Time  Nick       Message
12:24 rater193   hello everyone
13:05 rater193   anyone talk?
19:07 rater193   hello
19:08 rater193   anyone ere talk?
19:08 rater193   im needing help with a quick thing
19:08 rater193   how would i give a block a custom gui?
19:10 rubenwardy What do you want the block to contain?
19:10 rubenwardy If it is just an inventory like a chest then you can do it a different way to other things
19:11 rater193   well im working on a power based mod
19:11 rater193   and i got the wire to hold power and stuff
19:11 rater193   but
19:11 rater193   i want to make a generator
19:11 rater193   that u can put coal into
19:12 rubenwardy 1 sec, I'm researching
19:12 rater193   k, thx
19:12 rubenwardy Do you know how to make formspecs? You'll need them. Do you know
19:12 rubenwardy http://rubenwardy.github.io/minetest_doc/chapters/formspecs.html
19:13 rater193   nope, i just got into minetest modding a few days ago, but ive been using lua for over 10 years
19:14 rater193   this is usefull
19:14 rater193   thanks ;)
19:14 rubenwardy If it is literally just an item slot that you put fuel into, you can use node meta, I think
19:14 rater193   i noticed
19:14 rater193   :P
19:14 rubenwardy The furnace code is here: https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/blob/master/mods/default/furnace.lua
19:14 rubenwardy For reference
19:15 rater193   nah
19:15 rater193   i dont need it
19:15 rubenwardy XD
19:15 rater193   i got everything i needed from formspecs
19:15 rater193   :P
19:15 rubenwardy Glad I can help
19:15 rater193   yeah it helped a lot :)
19:15 rater193   thx
19:15 rubenwardy You're welcome
19:16 rater193   im working on a town managment mod
19:16 rater193   basicly
19:16 rater193   its civilization
19:16 rater193   played out over a span of months
19:16 rubenwardy Pretty cool
19:16 rater193   possibly even years
19:17 rater193   :P
19:17 rater193   i already got the system set up to let the users find town halls that randomly generate troughout the world
19:17 rater193   then they can claim the town halls
19:17 rater193   there's also barbarians in the game too
19:18 rater193   the barbarians will attack your city if they get a larger force then what your city contains
19:21 rater193   is it possible to save player inventories to a specified file location?
19:21 rater193   for example, i can link 2 server's player inventories
19:21 rater193   by making it save and load to and from the same directory
19:23 T4im       minetest would allow that, your filesystem might not.. you can basicly read inventories in minetest and also save these to extra files, or load from that and change the inventories back.. but multiple servers writing to the same file is a bad idea generally
19:23 rater193   well
19:24 rubenwardy You can change a players inventory. I suggest that when a player logs in, you read the shared inventory from a shared file and set the player's inventory to it
19:24 rater193   its a certian way i have an idea for
19:24 rater193   basicly i am going to make a wrapper in java
19:24 rater193   and make the servers call back to the wrapper
19:24 rater193   the wrapper will handle reading and writing
19:24 rater193   to the player invs
19:24 rater193   btw ruben thats what i was thinking about at first
19:25 rater193   but what if 2 people log in at the same time
19:25 rater193   wait a sec
19:25 rater193   can it also share the user's password too
19:25 rater193   so that way u cant steal the user's items
19:28 T4im       minetest.set_player_password
19:29 T4im       https://rubenwardy.github.io/minetest_doc/lua_api.html#authentication
19:29 rater193   oh wow
19:29 rater193   so i can make a login feild
19:29 rater193   when they join
19:30 rater193   that or just set the passwords when they change it, or when they first join
19:59 rater193   um
19:59 rater193   rubenwardy
20:00 rubenwardy Yes?
20:00 rater193   for some reason i cant make a form show
20:00 rater193   gime a sec ill send u the code im using
20:00 rater193   local land_formspec_context = {}  minetest.register_chatcommand("land", {   func = function(name, param)     if param == "" then       minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Incorrect parameters - supply a land ID")       return     end      -- Save information     land_formspec_context[name] = {id = param}      minetest.show_formspec(name, "mylandowner:edit",         "size[4,4]" ..         "field[1,1;3,1;plot;Plot Name;]" ..
20:01 rater193   land_formspec_context[name] = {id = param}      minetest.show_formspec(name, "civcraft:edit",         "size[4,4]" ..         "field[1,1;3,1;plot;Plot Name;]" ..         "field[1,2;3,1;owner;Owner;]" ..         "button_exit[1,3;2,1;exit;Save]")   end })    -- -- Step 2) retrieve context when player submits the form -- minetest.register_on_player_receive_fields(function(player, formname, fields)      if formname ~= "civc
20:01 rater193   ugh
20:02 rater193   i cant type everything
20:05 rater193   fixed it
20:05 rater193   nvm ;)
20:05 T4im       you know about https://github.com/rubenwardy/smartfs btw? ;)
20:05 rater193   :o
20:06 rater193   thats useful
20:06 rater193   :)