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This shall be my sandbox

folder structure playtree

== Folder structure examples ==
based on the run-in-place builts for Windows

* File structure as installed by minetest-0.4.9-65d1cb8 compiled by sfan5 (2014-03-30)
<pre>
minetest/
├── bin/
├── builtin/
├── client/
│ ├── serverlist/
│ └── shaders/
│ ├── alpha_shader/
│ ├── leaves_shader/
│ ├── liquids_shader/
│ ├── plants_shader/
│ └── solids_shader/
├── doc/
├── fonts/
├── games/
│ ├── minetest_game/
│ └── minimal/
├── locale/
│ └── (lots of language folders)
├── mods/
├── testsounds/
└── textures/
└── base/
└── pack/
</pre>

* File structure with the folders Minetest adds after some usage as client and server, as well as the positions (...) that costum made content goes.
<pre>
minetest/
├── bin/
├── builtin/
├── cache/
│ ├── media/
│ └── tmp/
├── client/
│ ├── serverlist/
│ └── shaders/
│ ├── alpha_shader/
│ ├── leaves_shader/
│ ├── liquids_shader/
│ ├── plants_shader/
│ └── solids_shader/
├── doc/
├── fonts/
├── games/
│ ├── minetest_game/
│ ├── minimal/
│ └── ... (installed extra games)
├── locale/ (lots of language folders)
├── mods/
│ └── ... (installed extra mods and modpacks)
├── testsounds/ (soundpack folder)
├── textures/
│ ├── base/
│ │ └── pack/
│ └── ... (installed extra texturepacks)
└── worlds/
└── ... (saved worlds. Some with exclusive world mods)
</pre>

* Folder structure with extra folders for screenshots and minetest-mapper
<pre>
minetest/
├── bin/
├── builtin/
├── cache/
│ ├── media/
│ └── tmp/
├── client/
│ ├── serverlist/
│ └── shaders/
│ ├── alpha_shader/
│ ├── leaves_shader/
│ ├── liquids_shader/
│ ├── plants_shader/
│ └── solids_shader/
├── doc/
├── fonts/
├── games/
│ ├── minetest_game/
│ ├── minimal/
│ └── ... (installed extra games)
├── locale/ (lots of language folders)
├── mods/
│ └── ... (installed extra mods and modpacks)
├── screenshots/
├── testsounds/ (soundpack folder)
├── textures/
│ ├── base/
│ │ └── pack/
│ └── ... (installed extra texturepacks)
├── util/
│ └── mapper/
└── worlds/
└── ... (saved worlds. Some with exclusive world mods)
</pre>

=== Details of file structures within a mod ===
In this example the mods "carts" and "tnt" are installed:
<pre>
mods/
├── carts/
│ ├── depends.txt
│ ├── init.lua
│ ├── functions.lua
│ ├── README.txt
│ ├── textures/
│ │ ├── carts_top.png
│ │ └── ...
│ └── models/
│ ├── cart.x
│ └── ...
├── tnt/
│ ├── init.lua
│ ├── depends.txt
│ ├── README.txt
│ ├── textures/
│ │ ├── tnt_side.png
│ │ └── ...
│ └── sounds/
│ ├── tnt_explode.ogg
│ └── ...
└── modname/
├── bower.json (used by the Minetest-Bower project)
├── init.lua
├── depends.txt
├── description.txt
├── mod.conf
├── README.txt or README.md
├── screenshot.png
├── textures/
│ ├── modname_stuff.png
│ ├── modname_something_else.png
│ └── ...
├── sounds/
│ ├── some_sound.ogg
│ └── ...
├── media/
│ ├── some_media
│ └── ...
├── models/
│ ├── some_model.x
│ └── ...
└── <custom data>/
├── some_data
└── ...
</pre>

