a block where you aimed, uses the one next to it in your hotbar)
Attack spells (many types, damage players and mobs you shoot at)
Explosion (blow up an area you aim at, uses a lot of mana)
Retrieve Item (grab things from a distance)
Levitate (works on self, walk in mid air for some time)
Water Breathing (works on self, stay under water longer)
Night Vision (works on self, see in the dark for some time)

Spell-book and wand use (Left click uses current spell, Right click selects, Shift+Right click opens it to add/remove spells)

Combining these in the same world might make things interesting, as for the magic mod the crafting and mana costs can be expensive for the more powerful effects.

[TeTpaAka]

Magic mod/API (use Mana API, craft spells and spell-book or wand to hold them, can add more spells and containers at later times)
Possible spells for the mod:

Dig Block (break the block you aim at, may have multiple tiers like the picks)
Light Orb (places a ball of light where you aim, can be punched out like a torch)
Place Block (places a block where you aimed, uses the one next to it in your hotbar)
Attack spells (many types, damage players and mobs you shoot at)
Explosion (blow up an area you aim at, uses a lot of mana)
Retrieve Item (grab things from a distance)
Levitate (works on self, walk in mid air for some time)
Water Breathing (works on self, stay under water longer)
Night Vision (works on self, see in the dark for some time)

Spell-book and wand use (Left click uses current spell, Right click selects, Shift+Right click opens it to add/remove spells)

Combining these in the same world might make things interesting, as for the magic mod the crafting and mana costs can be expensive for the more powerful effects.

All, except the last one (night vision), seems doable. I'll take a look on it.

[12Me21]

Magic mod/API (use Mana API, craft spells and spell-book or wand to hold them, can add more spells and containers at later times)
Possible spells for the mod:

Dig Block (break the block you aim at, may have multiple tiers like the picks)
Light Orb (places a ball of light where you aim, can be punched out like a torch)
Place Block (places a block where you aimed, uses the one next to it in your hotbar)
Attack spells (many types, damage players and mobs you shoot at)
Explosion (blow up an area you aim at, uses a lot of mana)
Retrieve Item (grab things from a distance)
Levitate (works on self, walk in mid air for some time)
Water Breathing (works on self, stay under water longer)
Night Vision (works on self, see in the dark for some time)

Spell-book and wand use (Left click uses current spell, Right click selects, Shift+Right click opens it to add/remove spells)

Combining these in the same world might make things interesting, as for the magic mod the crafting and mana costs can be expensive for the more powerful effects.

All, except the last one (night vision), seems doable. I'll take a look on it.

I think there was a night vision goggle mod a while ago, I don't think it still works, though.

[acblonde]

maybe like a minecraft comes alive but a minetest comes alive plz I would make it but I don't know how just plz

[TeTpaAka]

I think there was a night vision goggle mod a while ago, I don't think it still works, though.

The only mod I found was this. But the way it does it (changing the air the player stands in to a light source) is not suitable for this mod.

[LazerRay]

The Firearms mod has a night-vision system with the Night-Vision Goggles in the mod for tech/modern based items.

[TeTpaAka]

The Firearms mod has a night-vision system with the Night-Vision Goggles in the mod for tech/modern based items.

Yeah, it has. But it is only using a texture overlay over the whole screen to make everything whiter. This doesn't really help to see any better. What really is needed, is an option to alter the lighttable of the client. In current version, this isn't possible.

[12Me21]

Moving nyan cats!!!

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

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minetest.register_abm({
   nodenames = {"default:nyancat"},
   interval = 1,
   chance = 1,
   action = function(pos, node)
      local dir = minetest.facedir_to_dir(node.param2)   
      local infrontof = {x=pos.x - dir.x, y=pos.y - dir.y, z=pos.z - dir.z}   
      if minetest.get_node(infrontof).name == "air" then
         minetest.set_node(pos, {name = "default:nyancat_rainbow", param2 = node.param2})
         minetest.set_node(infrontof, {name = "default:nyancat", param2 = node.param2})
      else
         minetest.set_node(pos, {name = "default:nyancat", param2 = (node.param2+4) % 24})
      end
   end
})

(Posted here because I don't feel like making a new topic yet)

[Rui]

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[Hybrid Dog]

Moving nyan cats!!!

