very fun, I was hiding in a tower I had built and a dragon bit me and I immeditally died.
I'm not sure how it could get to me through a tiny hole in the ceiling.
In my 40 minutes of messing around with this mod I only found a single apple on a tree. No grasses to get seeds, although in a few spots there were apple tree leaves and I realized if I harvested though I could get saplings, and planting the saplings give me a chance to get apples and more saplings. Simply rinse and repeat until you have all the apples you can possibly need.
I tested this out with NodeCore, and while the resulting worlds it created are probably mostlly unplayable, it was fun to see some surreal results. There were worlds that were extremely radioactive, some that rapidly caught fire, some that were covered in dungeon stone, and some where pumwater was seeping out of every crevice. There were a lot of wet cement beaches, and trees made out of doors, and grassy fields transformed into a cornucopia of different ores and stones.
The method used to determine which nodes can substitute or be substituted uses a heuristic, so it works with every game ... but it's obvious it was only tested on a couple of games so far, as it misses a number of things; I'm pretty sure that liquids were not intended to be substituted for non-liquids, but not all liquids use the liquid drawtypes. The shuffle is also uniform-random, and ignores the relative rarity of some things (which is at least partly the point of the randomizer) but making extremely rare things become extremely common may cause some performance issues. Fine-tuning the heuristic with some more cross-game testing may help, and in extreme cases, maybe just white/black-listing certain problem cases that slip past the heuristic.
One feature that I'd love to see would be different randomization "zones" with different shuffles, maybe of configurable size...
There is a minor bug wherein tree leaves can be mostly substituted but occasionally some unsubstituted leaves are found at mapchunk boundaries. This is due to a limitation in how the engine works that would probably be difficult to fix without creating other issues.
N.B. make sure the mod is enabled before first creating the world, or else the first areas that generate will not be randomized. If you make a mistake on first startup, you can reset the world but keep the same seed by quitting, deleting map.sqlite, and restarting.
The new update is here, and the mobs look fantastic! The mob_core base shows off how advanced (and very animal specific) the behaviors can be now. Seriously, it's amazing (I love the head tilt!).
It surely puts a standard for other mods to follow to grant an experience that won't bore you and will keep the player willing to interact more with their, now very much more alive, surroundings.
I played a little bit and enjoyed it a lot, plan to play more when I have time, but it's a good job and a different mode being brought to Mineclone2 "Minetest"..thank you, I hope the game keeps growing and improving, I like your ideas , congratulations 👍
I really like speedrunning MineClone2 and with this timer you always keep an eye on the time. It also looks really cool. I already downloaded it from github and tested it a few weeks ago.
omg,this,is really weird XD
I like it!
sometimes its very hard,when you cant find crops for regenerating health,but sometimes its toooo easy! (diamond trees)
This mod brings the topic of "tables and chairs" to the point.
It is a lightweight alternative to other furniture mods without its own models and textures.
The optional "Kneeling Bench" is particularly useful for church or cathedral projects.
I am not familiar with the aforementioned Slimesling mod this is adapting, but found it fun, interesting, and well balanced.
As far as a practical form of transportation goes, I haven't exactly figured that out yet, but in theory, one could setup a series of stations for "refueling" by crafting more replacement mudslings to continue a long journey. Getting the trajectory right, and not having problems with hitting an unloaded mapblock boundary, might be challenges. It would be interesting to see someone make something interesting like a travel network based on this.
this mod is rather pointless when you compare to worldedit as it is much more featured and supported
[EDIT}: as pointed out in the response, this mod is more useful for survival then worldedit, however it is up to user to decided for survival play if this is to op or not
Cool mod
very fun, I was hiding in a tower I had built and a dragon bit me and I immeditally died. I'm not sure how it could get to me through a tiny hole in the ceiling.
They can sneek up on you if you're not careful.
Finding food
In my 40 minutes of messing around with this mod I only found a single apple on a tree. No grasses to get seeds, although in a few spots there were apple tree leaves and I realized if I harvested though I could get saplings, and planting the saplings give me a chance to get apples and more saplings. Simply rinse and repeat until you have all the apples you can possibly need.
You can watch my review here: https://youtu.be/H4rXG_DvVWo
Surreal mapgen compatible with multiple games
I tested this out with NodeCore, and while the resulting worlds it created are probably mostlly unplayable, it was fun to see some surreal results. There were worlds that were extremely radioactive, some that rapidly caught fire, some that were covered in dungeon stone, and some where pumwater was seeping out of every crevice. There were a lot of wet cement beaches, and trees made out of doors, and grassy fields transformed into a cornucopia of different ores and stones.
The method used to determine which nodes can substitute or be substituted uses a heuristic, so it works with every game ... but it's obvious it was only tested on a couple of games so far, as it misses a number of things; I'm pretty sure that liquids were not intended to be substituted for non-liquids, but not all liquids use the liquid drawtypes. The shuffle is also uniform-random, and ignores the relative rarity of some things (which is at least partly the point of the randomizer) but making extremely rare things become extremely common may cause some performance issues. Fine-tuning the heuristic with some more cross-game testing may help, and in extreme cases, maybe just white/black-listing certain problem cases that slip past the heuristic.
One feature that I'd love to see would be different randomization "zones" with different shuffles, maybe of configurable size...
