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The new name isn't great (too many vowels in the same place, you couldn't spell it if you heard it) but at least it's original and doesn't sound like it's a kno

The new name isn't great (too many vowels in the same place, you couldn't spell it if you heard it) but at least it's original and doesn't sound like it's a knockoff test implementation of minecraft anymore. Minetest is kind of a unique experiment in how modular a voxel game can be with mods. It's pretty cool. You just visit another server and it downloads and sets up all of the server's mods. You have dependencies and stuff so not every mod has to reinvent the wheel. Much better experience than minecraft modding. Minetest should lean into this and make the core gamemode more different than minecraft. Change up the artstyle, and make the physics feel better.

bovermyer 2y ago
"Luanti" is pretty easy to pronounce/spell for me. I'm not sure what your native language is, though, maybe it's harder for you.
cortesoft 2y ago
> You just visit another server and it downloads and sets up all of the server's mods. That's how mods work in Minecraft bedrock
- Aeolun 2y ago
  You mean you are presented with fifteen purchase dialogs the moment you enter a server?
- beeflet 2y ago
  Minecraft Bedrock Edition is Microsoft's freemium children's game where you buy "mods" and "skins" using minecoins and you can visit a number of pre-approved pay-to-win servers or pay Microsoft to host a "server" for you and like 8 other people as long as you obey the microsoft guidelines and drink enough verification cans. You might be confusing it with a beloved viral indie PC game called Minecraft (2011) which is no longer for sale.
  - WheatMillington 2y ago
    Minecraft Bedrock isn't free is it? Not when I looked at getting it for my kids it wasn't.
  - r1chard007 2y ago
    Neither of them is free and they're both still for sale https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/store/minecraft-deluxe-collection-pc https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/store/minecraft-deluxe-colle...
  - nullstyle 2y ago
    We all know Minecraft Bedrock edition, the children's game where I can actually play with my nieces and nephews confined to iPads and xboxes. It is also beloved by many, but i'm sure those folks count as subhuman to you.
  - Twirrim 2y ago
    > or pay Microsoft to host a "server" for you and like 8 other people as long as you obey the microsoft guidelines and drink enough verification cans. Or you can just run your own dedicated bedrock edition server, no need to pay anyone. https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock
    - rkharsan64 2y ago
      There's a big catch here: creating mods for Bedrock is difficult. And, Mojang is taking steps that make it difficult for modders to create stuff for Bedrock. [1] There's no match for the modding capabilities that Java edition gives you. [1]: https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/23093086772109-Request-for-Complete-PDB-for-Minecraft-Bedrock-Dedicated-Server https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/2309...
      - Twirrim 2y ago
        No disagreements there, but I was just correcting misinformation in the previous post
- madeofpalk 2y ago
  More and more of Minecraft is moving into data packs, which is pretty neat. So many things that required .jar java mods are now first-class citizens for customisation, automatically ‘downloaded’ when you connect to a server. Pretty neat.
JoeyBananas 2y ago
The barrier to having better physics is that better physics requires more complicated netcode. It is also a long-standing precedent in Minetest that the default game is just a minimal skeleton. "Change the artstyle" is a misguided suggestion because there are very few assets that are part of Minetest and not a 3rd party minetest mod.
xinayder 2y ago
> The new name isn't great (too many vowels in the same place, you couldn't spell it if you heard it) That's only a problem for english. Finnish people (and I can say romance language speakers) would disagree.
- graemep 2y ago
  I am an English speaker and disagree too. The spelling is fairly natural to me (probably how I would spell it if I heard it) and, in any case, English spelling is not exactly known for being obvious.
  - KMnO4 2y ago
    The new name lacks context that the old one had. Imagine discussing it on a bad telephone connection: “There’s this game similar to Minecraft; it’s called Minetest. You know like, mining and testing” Vs “There’s this game similar to Minecraft; it’s called Luanti — uhhh, l-u-a-n-t-i” The new name isn’t hard, but it’s definitely not as easy.
mschuster91 2y ago
> You just visit another server and it downloads and sets up all of the server's mods. You have dependencies and stuff so not every mod has to reinvent the wheel. Much better experience than minecraft modding. Reminds me of Unreal Tournament 2004, that was pretty much the same experience.
- Workaccount2 2y ago
  Counter-strike too

bovermyer 2y ago

"Luanti" is pretty easy to pronounce/spell for me. I'm not sure what your native language is, though, maybe it's harder for you.

