Please help a newbie!

[Haeggis]

I sincerely want to enjoy this game, but it will not work properly.

I have been able to start it, and play a little around in creative mode, but was close to give up when I encountered the same problem as in early iPad-versions of creative Minecraft; NO TNT.

So I googled.
I read threads.
Ploughed through tutorials.

And NO solution.

Firstly, I have none of the folders people refer to.
No ~/.minetest/mods anywhere, so I tried to just make one, and put the TNT-Master in that one.
I've edited the minetest.config in Kate to set
enable_tnt = true
tnt_radius = 5
...as I understood in some threads i had to.

Then i lacked
fire
default

I found fire, but not default.

Why is not default...uh...DEFAULT?

Right now I find this hole project ridiculous...

In-game there are prompts for servers and repositories, but there are NONE available, and the Online mods repositories are empty...or none existent...

I cannot fathom why anything remotely close to gaming HAVE to be so insanely difficult in Linux?
And why are almost every hint and tip you ever find (even if I KNOW the versions of the programs an OS are equal) referring to things non existent? Or depending on something people do not mention, or even better; nowhere to be found...

[Haeggis]

ANYONE!?!?? :o

[Dragonop]

The project is not ridiculous, the problem is that:

1- your versions is outdated, or some files are missing.
2- to install a mod (tnt, this time) you are supposed to rename the folder to "tnt", deleting the "-master" or any other similar stuff.
3- "default" is boundled with almost all subgames, it's not in the mods folder, but in the games folder (inside minetest-game).
4- Have I mentioned that it might be that you don't have minetest-game?
5- Are you enabling the mods?
6- Are you using minetest-game, and not minimal development test?

The in-game mod repo is not available anymore in the latest versions, so that's your problem. Install latest minetest version. I can't help you with that, but there are many threads regards this topic.

[Haeggis]

I have the latest available version.
Files are obviously missing :p
I have no folders called -master or similar.
I have one main folder called .minetest, no folder called minetest-game...
I tried enabling trough GUI in-game. No way. I managed to enable some textures, but noen of the others, and setting through Kate/Gedit gave no effect whatsoever.
I have not tried minimal dev.test.

Again, I notice folders and files being mentioned as something obvious, but not present on my computer...
:'(

Thanks anyway Dragonpop...

[Dragonop]

What version are you using? it's displayed in the upper left corner in the main menu

Also, install this: https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game
http://wiki.minetest.net/Subgames#Installing_subgames

[everamzah]

The instructions in README.txt state to clone the repository using the --depth 1 option. Then, you need to clone the additional minetest_game sub-game, in the minetest/games directory. Example:

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git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/minetest/minetest
cd games
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game

The minetest_game sub-game includes a number of mods, including "default" (nodes, dirt, grass, etc), "doors", "tnt", etc. TNT mod is disable by default for multiplayer games, but not for singleplayer.

Once you've cloned the project proper, you can go to the root minetest directory and run cmake . (not the period "dot".)

Please refer to the most recent README.txt for more information. Packages from your distribution's repository have to be addressed with their respective maintainers. Please consider filing a bug with them, if this is the case that you are getting your software from an outdated source.

[rubenwardy]

The version in most app stores are out of date (especially Ubuntu's). Ubuntu are very stubborn when it comes to updating software. The latest version is 0.4.13.

You need to make sure that you have install minetest_game correctly - that's where you'll find default and tnt.

2- to install a mod (tnt, this time) you are supposed to rename the folder to "tnt", deleting the "-master" or any other similar stuff.

TNT is in default.

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To resolve this issue, you need to:

1 - Uninstall Minetest. I don't think that this will remove your worlds, but if you are worried, then you should make a copy of the .minetest folder in your home directory (Will be a hidden folder)

2 - Either compile or install 0.4.13

I personally compile Minetest myself as it's a simple one line command which works without fiddling with aptitude.

However, you can install Minetest like so:

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$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:minetestdevs/daily-builds
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install minetestc55


I'm not sure, but it may be $ sudo apt-get install minetest instead of $ sudo apt-get install minetestc55
The documents I found from 2013 say c55.

[Haeggis]

What version are you using?

0.4.9

[rubenwardy]

That's way out of date. About 2 years. The latest is 0.4.13

[Dragonop]

2- to install a mod (tnt, this time) you are supposed to rename the folder to "tnt", deleting the "-master" or any other similar stuff.

TNT is in default.

I know this, but when he said "I found and installed tnt" he mentioned that he installed it with the name "tnt-master", it doesn't matter if it is or it is not boundled, this will save further problems if he knows how to install mods.

[Haeggis]

Ok.
Thanks, so far.
I c'n'p'ed rubenwardy's compile, and now I have 0.4.13
But NOTHING in the inventory...

No default. Nada. :o

GOOOOOOOOGLEEEEE! :P

[Haeggis]

...no!

Enable "Creative mode", perhaps???

:p :D

I've got the basics I wanted before I start; creative mode, endless map, TNT, all the tools and bricks, so I'm a happy hippie now!

THANK'S A LOT EVERYONE!

*now I've got to find a world with loads of mountains, water and caves...*

:D :D :D

[Haeggis]

And suddenly the TNT was gone again...
Straaaangeee... :o

[firefox]

And suddenly the TNT was gone again...
Straaaangeee... :o

when you ignite TNT it explodes and disappears.

to get more, you need to craft it or enable creative mode and grant yourself the "creative" priv.

[benrob0329]

@FF the creative priv is only if you use unified inventory.

[mariamintonwa]

I am also new to the game and thanks for som good suggestion here

[firefox]

if you don't use unified inventory (was specifically created for creative mod) you have to type /creative every time you re-log into the game to activate creative mode.

[benrob0329]

Or check the creative checkbox in singleplayer.