AccidentallyRhine wrote:I did check out MineClone 2. Very well done, however only maintained by a single individual which introduces risk of it falling out of support.
My goal with this tool was only to use it to translate MC to Vanilla MT as much as possible. By that I mean: rely on 3rd party mods (which are relatively volatile) as little as possible.
And so I edited map_content.txt as follows:
- Quartz --> Silversand Stone
- Nether brick --> Desert Cobble
- Lapis Lazuli --> Blue Wool
- Sponge --> Coral
- Vines --> Ivy (Ivy is already in xdecor, I don't know why sofar used a specialized vines mod)
- Various woods --> default:<minetest woods> (Again, I don't know why this required moretrees)
- Emerald --> Tin
- Potted plants --> xdecor:<plants> (Once again, already in xdecor)
... some various others I cannot recall.
^^^ all reducing the need for fleeting 3rd party mods down to just: Mesecons, xdecor and crops - all of which are very well maintained and have been around for a while. I think some are even in the Minetest-mods github. I honestly cannot wait for some very basic functionality to get pulled into Minetest Game, why oh why do we still need playeranim?
Here is my copy of map_content.txt for anyone else who wants as-vanilla-as-possible map conversions:
Some of the map choices are simply historical (vines), some are aestetic. For instance, the xdecor potted plants only offer 4 or so variants, and they largely vary in style too much imho, which is why I ended up with `flowerpots` instead.
Xdecor's vines are probably a fine replacement, but I wouldn't remove quartz and nether brick, that's just not a fair replacement especially when people may be converting maps where they have spent a lot of time building with those materials (did you actually make desert cobble fences?) and so they'd end up with a broken conversion.
As you said in your initial paragraphs, a lot of people aren't interested in a 1:1 conversion but want a functional MT equivalent, hence this is why I don't maintain a branch or version that converts to MCL2. But I do think it should remain relatively complete, so lapis and quartz should stay.
BTW all of mesesons, xdecor and crops are in minetest-mods.