cortesoft 2y ago

> You just visit another server and it downloads and sets up all of the server's mods. That's how mods work in Minecraft bedrock

Aeolun 2y ago
You mean you are presented with fifteen purchase dialogs the moment you enter a server?
beeflet 2y ago
Minecraft Bedrock Edition is Microsoft's freemium children's game where you buy "mods" and "skins" using minecoins and you can visit a number of pre-approved pay-to-win servers or pay Microsoft to host a "server" for you and like 8 other people as long as you obey the microsoft guidelines and drink enough verification cans. You might be confusing it with a beloved viral indie PC game called Minecraft (2011) which is no longer for sale.
- WheatMillington 2y ago
  Minecraft Bedrock isn't free is it? Not when I looked at getting it for my kids it wasn't.
- r1chard007 2y ago
  Neither of them is free and they're both still for sale https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/store/minecraft-deluxe-collection-pc https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/store/minecraft-deluxe-colle...
- nullstyle 2y ago
  We all know Minecraft Bedrock edition, the children's game where I can actually play with my nieces and nephews confined to iPads and xboxes. It is also beloved by many, but i'm sure those folks count as subhuman to you.
- Twirrim 2y ago
  > or pay Microsoft to host a "server" for you and like 8 other people as long as you obey the microsoft guidelines and drink enough verification cans. Or you can just run your own dedicated bedrock edition server, no need to pay anyone. https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock
  - rkharsan64 2y ago
    There's a big catch here: creating mods for Bedrock is difficult. And, Mojang is taking steps that make it difficult for modders to create stuff for Bedrock. [1] There's no match for the modding capabilities that Java edition gives you. [1]: https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/23093086772109-Request-for-Complete-PDB-for-Minecraft-Bedrock-Dedicated-Server https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/2309...
    - Twirrim 2y ago
      No disagreements there, but I was just correcting misinformation in the previous post
madeofpalk 2y ago
More and more of Minecraft is moving into data packs, which is pretty neat. So many things that required .jar java mods are now first-class citizens for customisation, automatically ‘downloaded’ when you connect to a server. Pretty neat.

JoeyBananas 2y ago

The barrier to having better physics is that better physics requires more complicated netcode. It is also a long-standing precedent in Minetest that the default game is just a minimal skeleton. "Change the artstyle" is a misguided suggestion because there are very few assets that are part of Minetest and not a 3rd party minetest mod.

xinayder 2y ago

> The new name isn't great (too many vowels in the same place, you couldn't spell it if you heard it) That's only a problem for english. Finnish people (and I can say romance language speakers) would disagree.

graemep 2y ago
I am an English speaker and disagree too. The spelling is fairly natural to me (probably how I would spell it if I heard it) and, in any case, English spelling is not exactly known for being obvious.
- KMnO4 2y ago
  The new name lacks context that the old one had. Imagine discussing it on a bad telephone connection: “There’s this game similar to Minecraft; it’s called Minetest. You know like, mining and testing” Vs “There’s this game similar to Minecraft; it’s called Luanti — uhhh, l-u-a-n-t-i” The new name isn’t hard, but it’s definitely not as easy.

mschuster91 2y ago

> You just visit another server and it downloads and sets up all of the server's mods. You have dependencies and stuff so not every mod has to reinvent the wheel. Much better experience than minecraft modding. Reminds me of Unreal Tournament 2004, that was pretty much the same experience.

Workaccount2 2y ago
Counter-strike too