Changelog

0.4.4 → 0.4.5

Core

Big features:

• L-system tree generation (RealBadAngel)
• In-game volume setting menu (RealBadAngel)
• Particles (Jeija)
• Multiplayer server list (Jeija)
• Finite liquids (proller)
• Automatically retrieve list of multiplayer servers (proller)
• Perlin noise maps (huge speed boost), Lua API: PerlinNoiseMap class (kwolekr)
• Multithreaded map generation, disabled by default (kwolekr)
• EmergeManager, completely rewrote EmergeThread (kwolekr)
• BiomeDefManager & associated Lua API (kwolekr)
• New Mapgen framework with complete map generator configurability (kwolekr)

Smaller additions and changes:

• Noclip setting (PilzAdam)
• Damage overlay fade (PilzAdam)
• Can hold down right mouse button (Jeija)
• Formspec textarea (Jeija)
• Lua API: InvRef:get_location() (celeron55)
• Cloud height is configurable (kwolekr)
• Proper RUN_IN_PLACE support for Mac OS X and FreeBSD (kwolekr)
• Settings::getStruct() & setStruct() (kwolekr)
• Trees, caves, biome blending, flatness can be toggled via config (kwolekr)
• Selectable debug.txt logging level (kwolekr)

Fixes:

Lua (minimal and minetest_game)

New features:

Changes:

Fixes:

0.4.4 → ? (Calinou's version)

New features:

• Minetest-c55 is now named Minetest
• Added finite liquid support (doserj)
• Less stuff is now put in debug.txt by default, change with debug_log_level, default is 2
• Added Mese crystals and Mese crystal fragments (crafted from 1 Mese crystal); Mese blocks can be crafted with 9 Mese crystals; Mese pickaxes are now crafted using Mese crystals; old Mese equals the new Mese block and is still generated at altitudes -1024 and below (VanessaE & PilzAdam)
• Added a list of servers to the "Multiplayer" tab of the main menu (Jeija)
• Jungle grass now spawns naturally again (PilzAdam)
• Added a mod selection menu (doserj)
• Added and updated language translations; French, German, Portuguese, Polish and Spanish translations are 100% complete (Calinou & kaeza & PilzAdam & xyz & kotolegokot & pandaro & Mito551 & Shen Zheyu & sub reptice & elagin & socramazibi)
• Map generation is now slightly faster and can be tweaked in minetest.conf (celeron55 & RealBadAngel & PilzAdam)
• Locked chest contents are now only shown to their owner (PilzAdam)
• Added ability to write several lines on a sign (PilzAdam)
• When sneaking, the current node/item will always be used when right clicking even if pointing a chest or a furnace (Jeija)
• Added optional flat map generation, with and without trees (kwolekr)
• If damage is disabled, damage screen is disabled and health is not shown on the HUD (PilzAdam)
• In creative mode, hand now breaks everything nearly instantly and nodes/items are infinite (PilzAdam)
• Mese pickaxe now has a new texture, which is more yellow (Jordach)
• Damage screen is now red fade instead of constant red; camera now tilts when receiving damage (Jeija & PilzAdam)
• Doors must now be right clicked to be opened (PilzAdam)
• Texture atlas is now disabled by default (kwolekr)
• Added ability to switch to fly_mode when double-tapping space bar, disabled by default; can be enabled in the key change menu (PilzAdam)
• Tweaked dirt texture so that it tiles better; improved lump and ingot textures; added fake shading to the default player texture (Iqualfragile & GloopMaster & Jordach)
• Added particles when digging blocks (Jeija & PilzAdam)
• The selection box of stairs now fits the stairs (PilzAdam)
• Fire is now "buildable to" (Casimir)
• Added repeated right clicking when holding the right mouse button, see "repeat_rightclick_time" setting in minetest.conf (Jeija)
• Added L-system tree generation (RealBadAngel & dannydark)
• To fly at "fast" speed, the "use" key must now be held if using shift to descend (PilzAdam)
• Added upside down stairs and slabs (PilzAdam)
• Added support for downloading mods from a server using cURL which is faster, disabled by default (Ilya Zhuravlev & sfan5)
• Flying through walls now requires the "noclip" privilege and noclip mode must be enabled by pressing H (PilzAdam)
• Tweaked damage and punch times of weapons, tools and hand (Calinou)
• Added "selectionbox_color", "crosshair_color" and "crosshair_alpha" minetest.conf settings for changing selection outline color, crosshair color and crosshair opacity respectively (Exio4)