=== Details of file structures within a game ===
This example has the default games "minetest_game" and "minimal" installed and shows a possible structure of an own game in "my_game":
<pre>
games/
├── minetest_game/
│ ├── game.conf
│ ├── README.txt
│ ├── menu/
│ │ ├── header.png
│ │ └── icon.png
│ └── mods/
│ ├── some mod
│ ├── some other mod
│ └── ...
├── minimal/
│ ├── game.conf
│ ├── menu/
│ │ ├── background.png
│ │ ├── icon.png
│ │ └── ...
│ └── mods/
│ ├── some mod
│ ├── some other mod
│ └── ...
├── my_game/
│ ├── game.conf
│ ├── minetest.conf
│ ├── README.txt
│ ├── license.txt
│ ├── menu/
│ │ ├── background.png
│ │ ├── footer.png
│ │ ├── header.png
│ │ ├── icon.png
│ │ ├── overlay.png
│ │ └── ...
│ └── mods/
│ ├── license.txt
│ ├── some mod
│ ├── some other mod
│ └── ...
└── some more games
</pre>

=== Details of file structures within a world ===
This commented example shows the location and structure of a world called "someworld":
<pre>
minetest/
├── bin/ (contains the executable program file)
├── builtin/
├── cache/
├── client/
├── doc/
├── fonts/
├── games/ (collection of mods tweacked or designed to work well together)
│ ├── minetest_game/
│ ├── minimal/
│ └── … (installed extra games)
├── locale/ (language files)
├── mods/
│ └── … (installed extra mods and modpacks)
├── textures/
│ ├── base/
│ │ └── pack/
│ └── … (installed extra texturepacks)
│
├── worlds/ (this folder will be created when the first local/singleplayer world is created
│ ├── someworld (the name given to the world by the user when it is created)
│ │ ├── players/ (ingame data for each player)
│ │ ├── worldmods/ (create this folder for world exclusive mods)
│ │ ├── auth.txt (player login data)
│ │ ├── env_meta.txt (contains mostly time related information)
│ │ ├── map.sqlite (database containing the map. The name may differ depending on backend used)
│ │ ├── map_meta.txt (defines which mapgen is used and how)
│ │ └── world.mt (should at least contain the subgame-id without which the world
│ │ will not show up in the singleplayer tab)
│ └── … (more saved worlds. Some with exclusive world mods)
├── minetest.conf (will be created with first start of Minetest)
└── minetest.conf.example (a list of all possible settings)
</pre>

== Folder structure according to CMakeLists.txt ==
based on the building scripts in [https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/c39e46c00d41c534eb33e608e2536edde9212876/CMakeLists.txt CMakeLists.txt on github]

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!'''DirVariable'''
!'''WIN32'''
!'''APPLE'''
!'''UNIX/Linux/BSD RUN_IN_PLACE'''
!'''UNIX/Linux/BSD'''
!'''Description'''
|-
| SHAREDIR|| '''.''' ||${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/${PROJECT_NAME}|| '''.''' ||${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/${PROJECT_NAME}||Directory to install data files into
|-
| BINDIR||bin||bin||bin||${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin||Directory to install binaries into
|-
| DOCDIR||doc||share/doc/${PROJECT_NAME}||doc||${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/doc/${PROJECT_NAME}||Directory to install documentation into
|-
| EXAMPLE_CONF_DIR|| '''.''' ||${DOCDIR}|| '''.''' ||${DOCDIR}||Directory to install example config file into
|-
| MANDIR||||||unix/man||${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/man||Directory to install manpages into
|-
| XDG_APPS_DIR||||||unix/applications||${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/applications||Directory to install .desktop files into
|-
| APPDATADIR||||||||${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/appdata||
|-
| ICONDIR||||||unix/icons||${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/icons||Directory to install icons into
|-
| LOCALEDIR||locale||locale||locale||${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/${PROJECT_NAME}/locale||Directory to install l10n files into
|}