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

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minetest.register_abm({
   nodenames = {"default:nyancat"},
   interval = 1,
   chance = 1,
   action = function(pos, node)
      local dir = minetest.facedir_to_dir(node.param2)   
      local infrontof = {x=pos.x - dir.x, y=pos.y - dir.y, z=pos.z - dir.z}   
      if minetest.get_node(infrontof).name == "air" then
         minetest.set_node(pos, {name = "default:nyancat_rainbow", param2 = node.param2})
         minetest.set_node(infrontof, {name = "default:nyancat", param2 = node.param2})
      else
         minetest.set_node(pos, {name = "default:nyancat", param2 = (node.param2+4) % 24})
      end
   end
})

(Posted here because I don't feel like making a new topic yet)

moving nyancats already exist at the nyancat heaven

[kidmondo]

This one is a little odd, but a projector. like it will project an image/clip/.gif onto the closest image...

[Miners91]

It's a simple idea; create numbered checkout counters (or counters and separate numbered poles), grocery store refrigerators (floor and door models), multiple types of shelves such as for cereal, baking, chips/junk food, canned goods and other aisles, customizable store-style signs (like Minetest's default signs...but bigger), carts and/or baskets, and maybe even anti-theft devices (like you would see in front of the doors going out). None of these parts even need to have animations, but it wouldn't hurt. If I could program I'd just do this myself, unfortunately I'm just a common user :(

[Nathan.S]

Miners91 not a terribly hard mod to create, sounds like most would just be simple nodes, I might try and throw something together.

[Miners91]

Thanks Nathan! BTW, would you know where I can to learn how to make mods for the game? I'd love to start contributing my own mods eventually, just gotta learn but have absolutely no clue where to start and have never programmed before.

[Don]

Thanks Nathan! BTW, would you know where I can to learn how to make mods for the game? I'd love to start contributing my own mods eventually, just gotta learn but have absolutely no clue where to start and have never programmed before.

This is what I used.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=10729

[Nathan.S]

In addition to the fantastic resource don posted there are YouTube tutorials, look at my Sig for the link, the Dev wiki and tearing apart other peoples mods to see how they accomplished things.

[prestidigitator]

In addition to the fantastic resource don posted there are YouTube tutorials, look at my Sig for the link, the Dev wiki and tearing apart other peoples mods to see how they accomplished things.

Wow. Cool! Loads of videos. Nicely done. By the way, in your Intro to Minetest Modding 01 video, the problem was that:

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

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{dig_immediate=3, flam}

is perfectly valid Lua syntax for creating a table. If the created table were assigned to a local variable "table" it would be equivalent to:

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

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local table = {};
table["dig_immediate"] = 3;
table[1] = flam;

which treats the table somewhat like a key-value map object and somewhat like an array. Since the global variable "flam" is probably not defined, this would assign "nil" to the first array position, resulting in the table not having that entry. But since there's apparently (now) a metatable assigned to the global environment that warns when mods read global variables that don't exist, you got a warning in the debug log.

[ABJ]

3D rails to replace the default rails and/or the carts mod rails.

[Glory!]

Maybe this is development related but I'd like to see a changeable (and append-able) player model. (hats for example) For instance: http://i.imgur.com/4Ukby42.gif
Thought off a Japanese player model mod for MC that changed the default model to a female one and the available ones were Utane Uta and Stevette?.
plz no hate thx

[CWz]

here are my 2 mod ideas:
1. Lots of players timeout and then reconnect only to timeout again. this process repeats itself.
My suggested solution is a tempban after multiple fails(about 4 times). Obviously the attempt counter should reset after a couple of minutes.

2. a mod for "no interact by default" servers that kicks player who don't have interact after about 30 minutes. this is would be useful for Servers with lower maxplayers counts, so they do not get filled with interact-less players. might be a good idea to only have it kick if the player count nears the maxplayers count. also should warn said players before the kick happens

[ABJ]

here are my 2 mod ideas:
1. Lots of players timeout and then reconnect only to timeout again. this process repeats itself.
My suggested solution is a tempban after multiple fails(about 4 times). Obviously the attempt counter should reset after a couple of minutes.

2. a mod for "no interact by default" servers that kicks player who don't have interact after about 30 minutes. this is would be useful for Servers with lower maxplayers counts, so they do not get filled with interact-less players. might be a good idea to only have it kick if the player count nears the maxplayers count. also should warn said players before the kick happens

In my opinion, there is already more than enough of that kick\ban horribleness in the Minetest community. It should be stopped now or everyone will get their privs ripped and then mercilessly banned from their favorite servers. See server md's LAB to understand my view.