Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.11 out now with an in-game settings menu and better server browser
Luanti (formerly Minetest) has a new release out, which finally adds an in-game settings menu so you don't have to quit your current game to adjust things.
Because I want people to be interested, but that requires knowing what a thing is.
From FAQ:
Is Luanti a clone of Minecraft? # No. Luanti has very different goals from Minecraft, and doesn’t aim to compete with or replace Minecraft. Luanti is an engine and a platform for many different voxel games, rather than one cohesive gaming experience.
When Luanti was initially created in 2010 it intended to replicate what Minecraft Alpha had been shown to do at the time, but it has later diverged into becoming more akin to a game engine.
So... Roblox, but with Minecraft's graphical style and general mechanics, an open source project, and not a greedy corporation? Cool. I think I'm bookmarking this.
Good that they changed the name.
I've tried luanti several times and I'm trying to dial in the graphics settings for best performance with the lack of in game settings menu was always a such a pain I'd give up. I'm super excited about his change.
Is there any minecraft clone that uses non-blocky character models? Or how would one go to mod Luanti to use different meshes for some of the characters?
I have no idea, if it's any good, but apparently this exists: https://content.luanti.org/packages/JALdMIC/aw_personaje_anthro/
I believe, you could in principle use any Blender model, although I'm guessing, they'd need to match in terms of animations. I'm not deep into either Luanti modding or Blender, so not sure how it works together, but here's some documentation describing it: https://docs.luanti.org/models/using-blender/
The day Luanti gets split screen local coop it will skyrocket.
Does it have gamepad support for Android yet?