• walderan@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Friendly, and unsolicited reminder that the Minetest engine + its game Mineclonia (or alternatively Voxelibre) are a pretty good open source alternative as of late.
    Minetest is also getting some pretty nice upgrades to its graphics lately. The upcoming release should be looking quite pretty.

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      5 months ago

      +1 for Minetest

      I run a server on our local network that kiddos love

      It was fairly simple to setup including which game type and mods

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      5 months ago

      Can you use minecraft mods with any of these clones?

      If not it’s kind of a deal breaker.

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        5 months ago

        Highly unlikely. Minecraft has a lot of quirky code, and the mods would have been built around that code.

        For all intents and purposes, the clones are a different game entirely, and unless the mod author specifically goes out of their way to make their mod compatible with the clones, or a different version for it, they won’t work.

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        5 months ago

        Nope, you can just use these mods for the time being.
        On the flip side, it’s orders of magnitude easier to write a Minetest mod, and keep it updated with later versions and compatible with other mods.

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        5 months ago

        Indeed you can. Personally I find the phone interface a bit too clunky, but if your phone’s hardware is up for it, it does run, and all platforms that support Minetest are compatible with each other.