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We have a new graphics developer, they've added dynamic shadows and a post processing stage. > especially after one of the big modders and graphics developers died to a heart disease. Minetest is a game platform and a game engine, rather than just a game

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The default game is designed to be modded, and you're also encouraged to install other games. Users will instead be directed to the built-in content downloader to install a game. This is intentional and the default game will be removed by default. > It's (default subgame is) a decade behind Minecraft in terms of usability/features. I know I'm being a bit brutal, but Minetest doesn't stand a chance when the expectation is set that it is/will be in the same ball park as Minecraft's level of quality or moddability. Went back to Minecraft for those times I want to play a block game. I eventually quit because it was so frustrating trying to work with that engine and constantly jury rig and compromise solutions.

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I spent a lot of time making mods for the couple folk I played with.

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So if you want a mod with some kind of vehicle, it is a complete hitchy mess since the client-side's would interpolate wrong and need to be forcefully corrected by the server dozens to hundreds of milliseconds later. And none of this can be added or changed without a fork of the underlying C++ engine codebase.įor the longest time they had no client-side modding and when they added it, they ended up barely having anything in it. Tons of stuff is hard-coded, like how tools work, damage calculations, HUD. Forms have terribly poor ergonomics and it's taken a few years now to have elements displaying at the correct coordinates (for a while, different elements had slightly different interpretations of the grid). No custom keybindings, no overriding mouse controls. Entities have huge pop in/out issues and forget about anything crazy like having animal heads rotate to face you.

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No dynamic skyboxes, no full entity rotation, no way to handle subgrids. Unlike the Java-edition of Minecraft, where anything can be changed, you are limited to their modding API in Minetest. It's barely maintained, especially after one of the big modders and graphics developers died to a heart disease.Īnd with the mods, it's only 'easier' at the very surface level. It's (default subgame is) a decade behind Minecraft in terms of usability/features. While it's low-end requirements are better, it runs remarkably poorly for what it is.

Sorry, I don't understand.As someone who used to be a part of the Minetest scene, it's not even remotely close.

Perhaps have a way to ask the minimap to display objects with custom object properties in such-and-such a fashion.Īllow 'clipping' a minimap to a portion of the map I guess you could move the responsibility of managing such a list to a mod, but that gets convoluted quickly. Also this is getting dangerously close to a graphics library (which I'm not saying is bad, just hard work)ĭeprecate the object property show_on_minimapĪ reasonably computationally efficient way to gather objects for displaying on the minimap has to still exist.

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Just from the user perspective at least, maybe it can become readable like the sneak key etc and we get a free extra key out of it (or does that just alienate mobile users further again like the AUX button?)Īdd markers on minimap with API and custom styling (color, size, texture, etc), maybe even inside the hud definition?Įxtended features of the HUD+formspec element once the core work of moving the minimap out of the engine is done. Also non-negotiable to me is the 'V' (default) keybinding to operate the minimap has to stay. If the minimap just disappears, you're going to get a lot of angry comments. and also available on ContentDB, and it has to be compatible with any game. The best way to transition is probably to make a mod that has a minimap in the old style, and provide it both inside Minetest Game etc. Remove/Deprecate the builtin minimap players can toggle Therefore you could also include it in formspecs.Īllow customizing the minimap appearance (size, mode, overlayed tint, etc WITHOUT allowing player to change it)Īnd also while allowing the player to change it in a formspec like the inventory if the game/mod author wants to allow it Manage minimap as a HUD element, allowing to add multiple onesĪgree that it should be a reusable component, one with help from the engine side like the 3d model element for formspecs.

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