Asuna looks so cool! I'd love to play it in my pre-existing world. Obviously existing generated chunks won't update, but is there a way to change the game of my pre-existing world from Minetest Game to Asuna?
Hi there! Initially I didn't think it was possible to convert an MTG world to Asuna, but I had and idea that I tested just now, and I actually think it's very possible. Note that this was only a quick test on my part and that you'll have some gnarly boundaries where your existing mapchunks meet the newly generated Asuna mapchunks, but it should hopefully work for you.
Install Asuna.
Close Minetest and/or stop your Minetest server. This process requires some surgery and it's best if Minetest isn't interfering with the world during the conversion.
Find your world folder. This is typically found in your installation location under the worlds/<worldname> folder.
Back up your worldname folder. For safety's sake, copy the entire worldname folder to a separate location from where you can copy it back if something goes wrong, such as your personal documents folder or desktop.
In your worldname directory, find the world.mt file and open it in a text editor. Change gameid = minetest to gameid = asuna and save the changes.
Also in your worldname directory, find the map_meta.txt file and delete it. Asuna will generate this file anew with its own settings when the world is restarted.
Start Minetest and/or your Minetest server.
After all of this, you should see your world listed under Asuna and not Minetest Game, and you should be able to enter the world and play it normally without error.
Hello,
Asuna looks so cool! I'd love to play it in my pre-existing world. Obviously existing generated chunks won't update, but is there a way to change the game of my pre-existing world from Minetest Game to Asuna?
Hi there! Initially I didn't think it was possible to convert an MTG world to Asuna, but I had and idea that I tested just now, and I actually think it's very possible. Note that this was only a quick test on my part and that you'll have some gnarly boundaries where your existing mapchunks meet the newly generated Asuna mapchunks, but it should hopefully work for you.
worlds/<worldname>folder.world.mtfile and open it in a text editor. Changegameid = minetesttogameid = asunaand save the changes.map_meta.txtfile and delete it. Asuna will generate this file anew with its own settings when the world is restarted.After all of this, you should see your world listed under Asuna and not Minetest Game, and you should be able to enter the world and play it normally without error.
I hope this works for you!
Thanks so much! I'll give it a try.