3D meshes for players and creatures [Models are now upstream!]

[MirceaKitsune]

I posted some important patches on GIT today. One is for the code branch, where I forgot to set some material flags on meshes, causing them to not be affected by fog and alpha textures to not work. I also added support for hats so that MineCraft skins using them will be compatible as well. A sit animation has also been added as suggested by VanessaE, to be used by mods like carts or chairs. Hopefully these fixes will be merged upstream tomorrow.

[EDIT] I also fixed the death animation loop problem in that branch, by using a still frame for dead players. The animation is also now called lay instead of death, so it makes sense for other mods to use it (like beds).

https://github.com/MirceaKitsune/minetest/tree/models_flags

https://github.com/MirceaKitsune/minetest_game/tree/player_extras

[Chinchow]

Sorry about this stupid question but how do I use this?

[VanessaE]

Chinchow: If you already have 0.4.4, 3D players are automatic. The hats/sitting/laying down stuff won't go in until a bit later.

Either grab the source code from Mircea's repositories and compile, or wait a couple of days for the hats/sit/laying stuff to get added to celeron55's mainline Minetest tree and for the build folks to get to it. :-)

[Chinchow]

Sorry again I can't find 4.4

[Josh]

Sorry again I can't find 4.4

You can get it from Github, then compile it.

[Josh]

Josh: That's the right one. Grab minetest_game from the usual spot: https://github.com/celeron55/minetest_game

Important: 0.4.4 is not network-compatible with 0.4.3, but your mods/textures/etc will still work. Keep a 0.4.3 build on hand for use on servers until they've been updated.

Awesome, i did it today! i really like the animated water. Watch out Minecraft, Minetest is growing fast.

[davidpace]

What do I do at that page?

Josh: That's the right one. Grab minetest_game from the usual spot: https://github.com/celeron55/minetest_game

Important: 0.4.4 is not network-compatible with 0.4.3, but your mods/textures/etc will still work. Keep a 0.4.3 build on hand for use on servers until they've been updated.

Awesome, i did it today! i really like the animated water. Watch out Minecraft, Minetest is growing fast.

[Josh]

What do I do at that page?

Josh: That's the right one. Grab minetest_game from the usual spot: https://github.com/celeron55/minetest_game

Important: 0.4.4 is not network-compatible with 0.4.3, but your mods/textures/etc will still work. Keep a 0.4.3 build on hand for use on servers until they've been updated.

Awesome, i did it today! i really like the animated water. Watch out Minecraft, Minetest is growing fast.

You click ZIP, It's up the top under the branch: master bar.

[Josh]

Now that we have 3d players, let's create 3d Oerkii's and Dungeon Master's that walk :)

[davidpace]

I unzipped it, now what? (I am using Ubuntu right now)

[jordan4ibanez]

Sitting! Now we can make chairs :3

Edit: Should add a swimming animation too!

[Josh]

I unzipped it, now what? (I am using Ubuntu right now)

If you have gone to github and found minetest-master, compile that and put the minetest-game folder you unzipped into the games folder in your compiled minetest-master folder.

[davidpace]

How do I compile? And yes I looked at the readme file on github.

I unzipped it, now what? (I am using Ubuntu right now)

If you have gone to github and found minetest-master, compile that and put the minetest-game folder you unzipped into the games folder in your compiled minetest-master folder.

[InfinityProject]

The readme tells you how to compile, as well as the stuff you need to compile. Just keep reading.

[davidpace]

I have CMake, I just don't get how to do the stuff with the Source code, and whenever I try to it gives me a bunch of errors. And some of the stuff it says doesn't make sense

The readme tells you how to compile, as well as the stuff you need to compile. Just keep reading.

[Menche]

I have CMake, I just don't get how to do the stuff with the Source code, and whenever I try to it gives me a bunch of errors. And some of the stuff it says doesn't make sense

The readme tells you how to compile, as well as the stuff you need to compile. Just keep reading.

How far did you get? Which command gives what errors?

[davidpace]

Oh, just forget it, I will just wait for an official 0.4.4. thanks anyway

I have CMake, I just don't get how to do the stuff with the Source code, and whenever I try to it gives me a bunch of errors. And some of the stuff it says doesn't make sense

The readme tells you how to compile, as well as the stuff you need to compile. Just keep reading.

How far did you get? Which command gives what errors?

[Melkor]

Now that we have 3d players, let's create 3d Oerkii's and Dungeon Master's that walk :)

hey! i made an Oerkii and a DM some time ago, it still need to be texturized!

here: http://minetest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=19952#p19952

[MirceaKitsune]

The changes I mentioned last night are upstream, please update to latest code and minetest_game. Skins with alpha channel as well as hats will now work.

[lord_james]

Could it be possible add mesh like wielded object? And another entities?

[MirceaKitsune]

Wielded items are planned and should be fully possible with the current lua api. We just need to maintain one lua entity as the wielded item for each player (spawned when the player joins and removed when the player unjoins), have it copy the visuals of the item that player is holding, and have it attached to the tip of the right arm.

[lord_james]

I'm sorry. I didn't explain so good. It could be possible create a 3d mesh for a wieded item? For example, a 3d brick or a 3d gun.

[Josh]

Now that we have 3d players, let's create 3d Oerkii's and Dungeon Master's that walk :)

hey! i made an Oerkii and a DM some time ago, it still need to be texturized!

here: http://minetest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=19952#p19952

That's what i was thinking about. If we texturize them, then we can make them walk like a 3d player!

[leo_rockway]

Now that we have 3d players, let's create 3d Oerkii's and Dungeon Master's that walk :)

hey! i made an Oerkii and a DM some time ago, it still need to be texturized!

here: http://minetest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=19952#p19952

That's what i was thinking about. If we texturize them, then we can make them walk like a 3d player!

I like how the Oerkii seemed to glide or hover. I wouldn't even give it a walking animation o.o Kind of like a ghost.

[MirceaKitsune]

I'm sorry. I didn't explain so good. It could be possible create a 3d mesh for a wieded item? For example, a 3d brick or a 3d gun.

Ah. That I don't know for sure, but I think not. Models are for players and lua entities, so unless a wield item can be set to "mesh" drawtype instead of "wielditem" then no. But that shouldn't be too hard to adapt to the current code I believe.

[Ragnar]

wait, does that mean, that you are making another 3D player?
AWESOME :D

[MirceaKitsune]

wait, does that mean, that you are making another 3D player?
AWESOME :D

Not me. Might make some other models for personal use, but later. I think the big concern is 3D animals / mobs for now, but I doubt I'll be diving into that myself (Blender is easy to use and the maker of the Mob Framework knows best what's needed).

[babe223]

would be interesting if we could see our characters, as in minecraft

[Mito551]

excuse me, but i've ran into a problem with trying to get models to my dwarves game. what should i do to add model-stuff into a game?

what mods can block the loading?

[MirceaKitsune]

would be interesting if we could see our characters, as in minecraft

Could be done with some code changes I think. A character editor menu will be needed at some point... it would be nice if the player's appearance could be shown there too. Also, we need a way to toggle between third person and first person views later on.

excuse me, but i've ran into a problem with trying to get models to my dwarves game. what should i do to add model-stuff into a game?

what mods can block the loading?

Make a rigged model in Blender, animate it in the timeline, and export it to the x format (enable the DirectX mesh exported in preferences -> addons first). Then in the lua script, set the entity's object properties mesh="filename.x" and visual = "mesh". See the player.lua script for the whole thing and how to change animations.