Warr1024

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Packages

• Auto-Trek

  Automatic long-distance walking via assisted auto-forward

• Creative for NodeCore

  "Creative mode" for NodeCore: adds a rc_reative priv, /rs chat command, and "replica" nodes.

• Dais Ex Machina

  An other-worldly platform to preserve some of your stuff across map resets for NodeCore

• Doomsday Device

  The pinnacle of explosives mods

• NodeCore

  Minetest's top original voxel game about emergent mechanics and exploration

• NodeCore ALPHA

  Early-access edition of NodeCore with latest features (and maybe bugs)

• NodeCore Beacons

  Long-distance navigation beacons for NodeCore

• NodeCore Cats

  Add adorable cats to NodeCore

• NodeCore Nature: Revised

  Updated, fixed, enhanced edition of Winter94's NodeCore Nature

• NodeCore Skins

  Custom player skins for NodeCore

• NodeCore Stairs

  Adds an assortment of stairs and slabs to NodeCore

• PuzzleMap

  Puzzle/Adventure Map System using Node Protection Mechanic

• Regression for NodeCore

  The Comic Sans of NodeCore Textures

• SkyRealm for NodeCore

  SkyBlocks inside vanilla NodeCore

• SzUtilPack

  A collection of misc dependency-free utilities primarily for server hosts.

• You Can't Take It With You

  NodeCore players leave their items behind, accessible to other players, when they log out.

• ZipRunes for NodeCore

  Gameplay-integrated fast-travel system for NodeCore.

Maintained Packages

This user is also a maintainer of the following packages

• Nodecore Skyblock Ultra Hardcore
  Kimapr

  The ultimate skyblock challenge

• WinterCore
  Winter94

  A stark and detailed texture pack for NodeCore

Reviews

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  Warr1024 2021-12-06 14:54 UTC

  Fun, Engaging Addition

  I run this mod on a family private server (where the gameplay is less "hardcore" than vanilla) and it's a nice and very natural-feeling extension of gameplay. It changes the gameplay balance, especially making ongoing lode supplies much cheaper, but compensates nicely by adding an engaging snake feeding and caretaking system.

  Criticisms:

  • The snake's pathfinding is really dumb, sometimes pathologically so. Snakes often naively trap themselves, even with plenty space to roam, and while this makes it easier to "hibernate" them to keep them from running out of food, it makes managing snakes sleep/wake status and food consumption more about periodic annoyance than puzzle solving and careful planning.
  • The snakes seem too rare, especially on small maps that NodeCore otherwise makes very viable.
  • Snake heads are unpredictable, blend in with the body, and delicate, to the point where it can lead to "cheap shots" where the snake effectively suicides itself by running into your swinging pick while you're trying to expand its enclosure, and the cost of killing a snake can be catastrophic.

  Suggestions:

  • In addition to less self-trapping behavior, richer pathfinding interactions might be nice, like certain kinds of nodes it avoids (igniters, radioactives, metals?)
  • Reproduction/renewal mechanics, such as laying eggs if fed certain high-value resources. It would be nice to be able to keep dormant eggs in storage until needed, and then incubate them somehow to hatch them, esp. as mitigation for snake fragility.

  NodeCore Snakes by Kimapr 1 comments

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  Warr1024 2021-09-29 13:32 UTC

  Unmaintained; Try Mantar's Fork Instead

  As it says in the description, Dokimi's original Exile is no longer maintained, and is becoming outdated. This negative review is to help Mantar's fork (and potentially others) to rise above it. This package still has value as the original, but should not necessarily be the first version of Exile that players see, which is affected by package ranking/scoring.

  Exile by Dokimi 0 comments

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  Warr1024 2021-08-21 12:25 UTC

  Surreal mapgen compatible with multiple games

  I tested this out with NodeCore, and while the resulting worlds it created are probably mostlly unplayable, it was fun to see some surreal results. There were worlds that were extremely radioactive, some that rapidly caught fire, some that were covered in dungeon stone, and some where pumwater was seeping out of every crevice. There were a lot of wet cement beaches, and trees made out of doors, and grassy fields transformed into a cornucopia of different ores and stones.

