I'm expanding and maintaining a fork of this texture pack. I'm just putting this note here, so you are aware of it because the download statistics show, most people aren't.
Hand Painted Texture Pack Expanded
I don't know about server performance but on singleplayer worlds it's a great help. Should be part of the engine! Maybe you could make it so that it respects my custom building reach?
Most mapgens place the ores way too deep just to prove the point that you can mine further down in Minetest than in Minecraft or comparable games. So deep they make MTG unplayable.
I noticed this mod got much better than when I first tried it. Punching animals now has visual feedback and all the mechanics work when you tame the animals.
Make sure to tame animals, so they don't disappear.
Spawn rate is kinda low. Is there any way to increase it in the settings?
Doesn't add too much and doesn't add new textures, so it fits right in with texture packs too.
Works fine except that the first person camera is stuck in the base of the chair or bench when you sit on it and you rotate around the back of your ass, so you sit in mid air when you turn the other way. That could be better and I hope you improve it.
I love ghoststone but removestone seems kind of useless, since it's expensive and you could just use cheap TNT if you want blocks removed permanently.
Hasn't caused any crashes for me yet, even though it's one of the more complex mods. Recommend.
Considering your world will depend on it, so you can't just remove it, it should absolutely not crash.
Update
Seems to be fixed now. Note that it doesn't seem suited to survival with the singlenode map generator because there don't seem to be any metal ores inside the islands even when ores is enabled in the settings.
Sometimes the island densitiy can be low too and at other times it's perfectly fine. So maybe generate a few worlds before you decide which to build in.
Original review (shortened):
Crashes every once in a while and animals of all specieses often just run in circles.
Nevertheless it is better than the Mobs Animal stuff where you can't shear the sheep and milk the cows. The animals also react and are visually affected when they take hits or die unlike in Mobs Animal.
I was also able to tame a horse and put a saddle on it using it for faster travel.
The models and animations are really good.
However they are way too dumb. They walk off of cliffs and right into lava. Somehow horses can sometimes stand on lava flooded hills and not take damage which really breaks the immersion.
29.4.24:
Mod author left the mod abandoned for 8 months in an unplayable state. It used to crash the game randomly and quite frequently and it's not an easy to uninstall mod. It also creates nodes everywhere. This slime that overgrows all cave floors and makes it hard to see the resources and birdnests. It's a pest. Mod would be better without them.
Hasn't stood the test of time imho
Doesn't make use of game textures as well as ts_furniture
Doesn't work with Mesecons
Doors and Trapdoors are not available through creative inventory
Needing a special crafting workbench to make the items might not be to everyone's liking
Unmaintained, opaque water, won't get updates.
I'm expanding and maintaining a fork of this texture pack. I'm just putting this note here, so you are aware of it because the download statistics show, most people aren't. Hand Painted Texture Pack Expanded
Great
I was confused at first because there's no first person indication of carrying the chest but it works fine.
Strongly recommended
I don't know about server performance but on singleplayer worlds it's a great help. Should be part of the engine! Maybe you could make it so that it respects my custom building reach?
Must have for mapgens other than V6
Most mapgens place the ores way too deep just to prove the point that you can mine further down in Minetest than in Minecraft or comparable games. So deep they make MTG unplayable.
Works as expected
You get regular wool stairs and slabs. And of course the corners.
Constantly improving
I noticed this mod got much better than when I first tried it. Punching animals now has visual feedback and all the mechanics work when you tame the animals.
Make sure to tame animals, so they don't disappear.
Spawn rate is kinda low. Is there any way to increase it in the settings?
Almost perfect
Doesn't add too much and doesn't add new textures, so it fits right in with texture packs too. Works fine except that the first person camera is stuck in the base of the chair or bench when you sit on it and you rotate around the back of your ass, so you sit in mid air when you turn the other way. That could be better and I hope you improve it.
As others said: better than redstone
I love ghoststone but removestone seems kind of useless, since it's expensive and you could just use cheap TNT if you want blocks removed permanently. Hasn't caused any crashes for me yet, even though it's one of the more complex mods. Recommend.
Crashes often with Minetest 5.7.0
Considering your world will depend on it, so you can't just remove it, it should absolutely not crash.
Update
Seems to be fixed now. Note that it doesn't seem suited to survival with the singlenode map generator because there don't seem to be any metal ores inside the islands even when ores is enabled in the settings. Sometimes the island densitiy can be low too and at other times it's perfectly fine. So maybe generate a few worlds before you decide which to build in.
A step in the right direction
Original review (shortened): Crashes every once in a while and animals of all specieses often just run in circles. Nevertheless it is better than the Mobs Animal stuff where you can't shear the sheep and milk the cows. The animals also react and are visually affected when they take hits or die unlike in Mobs Animal. I was also able to tame a horse and put a saddle on it using it for faster travel. The models and animations are really good.
However they are way too dumb. They walk off of cliffs and right into lava. Somehow horses can sometimes stand on lava flooded hills and not take damage which really breaks the immersion.
29.4.24: Mod author left the mod abandoned for 8 months in an unplayable state. It used to crash the game randomly and quite frequently and it's not an easy to uninstall mod. It also creates nodes everywhere. This slime that overgrows all cave floors and makes it hard to see the resources and birdnests. It's a pest. Mod would be better without them.