There is a minor bug wherein tree leaves can be mostly substituted but occasionally some unsubstituted leaves are found at mapchunk boundaries. This is due to a limitation in how the engine works that would probably be difficult to fix without creating other issues.
N.B. make sure the mod is enabled before first creating the world, or else the first areas that generate will not be randomized. If you make a mistake on first startup, you can reset the world but keep the same seed by quitting, deleting
map.sqlite, and restarting.It just works. ;)
The new update is here, and the mobs look fantastic! The mob_core base shows off how advanced (and very animal specific) the behaviors can be now. Seriously, it's amazing (I love the head tilt!). It surely puts a standard for other mods to follow to grant an experience that won't bore you and will keep the player willing to interact more with their, now very much more alive, surroundings.
Love it
I like cartoon style stuff and this hits it best I've found on here needs more mod support but still very cool syfy pack would be cool
Fun Randomness Mod
This is a well made mod that changes around biome blocks etc. Very fun to mess around w/ and looks cool. More randomness \o/
very cool, i really liked
I played a little bit and enjoyed it a lot, plan to play more when I have time, but it's a good job and a different mode being brought to Mineclone2 "Minetest"..thank you, I hope the game keeps growing and improving, I like your ideas , congratulations 👍
Must have for speedruns!
I really like speedrunning MineClone2 and with this timer you always keep an eye on the time. It also looks really cool. I already downloaded it from github and tested it a few weeks ago.
O_o
omg,this,is really weird XD I like it! sometimes its very hard,when you cant find crops for regenerating health,but sometimes its toooo easy! (diamond trees)
The better looking fireworks mod
Particles are beautiful and there is a big number of different shapes/colors.
What about an implementation using effects based on item metadata? (minecraft like)
Lightweight and appropriate
This mod brings the topic of "tables and chairs" to the point. It is a lightweight alternative to other furniture mods without its own models and textures. The optional "Kneeling Bench" is particularly useful for church or cathedral projects.
A good building mod
Replaces advantageously mese lamps from mtg and fit to every style of builds.
great resource
while this repo may not be the most useful mod, i think that is a great resource (that hopefully will continue to grow) for mod and game devolpers
great resource
useful mod at the very least for compiling a list of sounds currently in use within minetest
High-Flying Fun
I am not familiar with the aforementioned Slimesling mod this is adapting, but found it fun, interesting, and well balanced.
As far as a practical form of transportation goes, I haven't exactly figured that out yet, but in theory, one could setup a series of stations for "refueling" by crafting more replacement mudslings to continue a long journey. Getting the trajectory right, and not having problems with hitting an unloaded mapblock boundary, might be challenges. It would be interesting to see someone make something interesting like a travel network based on this.
pointless
this mod is rather pointless when you compare to worldedit as it is much more featured and supported [EDIT}: as pointed out in the response, this mod is more useful for survival then worldedit, however it is up to user to decided for survival play if this is to op or not
Comprehensive animal mod, but is targeting the wrong audience (Which I assume to be young kids)
I thought this would be a fun mod to add to a LAN server for some neighborhood kids, but the (as far as I can see) only breeding method was an instant nope https://github.com/runsy/petz/blob/3ac5722bb58329e746a354fa909fe261de7f329f/petz/misc/items.lua#L263-L286
EDIT: You can now disable this breeding method in your minetest.conf. My review will stand until it's not the default though
Makes the gameplay harder
with nssb, they make exploring the world really awesome and hard.
this mod is a game changer, if used with nssb it will affect the world too much that a server with them will be dedicated to them.
Must have then creating tumbnails for ContentDB or YouTube
Fast, easy to use. Get perfect materials in Blender in seconds with the provided script.
Useful to destroy your friends bases ;)
Easy to use and powerful, not buggy at all even on servers.
Useful for PvP
Sadly there is no crafting receipe, but you can make a shop at spawn to obtain them :)
Repairing tools was never as easy
That's a very cheap and easy way to repair tools and armors.
Makes TNT guns possible :)
Having the possibility of creating TNT guns in minetest game is incredible!
Big improvement for survival
Sadly, this mod tends to lag on big servers, but is very good for small servers and singleplayer.
Absolutly needed for mining
Very useful mod.
Suggestion: increase durability
Make gathering wood easy
Simple and efficient
zip!
a handy item for getting around fast.
fancy
love the designs, great for medeival style builds.
why my pockets heavy
some great uses for obsidian and some handy tools to boot :)
left, left, left
visually pleasing mazes to solve, got lost way to many times :P
bee's everywhere!!!
cant have too many pretty flowers in-game :)
feature rich
great addition to the game with potions and mobs :)
zoom!
nice effects to be had, swiftness had me running off a cliff at one point :)
scaffoldy
great for building larger things and easy to move around :)
scarey
a scarey mod to add, gotta be safe and keep your distance.
aaaaaaaand you're gone...
interesting feature for players to admin themselves :)
nice flooring
always wanted this block in-game to separate layers, handy and unbreakable :)
looting ahoy
handy blocks to find around the world that give useful items, like lucky blocks but without the dying :)
informative
a very informative mod that provides information on what you are looking at.
charry
easy way to get torches from wood, quite a few mods add this feature but this has a nice charcoal block for building :)