  The method used to determine which nodes can substitute or be substituted uses a heuristic, so it works with every game ... but it's obvious it was only tested on a couple of games so far, as it misses a number of things; I'm pretty sure that liquids were not intended to be substituted for non-liquids, but not all liquids use the liquid drawtypes. The shuffle is also uniform-random, and ignores the relative rarity of some things (which is at least partly the point of the randomizer) but making extremely rare things become extremely common may cause some performance issues. Fine-tuning the heuristic with some more cross-game testing may help, and in extreme cases, maybe just white/black-listing certain problem cases that slip past the heuristic.

  One feature that I'd love to see would be different randomization "zones" with different shuffles, maybe of configurable size...

  There is a minor bug wherein tree leaves can be mostly substituted but occasionally some unsubstituted leaves are found at mapchunk boundaries. This is due to a limitation in how the engine works that would probably be difficult to fix without creating other issues.

  N.B. make sure the mod is enabled before first creating the world, or else the first areas that generate will not be randomized. If you make a mistake on first startup, you can reset the world but keep the same seed by quitting, deleting map.sqlite, and restarting.

  Randomizer by NO11 0 comments

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  Warr1024 2021-08-19 03:19 UTC

  High-Flying Fun

  I am not familiar with the aforementioned Slimesling mod this is adapting, but found it fun, interesting, and well balanced.

  As far as a practical form of transportation goes, I haven't exactly figured that out yet, but in theory, one could setup a series of stations for "refueling" by crafting more replacement mudslings to continue a long journey. Getting the trajectory right, and not having problems with hitting an unloaded mapblock boundary, might be challenges. It would be interesting to see someone make something interesting like a travel network based on this.

  Mudsling by Avicennia_g 0 comments

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  Warr1024 2021-07-08 01:55 UTC

  Fun and Beautiful

  As far as the tutorial content is concerned, I got pretty much what I expected. I really enjoyed the scavenger hunt mini-game though. The castle was well-made and had lots of fun nooks and crannies to discover.

  Although the tutorial says it's not MTG-specific, it does focus mainly on MTG-likes, especially around the crafting and smelting systems. It is still a good starting point for things like general movement, liquid mechanics, digging/building common to the majority of major games for this platform, so still a good choice for players who haven't yet found a game they want to invest time in.

  Tutorial by Wuzzy 1 comments

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  Warr1024 2021-07-01 12:39 UTC

  Dark and Moody

  This is my current favorite; it's a slightly different stylistic direction from the original WinterCore (also very good) but I consider it an upgrade. The blue fire is bold and striking. The smoother look of the optics in particular is very pleasant.

  WinterCore Dark by Winter94 0 comments

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  Warr1024 2021-06-23 21:53 UTC

  Great Concept, Well-Executed, Fun

  This is great concept and well-executed. Once you get the hang of movement the rest is simple and easy to learn, but there is a smooth learning curve to the existing puzzles, and room for a lot of challenging puzzles in the future.

  The game itself is short, but there are instructions on how to create and submit new levels right in the project README; adding a "puzzle creation mode" to the game itself might be a way to encourage players to submit more levels. It also feels like it could be easy to extend the concept with new mechanics, like spaces only the player (not boxes) can enter, one-way movement spaces, etc. I would very much like to see more of this in the future.

  Box World 3D by Hume2 0 comments

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  Warr1024 2020-07-09 05:22 UTC

  Excellent all around

  Attractive design, especially stone and other earthy materials (which are a LOT of NodeCore). Faithful to the original, blends well with mod content even when not yet supported, while still providing a distinct and improved look. Immersive, actually makes the game feel colder.

  WinterCore by Winter94 0 comments

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