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[[Category:Server]]
[[File:Map_ROBOTS-server.png|thumbnail|ROBOTS-server, map of central area, 2017-02]]
[[File:Map_ROBOTS-server_2017-03.png|thumbnail|map 2017-03]]

==Intro==
This is a description about the ROBOTS-server, which runs a game with the mods 
* [[Mods/basic robot|basic_robot]]       ([https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15850 Forum], [https://github.com/ac-minetest/basic_robot/ github]) - robots
* [[Mods/basic_machines|basic_machines]] ([https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12033 Forum] [https://github.com/ac-minetest/basic_machines/ github], [https://github.com/ac-minetest/basic_machines/wiki Wiki at github] - automation
by rnd.

The server with this game and map was online from 2016-0x until 2017-07.<br />
See also [[ROBOTS_SKYBLOCK]].

There is a 'live' [[Basic_robot/Tutorial|tutorial-parcour]] about robots-programs, 
which can be reached via a teleporter near the spawn.

==General Server-info==
* Admin: rnd
* IP: 46.150.38.198:30000
* Max users: 15
* Operating hours: 09:00 - 01:00 UTC (+/- an hour) - shuts down over night
* Mapgen v7, seed 5 (but modified with worldedit)
* PvP, Mobs enabled
* /sethome and /teleport disabled

'''See also:''' 
List of servers: 
* [http://minetest.net/servers Minetest Server List] and [http://servers.minetest.net/ List2]
* [https://forum.minetest.net/viewforum.php?f=10 Minetest Forum servers section]

==Mods==
Notable mods:
* [https://github.com/ac-minetest/basic_robot basic_robots]   - robots, and remote-controllers
* [https://github.com/ac-minetest/basic_machines basic_machines] - keypads, detectors, movers, and more...
* [https://github.com/ac-minetest/basic_protect basic_protect]  - Protectors can be crafted that protect a 20x20 area

* sfinv - "Simple, fast inventory", with buttons for:
** [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=9100 simple_skins] - 30+ skins to choose from
** XP - get experience for digging, thieving, kills etc.
** Bounties - list of rewards for killers

* [[farming]] - blueberries, carrots, cocoa, corn, melons, potatoes, pumpkins, tomatoes ...
: and new foods: apple-pie, coffee, donuts, pumpkin-bread, sugar ...
* fertilizer - a "trivial", home-grown mod, to make the game "more challenging":
: Crops and fruits use up 1 point of nutrition from the soil with each growth-step,
: and farming-soil starts with no nutrition. Without fertilizer, crops turn into weeds.
* flowers, dye
* wool, beds
* [https://github.com/pithydon/furniture furniture] - tables, chairs

* [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=549 moreores] - tin, silver, mitril ...
* [[darkage]] - more blocks: darkage_bricks, darkage_lamps, darkage_shale, serpentine, ...
: See the [http://darkage.wikia.com/wiki/About DarkAge-Wiki] for infos and recipes.
* worldedit, mapfix
* craft_guide - look up crafting recipes

* letters - cut letters, to put on common blocks (e.g. for big shop-signs)
:A public lettercutter is located at the back of the shop at spawn.

* acid - flows like water, looks like grass, hurts like lava
* mobs, mobs_monsters - dirtmonster, treemonster, stonemonster ...
: The monsters are fairly weak, but watch out at night !

* [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15424 anticheat], [https://github.com/ac-minetest/antigrief antigrief], boneworld, bounty, [https://github.com/ac-minetest/basic_vote basic_vote] - detects & announces cheaters, vote to ban them, etc.
* [https://github.com/ac-minetest/oldplayer oldplayer]: users need some items in inventory at logoff, otherwise account gets deleted
** also afk-check - logs out inactive players.  Note: you need to move - just chatting or crafting is considered 'inactive'.
* give_initial_stuff: wood, torches

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Beware
|-
| There might be even more "trivial", home-grown mods active, 
or changed settings, that make the game "more challenging" !
|}
...