Bugfixes:

• Walking on stairs, slabs and glass now makes sounds (PilzAdam & dannydark)
• Fixed EmergeThread around a bit (kwolekr)
• Punching entities and players with shovels and pickaxes now deals damage (Calinou)
• Fixed some caves having too many dead ends (kwolekr)
• Fixed the looks of some plantlike nodes by using two long planes instead of four shorter planes (doserj)
• Grass no longer turns into dirt below unloaded blocks (PilzAdam)
• Fixed a crash when clicking "Configure" when no world is selected in Singleplayer menu (doserj)
• Fixed dropped item collision with nodeboxes (jordan4ibanez)
• Fixed a glitch where the player gets liquids in his inventory when a server lags (PilzAdam)

Modding-related changes:

• Added ability to change the itemstack in placenode callbacks (PilzAdam)
• Added ability to create multi-line textfields in formspecs (Jeija)
• Add on_rightclick(pos, node, clicker) callback for nodes (PilzAdam)
• Added minetest.show_fromspec(playername, formspec) to show formspecs via Lua (sapier)

0.4.3 → 0.4.4

New features:

• Added animated 3D player and a new default skin, the default model also supports Minecraft skins (Taoki, skin by Jordach)
• Added shaders support (can be disabled in Settings menu), makes water a bit smaller than a full block, makes lighting look prettier (kahrl and celeron55)
• New default doors mod: doors have a 3D look, ability to create "double doors" added, added locked steel doors (only the owner of the door can open/close it) (PilzAdam)
• Improve map generation speed a lot (hmmmm)
• Day-night transitions are now smoother (celeron55)
• Water textures are now animated (RealBadAngel (textures) and PilzAdam)
• Added on-demand item previews (reduces load time/RAM usage), disabled by default (celeron55)
• Added 3D anaglyph support (red-cyan glasses) (xyz)
• Fire is now animated and causes damage to players (PilzAdam, Muadtralk (textures))
• Tweaked some textures: apple, nyan cat, bricks, papyrus, steel sword (Calinou, VanessaE)
• Tweaked digging animation (no more mining with the tip of your pickaxe!) (jordan4ibanez)
• Changed apple, sapling and papyrus selection box size to be smaller (VanessaE)
• Players who do not move no longer send their positions to save bandwidth (Taoki)
• Make steel block and brick drop themselves when dug and make them craftable back into their materials (PilzAdam)
• Glass now makes a sound when broken (PilzAdam)
• Dead players are now visible (Taoki)
• Changed default server tick to 0.1 second, decreasing server CPU usage (celeron55)
• Clients now send their position every 0.1 second too, making other player movement look smoother (celeron55)
• Use of /grant and /revoke commands is now logged (dannydark)
• Added ability for server to tweak amount of bandwidth used to upload mods to clients (celeron55)

Bugfixes:

• Fixed falling sand and gravel sometimes incorrectly landing (PilzAdam)
• Fixed empty bucket being named "emtpy bucket" (khonkhortisan and PilzAdam)
• Fixed slab to full block transformation (PilzAdam)
• Fixed smooth lighting between MapBlocks (celeron55)
• Prevent some blocks (leaves, falling sand and gravel) from giving air when dug when they disappear as you mine them (PilzAdam)
• Fixed papyruses and cacti growing inside trees (PilzAdam)
• Fixed flowing liquid animation direction calculation (celeron55)
• Fixed wielditem entity drawtype brightness control (celeron55)
• Fixed ObjectRef:punch() (celeron55)
• Fixed a rare bug in leaf decay (PilzAdam)
• Fixed trees growing into any type of node (xyz)
• Fixed server crashing when "/clearpassword" is typed without an argument (Uberi)
• Head no longer shifts downwards when you are inside transparent blocks such as glass or nodeboxes (Calinou)
• Directories beginning with a "." are now ignored when searching for mods on Windows (matttpt)
• Fixed the automagic render distance tuner (celeron55)

Modding-related changes:

• Added 3D model support for entities (Taoki)
• Added attachment support (so that entities can "ride" other entities) (Taoki)
• Backgrounds and images can now be used in formspecs (RealBadAngel)
• Liquids can now be made non-renewable (xyz)
• Added nodedef.on_blast() to lua_api.txt in order to support chained explosions of any explosives (celeron55)
• Allow transparent image buttons (khonkhortisan)
• Added shutdown hook interface to Lua API (matttpt)
• Added "attached_node" group to make nodes which are not attached to any other walkable node drop (PilzAdam)