Cave Tools [cavetools]
Some useful tools for exploring caves.
By David G (kestral246@gmail.com)
A compilation of some of my other mods focused on making cave exploration easier.
A set of flash lamps that momentarily light up the direction the player is pointed. (Note: Pressing shift while left-clicking will activate extended-range flashes.)
- Flash Lamp
- Flash Wand
- Super Flash Lamp
A set of depth finders that probe depth in the direction the player is pointed.
- Flint Depth Finder
- Diamond Depth Finder
An override to the default ladders to allow them to be easily extended down by just right clicking a ladder with another ladder.
- This can create freestanding ladders. If the lack of ladder thickness bothers you, you can use Linuxdirks redef mod, which provides 3-d ladders.
- The ropes mod by FaceDeer has a similar option for ladders, but extends them upward. Cave Tools' ladder override will conflict with this, but can be disabled (see configuration below).
Updates
2024-03-13
- Adjustments to flash lamp ranges and light cones, and duration of flashes.
- Significantly increased number of uses for flash lamps and depth finders.
Configuration
Each separate feature can be selectively enabled or disabled in the minetest.conf file.
- cavetool_flashlamps = true/false
- cavetool_depthfinders = true/false
- cavetool_ladders = true/false
Dependencies
- Ladder overrides only enabled if default exists.
- Craft recipes optionally depend on default and tnt.
- Wand also optionally depends on mana.
Craft Recipes
Licenses
Source code
The MIT License (MIT)
Media (textures)
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Flint texture copied from default_flint.png by Gambit.
- Diamond texture copied from default_diamond.png by BlockMen.
- Stick texture copied from default_stick.png by BlockMen.