==Map==
Notable locations:

===Town-Center===
* Spawn-Building     0,2,0 - this is where new players appear in the game.
: The exit of the cactus-maze leads here
: Computer-room and stone-factory in the basement
: Library; -1,6,-1
* Admin's Shop     -20,2,-5 (see below)
* Smelting station -20,2,-10 - automatically smelts your ores.
* Teleporter#1       0,2,10 to access the [[Basic_robot/Tutorial|Robots-Tutorial]] & testing area (located at -28,8,394) - easy to see: it has two oranges on top.
* Teleporter-Room downstairs from 7,2,-1:
** 17,-4,1 Teleporter#2 to the Counterstrike-Area (at 300,30,135)
** Teleporters to some private houses (ask the admin)
* Public mine        0,2,13 - easy access to the depths for mining.
** Caution: Acid !
** The area around the stairs is protected. Digable areas start some distance behind doors.
** Entry to the deep mine at depth 200, location 0,-202,227 - needs dig-XP to enter.
* Elevator to mines -6,2,9 - needs 1 power_cell to activate, and using it costs 1 gold.
* Exhibition     -9,2,0 - shows basic_robots and all the [[Mods/basic_machines|Basic-machines]].
* Demo-farm      -7,2,-20 - automated farm for corn and fertilizer (made from papyrus).
** see also rnd's private automatic farm (trees, corn, papyrus) - just ask for a tour.
* Casino        -18,2,18 - recycle your gold :-)
* Deep Hole     -16,2,16 - the moats of acid drain here
* Diving-pool   -23,2,12 - under water, you can breathe at the torches
: 
* Pumpkin-Hotel -31,2,30 - no actual service, but the roof has a nice panorama.

===Games===
* Eliza - just talk (Try: "how to make cart")
* Math-quiz #1 - inside spawn-building:<br /> The quiz (e.g. "what is 5*8+2") is shown to the player as a multiple-choice dialog.<br />When the button with the correct solution is pressed, the player is teleported out of the spawn-building.
* Math-quiz #2 - (at robot-tutorial, -34,7,407 ) get a reward for the correct solution 

====Singleplayer-games / Puzzles====
* Brickstone-Maze   5,2,-300 - really big maze (400x400)
* Cactus-Maze      46,-4,-7 - (40x40) underground, under the acid-lake: find the exit
* Casino	  -18,2,18 - win 5 gold.
* Minesweeper     -10,2,32 - find all the mines, win a free flight
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonogram Nonogram]   10,2,33 - Puzzle
** big nonogram     1,2,-204
* Sokoban         -46,2,-50 - push the boxes

====Games for 2 players====
* Checkerboard  10,2,33 - checkers
* Spleef-arena  10,2,3 - knock out the floor-tiles, to make your opponent fall down
* Tank-robot       -9,2,-9 and -9,2,-46 - artillery-duel for 2 players

====Multiplayer-games====
* Counterstrike - Terrorists vs. Counter-Terrorists: hide / disarm bomb
: Access via Teleporter#2 at 17,-4,1 
* Hide-and-seek  - around the spawn-area

====New games====
(under development)
* -7,2,-26  x
* -43,2,10 xxx
* -10,2,-15 yyy
*  2,2,-20 zzz
...

===Automata===
Machines that are not games:
* Shop-Robot -14,5,0 - display at the top of the shop, showing infos  (date, time, prices)
:Listens to chat, players can remotely buy&sell: try "#shop"
* Fly-Shop   -26,2,0 - sells 'fly-tickets': temporary ablity to 'fly'
: this uses 'environment-control' for reduced gravity - player can make large jumps
* Admin-Mailbox -7,2,0 - players can write messages to the admin
* Inventory-Lister -14,2,11 - shows contents of chest in a formspec

