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Alright, that's about what I was expecting. Thanks for pointing me to Cleaner, that looks interesting.

Is there a solution I can pre-emptively implement in a mod, where if the mod is removed, the nodes left behind turn into something other than 'unknown' blocks? An example: I create a mod that has a new type of dirt block populated in the world, then if the mod is removed, it somehow just becomes a d...

Oh very cool! I always try to look for similar mods when I'm making one, but I missed yours.
I like the addition of the sound effect.

Leaf Particles This mod adds some random little leaf particles that float down from leaf blocks. Nothing groundbreaking, but it's nice to have for the added atmosphere. GitHub Repo: https://github.com/karlexceed/leaf_particles ContentDB Link: https://content.luanti.org/packages/karlexceed/leaf_part...

Lava Particles This mod adds some random little sparks or embers that float up from lava_source blocks. Nothing groundbreaking, but it's nice to have for the added atmosphere. GitHub Repo: https://github.com/karlexceed/lava_particles ContentDB Link: https://content.luanti.org/packages/karlexceed/la...

I'm not having a lot of luck finding good documentation, and there are wildly different implementations in the different mods I've checked. The official API documentation: https://github.com/luanti-org/luanti/blob/master/doc/lua_api.md If you can't find it there, it is not part of the API. i.e. see...

My use case is similar to leaf particles falling from a tree - I don't expect most (if any) of the blocks corresponding to my spawners to ever be removed. Also, what are the differences between assigning a spawner to a player versus not? My understanding is that spawners assigned to players would on...

Do particle spawners remove themselves once their timer runs out?

I'm not having a lot of luck finding good documentation, and there are wildly different implementations in the different mods I've checked.

I have not tested it on a multiplayer server, so I can't speak to that. I haven't changed or modified the default grass spawning, so new grass should continue to spawn just like it always has. I was also very careful to make sure that the grass death chance is quite rare and should not kill faster t...

Living Grass The default grass will spread, but once it's spawned into the world, will never change. This mod makes grass grow, dry out, regrow, and die. Demo video: https://youtu.be/grDVyLcfgjU GitHub Repo: https://github.com/karlexceed/living_grass ContentDB Link: https://content.luanti.org/packa...

Well, I got curious and it turned out to be easier than I thought. If you update to the latest version of the mod, you should find some settings that you can configure via the Settings menu.

Yes, they are fairly rare, though I believe the spawn rate is the same as the chests in the default dungeon_loot mod. That said, there are BONES_MIN and BONES_MAX variables in the init.lua file that you can increase to affect the number of bones that show up, if you're willing to edit the mod files ...

I've decided to rename this mod from Miner Runes to Miner Charms.

Thanks!

Ancient Bones Adds randomly generated bones with some loot to generated dungeons. It's amazing how much more 'inhabited' this makes the world feel when you're mining and come across one. Mod dependencies: bones, default Content DB link: https://content.luanti.org/packages/karlexceed/ancient_bones/ ...

Sapling Spawn A mod that makes trees spread out and become dense forests over time. Saplings will only spawn on well-lit soil blocks with trees close by. The sapling will be the same species as a random nearby tree. Since this mod uses an ABM, the sapling spawning will only happen in map chunks tha...

Great ideas!

And yeah I agree that the current sound effect definitely needs tweaking.

RE caching whether a player is holding the rune - is there a built in function for that?

Miner Charms Handy things to hold on to if you've advanced to the point where you're mining hundreds or thousands of blocks at a time. Item: Stone Repel Charm Keep this in your inventory while mining and you won't fill up on stone blocks. Item: Crumbly Repel Charm Keep this in your inventory while ...

Great, that did exactly what I was looking for.

I did look at the API doc as well as several forum posts and other mod's source, which is how I ended up where I was. It's a little hard to know what a function does if everything you're reading is telling you to look at a different function.

Would it work for your case to do it in the same way that the flames on the front of a furnace animate when it's active?

I'm hoping to use register_on_dignode to prevent the player from acquiring stone nodes if they are holding a certain item in their inventory (not the active tool). But I guess I'm not sure how I intercept oldnode or do anything different with it. Here's what I've got so far: minetest.register_on_dig...

Additional info: It seems that the light transmission works exactly like water, which is unsurprising. More layers means a greater reduction in brightness. 14 layers of mercury is basically pitch black, which is the same as water, and tracks with the information from this page: https://wiki.minetest...

I had thought that you were also asking that the liquids be opaque to light at the engine level, such that if you were trapped in a hole under a layer of mercury between layers of glass, it would block light out. I don't think that's possible. That does seem to be the case, at least to some extent....

That's funny - I had assumed that the alpha value was inverse of that. Sure enough, setting that to 255 solved for the view from underneath the liquid.

And adding paramtype = "light" back looks correct now as well with the correct alpha set. Now if only there was reflectivity/albedo...

I decided to try creating a mod that adds liquid mercury. It was mostly straightforward, but there are a few things that I have questions about. You can check out the WIP mod here: https://github.com/karlexceed/liquid_mercury/tree/main First, am I correct that setting drowning above 1 will have no e...