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* '''Learn the API'''.
 
* '''Learn the API'''.
** [https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt API documentation]
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** [[Lua API Documentation]]
** [http://rubenwardy.com/minetest_modding_book Online Modding Tutorial Book]
 
 
** [http://dev.minetest.net/Intro Intro modding on Wiki].
 
** [http://dev.minetest.net/Intro Intro modding on Wiki].
 
** With these, you can make mods for Minetest. Interesting mods - or fixes to the default mods - may eventually get merged upstream.
 
** With these, you can make mods for Minetest. Interesting mods - or fixes to the default mods - may eventually get merged upstream.

Revision as of 20:03, 26 June 2020

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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 (each word links to a different page) 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