* Bridge to the public mine 0,2,13
* Automatic door at the entrance to the public mine
* Automatic door inside the public mine                  0,-32,52
* Automatic door at the entrance to the robot-tutorial  -37,8,395
* Elevator to mines -6,2,9

* Puzzle door  -124,2,0 - a door on the road
* Puzzle door  -230,2,0 - to open the door, place a block of dirt into the chest
:(demo, has been moved elsewhere)

* Automated furnace -34,8,409 - done with basic_robots
* Smelting station  -20,2,-10 - done with basic_machines

* Binary Counter 0,2,-5 - a big 10-bit-counter done with basic_machines
* RNDOS         -4,-3,-1 - computer and OS, built with basic_robots and keypads from basic_machines
: some implemented functions: IP-Lister, Kick, Teleport, Give fly, Kill
* Light-tree  38,2,12 (at GlassStreet) - press the button to turn on the lights 
:(button is currently removed)

* Boxhouse-builder -27,2,-45 - builds a house out of keyboard-blocks
:(code currently only works for admin)
...

===Misc=== 
====Roads====
* "SerpentineStreet"  0,2,48 - leading north, 
: leads to a tunnel thru HoleHill at 0,2,300, 
: ends at 0,2,390 near the tutorial-area
* "AppleStreet"      -50,2,5 - leading west
: leads to a tunnel at -220,2,0 
: that ends at snow-covered mountains at -565,6,6 and coast at 580,2,0
* "WaterStreet"       2,2,-48 - leading south, 
: to one end of the rail-track at 1,2,-175,
: and further to the brickmaze at 12,2,-305
* "GlassStreet"       48,2,4  - leading east, 
: to river and jungle at 250,2,0
: ...
* RingStreet - forms an outer ring around the town-area
: paved with adobe, as opposed to serpentine as used on the main streets

==== PoIs / Nice buildings====
* Mail-Tower   50,2,50 .. 30,2,60  rnd's factory tower, with mailboxes
: Note: built with gold-, diamond- and mese-blocks
* Jenga-Tower  95,2,75
* Statue of the alliance of free minetest  66,2,60 
* Viking-Ship          10,2,132
* Wooden pyramid      133,12,-135 
:with bed-shop near the entrance

* 'Cathedral'  007's tower at -2,55,184, over the north tunnel
* 'Piano'       130,5,140 - plays some sounds
* Big keyboard  80,2,-147 - ??

...

====Rails====
The tracks make one loop around the spawn-area (and over the maze),<br />
and one loop around the south-east quarter of town.

Craft your own cart to use them
* 2,2,-133 - Startpoint at south (WaterStreet)
* 0,2,-31  - Trackswitch - press keypad to change the direction of the rail
* -30,2,-27 - Tunnel below sokoban-area
* New: south starting point now at the big maze

==Shops==
The infos about user-driven shops might be out of date,
e.g. when user decided to change business, or out-of-stock.

===Shop===
'''Rnd's shop''' - Location: -20,2,-4 at spawn
[[File:Robot-shop list.png|thumbnail|#shop list]]

<big>Sells:</big>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Selling !! Buying 
|-
| 1 robot-spawner || 2 gold
|-
| 1 robot-remote  || 1 gold
|-
| 3 steel-ingots  || 1 gold
|-
| 3 copper-ingots || 1 gold
|-
| 1 mese-crystal  || 5 gold
|-
| 1 diamond       || 10 gold
|-
| 1 corn          || 5 gold
|-
| 1 papyrus       || 5 gold
|-
| 1 red flower    || 5 gold
|}

<big>Buys:</big>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Selling !! Buying 
|-
| 1 gold || 3 apples
|-
| 1 gold || 16 trees
|-
| 1 gold || 25 pine-trees, jungle-trees, <br />aspen-trees, acacia-trees ...
|-
| 2 gold || 49 fruit: potatoes, rhubarb 
|-
| 4 gold || 49 fruit: cotton, wheat,<br />carots, corn, tomatoes, ...

