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==Introduction==
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== Mod contribution (in Lua) ==
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A question you may ask yourself is: "Do I have anything to bring to the table?" or maybe, "Am I experienced enough to consider submitting my mods or ideas?". Whether you are a beginner or experienced programmer their are ways that you can get started. Maybe you don't want to program but submit an idea? Their are many ways of contributing to minetest.
 
  
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Before you contribute it is ideal that you have played the game for a reasonable time period so that you understand how it all works. Another advisable step would be to join the minetest forum and introduced yourself. This will make it a lot easier later if you get stuck as you can just ask people on the forum without the fuss of having to introduce yourself then. The last thing I must advice is that you have a play around with the source or make your own mini mods. To get started with basic mods then visit the Introduction page here: [http://dev.minetest.net/Intro Intro Page]
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* '''Learn the API'''.
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** [[Lua API Documentation]]
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** [http://dev.minetest.net/Intro Intro modding on Wiki].
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** With these, you can make mods for Minetest. Interesting mods - or fixes to the default mods - may eventually get merged upstream.
  
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==Mod contribution==
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* [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2434 '''Find ideas'''].
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* [https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt Learn the api].
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** The forum above contains mod requests and ideas.
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* [http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=2434 Find Ideas].
 
  
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==Core Development==
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== Core development (in C++) ==
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* [[Engine structure|Learn]] [[Core Architecture|about]] [[Basic data structures|the]] [[Releasing Minetest|engine]]
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* [https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues?state=open Issues].
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* '''[[Engine|Learn about the engine]]'''.
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** These pages explain how the engine works, how it structures data and how it is released.
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* [https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues?state=open '''Issues'''].
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** This is where you can report bugs or suggest improvements. Be aware that we have a lot of feature requests already.
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[[Category:Rules and Guidelines]]
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[[File:Merge Chance Complexity Diagram.png|thumbnail|Rough overview of merge chances per code area]]

Latest revision as of 16:48, 21 August 2022

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Mod contribution (in Lua)

  • Find ideas.
    • The forum above contains mod requests and ideas.

Core development (in C++)

  • Learn about the engine.
    • These pages explain how the engine works, how it structures data and how it is released.
  • Issues.
    • This is where you can report bugs or suggest improvements. Be aware that we have a lot of feature requests already.
Rough overview of merge chances per code area
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