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List of my mods · by **burli** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 06:51

I'm a little bit confused again about the definition of "Blocks". The wiki says, blocks are groups of 16x16x16 Nodes.

But the wiki tells us about ABMs:

The Active Block Modifier consists of a function that is executed at a specific interval for single nodes.

Shouldn't they be called "ANMs"?

by **Krock** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 07:57

Whenever a player is near to a 16x16x16 block, Minetest will load it from the database into cache to send block modifications (place/dig) to the clients. To reduce the RAM usage, a block will become inactive (= unloaded) when there's no player near to it.

Active Block Modifiers can only work in active blocks, what the name says. It will modificate the contents of that block -> swapping dirt to grassy dirt or growing saplings, etc.

List of my mods · by **burli** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 08:05

Ok, thx.

My Mods and Stuff · by **azekill_DIABLO** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:42

what is the difference between this and a chunk?

List of my mods · by **burli** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 12:12

azekill_DIABLO wrote:what is the difference between this and a chunk?

A chunk are 5x5x5 Blocks or 80x80x80 Nodes

http://dev.minetest.net/Terminology

My Mods and Stuff · by **azekill_DIABLO** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 14:04

i'm losing my brain with all of this! thanks:)

by **lightonflux** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 22:21

I think a visual representation of a block, node, chunk etc in the wiki would help for beginners.

Image for inspiration:

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