|-
|  1 gold || 3 tin-ingot
|-
|  5 gold || 1 mese-crystal
|-
| 10 gold || 1 diamond
|}

<big>Shop-robot</big>

The shop-robot can be contacted via chat:
* say "#shop" to get a dialog with the list of shops (= the list of items)
* set the amount at the top of the dialog to sell more items with each click
* click on a line to buy/sell items
* press ESC to exit

===Bed-shop "Camas"===
at: 113,2,-149 at pyramid <br />
Sells: bed for "25 de piedra" / "99 madera" / "troncos 25"
:no shop-boxes or robots here / signs in spanish, but no infos on how to buy ?

===Shop-B===
'''Best's shop'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location: !! 66,2,11 
|-
| Selling || Buying 
|-
| 5  steel_ingot || 14  coal_lump
|-
| 20 bread       ||  3 gold
|}

===Shop-D===
'''Diego's shop''' "Shoe Tienda"
at: -27,2,-54 <br />
sells: light for 1 steel, steel for 60 wood,
steel-sword for 99 wood, ball-spawner for 1 diamond
<br /><br />
(out of stock)

===Shop-E===
'''Evandro010's shop'''
at: 24,2,-50<br />
sells: ball-spawner, steel-doors, power-cells<br />
(out of stock)

===Shop-F===
'''Fedon's machine-shop'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location: !! 50,2,92
|-
| Selling || Buying 
|-
| 1 ball-spawner  || 1 steel-ingot ( ? out-of-stock)
|-
| 1 keypad        || 1 steel-ingot
|-
| 5 Pumpkin-Bread || 1 steel-ingot
|}
(out of stock)

===Shop-S===
'''Superman's shop''' "coin+1"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location: !! 54,2,-145
|-
| Selling || Buying 
|-
| 5  potato || 1 gold
|-
| 99 pumpkin-slice || 5 gold
|}

===Apples & Vegetables shop===
at -9,2,72 <br />
Sells: 4 tree for 20 pumpkin-slices

===Eovalz's Shop===
at: -130,2,-14 <br />
Sells: 1 mese_fragement for 16 darkage:mud_lump

===Firza Vegetables===
at: -60,2,-10 - Tomatoes, robots

...

==Tips==
===Starter===
* To become a regular user, you need to have certain items in inventory at logoff.
: Read the messagebox "Olduser" at login for details !
* Beware: the server can shutdown on very short notice !
: So, unless you only want to look around, get that stuff quickly !

* With the given initial stuff, you can craft wooden tools.
: Note: you need a shovel for digging dirt,
: and a pickaxe to pickup a robot.
: But you can still cut trees without an axe.
* With the torches you can go mining in the public mine.
* The public smelting station doesn't require fuel.

* Look around, read signs.
* Don't poke around areas claimed by other people.
** The protectors can be set to teleport you to some location,
** some might be set up as traps, and land you in dangerous places, or prisons.
* To fend off mobs, get a steel-sword (or better).
: With wood- and stone-swords, it takes too long to kill monsters.

If you know what you're doing 
(and lost no time to exploring, games, fending off other players, etc.)<br />
you could set up a profitable automated farm within a day.
: See the demofarm how it can be done.

Also, the first part of the public mine (up to depth 200) is quite easy.

===Items of interest===
* Crafting-Guide - lookup crafting recipes (several of those guides are mounted at public places)
* Protector    - to claim and protect an area of size 20x20. 
:When placed, it snaps to grid. In hills outside town, you might have to dig to get at it.
:When punched, it shows a 'grid' around the claimed area.
:When carried, it can show the owner of the local area.
* Normal chest - for storing stuff, and as a component of a shop
* Locked chest - to keep valuable stuff / only owner can open
* Locked door  - to keep strangers out
* Skeleton key - allows friends to open your locked doors/chests
* Signs        - to label houses, shops, etc.
* Letters      - for big labels - use stone or wood as raw material
* Robots       - for doing all kinds of work
* Remotecontrol for robots (get 2 or 3 of them)
* Keypads - to activate robots, and basic_machines. Can be set with a password.
* Bed     - to set your spawnpoint (??)
* Food    - to heal damage (see below)
* minecart - to use the rails
* ..
* thieves-glove - might gain you loot, but also might make you unpopular
* kicking-boot  - for melee-fighting other players: kicks back & slows down
* ...

