Balloon Blocks v2

A Minetest mod that adds balloon blocks which can be placed in the air.

Description

Have you ever wanted to build a big house in the sky, but you can't because it would take ages to build up from the ground.

Now you can!

The balloon blocks can be placed in the air. This means it is now easy to place a block up in the sky.

When placing a balloonblock in the air it is always placed three blocks away from your current position. If you can fly, then you don't have to build to place a node. You can just fly up and place a balloonblock!

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Installing

There are three ways to install the balloonblocks mod:

Minetest GUI Installation

It is possable to install it without closing the game.

1. In the minetest menu, click on the tab titled Content.
2. At the bottom click on Browse online content (it may take a while).
3. Search for balloon.
4. Find the mod called Balloon blocks.
5. Click the Install button on the right.
6. You will get a message saying Downloding and installing Balloonblocks, please wait....

You have now installed the balloonblocks mod, don't forget to enable it.

Zip File Installation

1. Use the website ContentDB.
2. Find the mod titled Balloon blocks, then click on it.-
3. Find a green button titled Download and click on it.
4. Now follow the wiki instructions.

You have now installed the balloonblocks mod, don't forget to enable it.

Git Installation

1. Install Git.
2. Open a command prompt on your computer.
3. Change directory into minetest mod directory.
4. Then type git clone https://github.com/0siribix/balloonblocks.git and hit enter.

You have now installed the balloonblocks mod, don't forget to enable it.

Change Log

• 2021-01-25: v2.0.0 - Nearly entirely rewritten and optimized

  • Adjusted placement 0.5 higher as it sometimes felt like it placed the block under the one you were pointing at
  • Replaced all repeating/redundant code with loops
  • Replaced Pink and Purple with Magenta and Violet to allow for more optimized code
  • Added toggleable backward compatibility with the Pink and Purple balloons
  • Replaced individual 256x256 textures with a single 32x32 and use in-game colorize to produce the different colors
  • Dulled each of the colors so there is less of a contrast shock
  • Added GUI/configfile settings for crafting ingredients, brightness, and backward compat
  • Compatible with protection now (v1 allowed placing blocks in protected areas)
  • Modified recipe to use 1 dye per balloon and 1 dye + 2 torches for glowing balloons

• 2020-06-20: v1.3.0 - Added glowing balloonblocks of all colours

• 2020-06-18: v1.2.0

  • Added grey, pink, and brown balloonblocks
  • Added bounce attribute
  • Added more crafting recipes
  • Fixed block replacement bug

• 2020-06-11: v1.1.0 - Added black, white, orange, and purple balloonblocks

• 2020-06-09: v1.0.0 - Initial release

TODO

• Add localization support
• Add rubber as a craftable and main ingredient for crafting balloons

License

MIT License