


Then, right-click it with shears, and you'll get colored wool. Right-click a sheep with a dye, and you will change its color. For example, right-click a cow with an empty bucket, and you'll get milk. Many animals, like cows, pigs, warthogs and sheep, give meat when they are killed, or other products when they are right-clicked. Do the same with the mobs_animal mod.įigure 3: It is exciting to meet your first cow.
Minetest world editor mod#
The mod will turn green as shown in Figure 2. Pick mobs and tick the enabled checkbox at the top of the window. In the panel on the right, you will see a list of available mods. Rename the mobs_redo/ folder to mobs/: mv mobs_redo mobsĬreate a new world or pick an old one, and click the Configure button.

Change into the mods/ subdirectory: cd ~/.minetest/modsĪnd download the general mobs and farm animals mods made by Minetest Forums member TenPlus1: git clone minetest directory in your own home directory. Let's grab some animals, shall we? Notice that, apart from the minetest/ directory in /usr/share, you also have a hidden. However, if you want to get into some serious gameplay before tailoring, head over to the Minetest website to see what's available. This is by design: The creators of Minetest assume you are going to want to tailor your experience, so they give you the bare minimum, and it is up to you to bring in (or create, as you shall see later) your own modifications. You have a nice variety of materials and things you can craft, but, for example, there are no animals and no monsters. The default world that comes with Minetest is basic. A "world" in Minetest is, to all practical effects, its mods. You'll see that the brunt of bringing the game to life is born by the files in the mods/ directory. If you have installed Minetest from your distro's repositories, look into your /usr/share/minetest/games/minetest/ directory. It is the mods that make the game playable. Minetest is made up of two parts: the main engine and the mods. Figure 1: You can model the worlds of Minetest in more ways than one.