* Some nice stuff (search for keywords in crafting-guide)
** darkage-lamp
** boxes, shelves

===Dealing with acid===
* Have some food ready, for healing damage
* Stay high, dig below
* Keep your distance, know the way to the exit
* Use torches for blocking (acid hurts, but it doesn't burn wooden items)
* Drop gravel or sand into the acid to quench the flow
: 'Drop' means 'place on a free space '''above''' the acid'

===Mobs===
* SandMonster  - 20 HP, drops a block of sand. 
: they appear near deserts, survive in daylight, but die in water !
* DirtMonster  - 27 HP, drops a block of dirt
* TreeMonster  - 35 HP, drops 1-2 saplings / apples
* StoneMonster - 35 HP, drops a torch / lump of coal
* "Headless"   - ..
* Oerkie   - ..
...

:Most monsters can swim, jump, climb, and are hurt by sunlight, 
TreeMonsters have come as far as to the spawn at center of town !

Look up the 'armor'-button at the top of the "#shop"-dialog.

===Food===
Food is useful for healing damage, 
caused by falling, drowning, acid, fighting, etc.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Heals !! Item !! Remarks
|-
| 1 HP || Brown mushroom      || grows in the dark
|-
| 2 HP || Apple               || Note: 1 heart = 2 HP
|-
| 2 HP || Cookie              || 2 Wheat + 1 cocoa beans
|- 
| 4 HP || Bread               || 4 Wheat/Barley --> 1 Flour --> 1 Bread
|- 
| xx || Bar of dark chocolate || 3 cocoa-beans --> 1 chocolate bar
|- 
| 4 HP || Donut               || 4 Wheat --> 3 Donut
|- 
| 5 HP || Corn on the cob     || cook corn in furnace
|- 
| 6 HP || Apple-Donut         || 1 Donut + 1 Apple
|- 
| 6 HP || Baked Potatoe       || cook potatoe in furnace
|- 
| x HP || Blueberries         || ..
|- 
| x HP || Blueberry muffin    || 1 Bread + 2 Blueberries
|- 
| x HP || Chocolate-Donut     || 1 Donut + 1 chocolate
|- 
| xx || Pumpkin-dough         || 1 Flour + 2 pumpkin-slice 
|- 
| x HP || Pumpkin-Bread       || cook pumpkin-dough in furnace
|- 
| x HP || Raspberries         || ..
|- 
| x HP || Rhubarb-Pie         || 3 Rhubarb + 1 sugar + 3 wheat
|- 
| xx || Grapes                || ..
|- 
| '''Drinks:'''
|- 
| 2 HP || Raspberry-Smoothie   || drinking glass + raspberry + snow
|- 
| 2 HP || Cold cup of coffee   || Coffee beans + cup + bucket of water
|- 
| 3 HP || Hot  cup of coffee   || heat cold coffee in furnace
|- 
|}

See also [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=9019#p151004 Farming_redo], [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10187 Farming_plusplus]

===Chat-Commands===
* /status - shows users online (among other infos)
* /time - in-game time. Sunrise after 4:30, night begins after 20:00
* /privs - shows your priviledges
* /xp - shows xp (your own, or other user)
* /skin - shows dialog to change your skin
* /mods  - installed mods
* /help and /help all
* /help vote
* /vote types
* /spawn - transports you to spawn (but also kills you)
* /unprotect - gets back your protector of the current location

* #shop - shows shop-dialog

Disabled for normal users:
* /sethome and /home 
* /teleport