capturetheflag/mods/ctf/ctf_map/README.md

CTF Map

This mod handles creating and loading maps.

Attributions

• Indestructible nodes adapted from various mods in minetest_game.

Creating a new map

1. Dependencies

• Minetest 0.4.16 or later.
• Mods
  • ctf_map (by copying the folder from this game to minetest/mods)
  • worldedit and worldedit_commands.

2. Find an area

• Can use Minetest Game and any mapgen.
• It must be a cube, and the barrier will be in the exact center.
• It should be around 230x230 in surface area, but this can vary.
• Feel free to modify the area to your needs.

3. Select the area

There are multiple ways do this, this is the simplist in most cases.

• If you haven't modified the map at all, do the following to speed up barrier placement:
  • Stop Minetest.
  • Open up the world's world.mt
  • Set backend to "dummy".
  • Save.
• Using worldedit, select the area.
• Type /gui, and click "From WE" then "To WE".
• Check that the center location is the right place for the barrier to go.
• Check that the bounds extend far enough.

4. Place barriers

• Set the middle barrier direction. The barrier is a plane defined by a co-ordinate = 0. If the barrier is X=0, then it will placed with every node of the barrier having X=0. If the barrier is Z=0, then it will placed with every node of the barrier having Z=0.
• Click "place barrier". Note that this command does not have an undo.

5. Meta data

• Set the meta data

6. Export

• Click export, and wait until completion.
• Copy the two files from worlddir/schems/ to ctf_map/maps/.
• Rename the files so the two prefixed numbers are consistent to existing maps.
• Profit!

Documentation

Map meta

Each map's metadata is stored in an accompanying .conf file containing the following data:

• name: Name of map.
• author: Author of the map.
• hint: [Optional] Helpful hint or tip for unique maps, to help players understand the map.
• rotation: Rotation of the schem. [x|z]
• schematic: Name of the map's schematic.
• initial_stuff: [Optional] Comma-separated list of itemstacks to be given to the player on join and on respawn.
• treasures: [Optional] List of treasures to be registered for the map, in a serialized format. Refer to the treasures sub-section for more details.
• r: Radius of the map.
• h: Height of the map.
• team.i: Name of team i.
• team.i.color: Color of team i.
• team.i.pos: Position of team i's flag, relative to center of schem.
• chests.i.from, chests.i.to: [Optional] Positions of diagonal corners of custom chest zone i, relative to the center of the schem.
• chests.i.n: [Optional] Number of chests to place in custom chest zone i.

treasures

treasures is a list of treasures to be registered for this map in serialized format.

An example treasures value that registers steel pick, shotgun, and grenade:

treasures = default:pick_steel,0.5,5,1,10;shooter:shotgun,0.04,2,1;shooter:grenade,0.08,2,1

(See here to understand the magic numbers)

Indestructible nodes

• ctf_map provides indestructible nodes for most nodes from default, and all nodes from stairs.

• All indestructible nodes have the same item name with the mod prefix being ctf_map: instead of their original prefixes (e.g. default:stone -> ctf_map:stone and stairs:stair_stone -> ctf_map:stair_stone) with the exception of wool, whose indestructible nodes have slightly different names from the original node names - ctf_map:wool_<color>. This is because the original nomenclature becomes meaningless if the modname prefix is changed.