cloud_height in MT 5 - not settable anymore?

[voxelproof]

The issue I'd like to clarify is included in the title of the post. I've noticed that in MT 5.0 in "settingtypes.txt" file cloud_height isn't referenced anymore. What's more, in Win64 version the command "/set cloud_height <value>" does seem to be acceptable as the game returns answer "cloud_height=<value>" (however with no ensuing change in the actual clouds height) which in turn isn't true in the Win32 version (the same command fails when it's issued).

Does it mean that this setting isn't maintained in the newer versions of MT? I highly doubt it, I'd suspect that it was rather overlooked and should stay as an important world parameter.

[rubenwardy]

A cloud API was added in 5.0.0, it's possible that has replaced the setting

[voxelproof]

A cloud API was added in 5.0.0, it's possible that has replaced the setting

So, to change the cloud level one should as I understand do it via appropriate API. Forgive me an awfully noob question (which is surely answered in some manual), but is it accessible from the game? And is such a change somehow reflected in minetest.conf?

EDIT: it seems that this discussion sheds some light on this matter. It seems that now a mod is needed to allow adjustment of clouds to the landscape by a player.

[disconnected]

This will allow player control of clouds via chat command and give you a good idea how to implement cloud control via another mod...

https://github.com/bendeutsch/minetest-cloudcontrol

[Festus1965]

thanks,
I missed my fog or mist ... or just new called SMOG

[disconnected]

You can set cloud height to 0, thickness to 500 and density to 1 to force fog server side. But this unfortunately doesn't fix client side lag caused by the client's unlimited view setting....

https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/8142#issuecomment-466814915

[voxelproof]

This will allow player control of clouds via chat command and give you a good idea how to implement cloud control via another mod...

https://github.com/bendeutsch/minetest-cloudcontrol

Thanks