== Category tree (as of early 2014) ==

* [[:Category:Minetest (Root Category)]]
**[[:Category:Game Content]]
***[[:Category:Blocks]]
****[[:Category:Blocks by appearance]]
*****[[:Category:Blocks generated on special events]]
*****[[:Category:Generated blocks]]
******[[:Category:Ores]]
*****[[:Category:Manufactured blocks]]
*****[[:Category:Unused blocks]]
****[[:Category:Blocks by function]]
*****[[:Category:Usable blocks]]
****[[:Category:Blocks by group]]
*****[[:Category:Flammable]]
*****[[:Category:Flora]]
*****[[:Category:Leaves]]
*****[[:Category:Sand]]
*****[[:Category:Stone]]
*****[[:Category:Wheat]]
*****[[:Category:Wood]]
****[[:Category:Blocks by material]]
*****[[:Category:Ores]]
*****[[:Category:Organic blocks]]
****[[:Category:Blocks by property]]
*****[[:Category:Blocks with an inventory]]
*****[[:Category:Cultivatable blocks]]
*****[[:Category:Damaging]]
*****[[:Category:Falling]]
*****[[:Category:Flammable]]
*****[[:Category:Luminous]]
*****[[:Category:Passable]]
*****[[:Category:Placeable]]
****[[:Category:Blocks by state of matter]]
*****[[:Category:Gas]]
*****[[:Category:Liquid]]
*****[[:Category:Solid]]
***[[:Category:Items]]
****[[:Category:Craftitems]]
****[[:Category:Decorational items]]
****[[:Category:Food]]
****[[:Category:Groups]]
*****[[:Category:Flammable]]
*****[[:Category:Flora]]
*****[[:Category:Leaves]]
*****[[:Category:Sand]]
*****[[:Category:Stone]]
*****[[:Category:Wheat]]
*****[[:Category:Wood]]
****[[:Category:Organic items]]
*****[[:Category:Seed]]
****[[:Category:Raw Materials]]
****[[:Category:Tools]]
*****[[:Category:Mining tools]]
*****[[:Category:Weapons]]
***[[:Category:Plants]]
**[[:Category:Gameplay]]
***[[:Category:Commands]]
***[[:Category:GUI]]
***[[:Category:Mods]]
****[[:Category:Mobs]]
***[[:Category:Tutorials]]
**[[:Category:Games]]
**[[:Category:Map]]
**[[:Category:Mods]]
***[[:Category:Mobs]]
**[[:Category:People]]
**[[:Category:Pictures]]
***[[:Category:Animated Picture]]
***[[:Category:Bronze]]
***[[:Category:Bucket]]
***[[:Category:Copper]]
***[[:Category:Diamond]]
***[[:Category:Dyes]]
***[[:Category:Flowers]]
***[[:Category:Gold]]
***[[:Category:GUI Picture]]
***[[:Category:Ingot]]
***[[:Category:Iron]]
***[[:Category:Isometric Picture]]
***[[:Category:Mese]]
***[[:Category:Mob Picture]]
***[[:Category:Plants]]
***[[:Category:Rails]]
***[[:Category:Screenshot]]
***[[:Category:Steel]]
**[[:Category:Related software]]
**[[:Category:Server]]
**[[:Category:Special Categories]]
***[[:Category:Pages with broken file links]]
***[[:Category:Templates]]
***[[:Category:User pages]]
**[[:Category:Tutorials]]

== Alphabet Blocks ==

*Alphabet [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=2312 (alphabet)] by cactuz_pl
*Glowing letters A-Z + 0-9 [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=3260 (neon)] by webdesigner97
*minetest-teaching [https://github.com/sfan5/minetest-teaching (teaching)] by sfan5
*Learn how to read [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=4237 (phonics)] by Neuromancer
*Letters [https://github.com/Amaz1/letters (letters)] by Amaz1
*Abjphabet [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=11744 (abjphabet)] by ABJ, integrated into [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11890 Awesomepack]

== for Apple ==

* ~/Library/Application Support/minetest/mods/
* ~/Library/Application Support/minetest/games/
* ~/Library/Application Support/minetest/worlds/

[https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=9190 source]

== Links to archived old Minetest related sites and files ==
* [http://packages.8dromeda.net/minetest/ Minetest Archives]
** [http://packages.8dromeda.net/minetest/websites/minetest-bak-2011-02-14/index.php.html Website, as of February 14, 2011]
** [http://packages.8dromeda.net/minetest/websites/minetest_oldsite/index.php.html Website, in-development version 0.4.]
** [http://packages.8dromeda.net/minetest/websites/minetest2/index.php.html Website, as of 2012-03 or after v.0.4.4]
** [http://packages.8dromeda.net/minetest/minetest_old_releases_2010_through_2012_mostly_win32/ old releases of Minetest, 2010 through 2012, mostly for Windows 32bit]

{| class="wikitable"
!'''name'''
!'''stable version'''
!'''mapversion'''
!'''release'''
|-

| Minetest-c55|| 0.1.0 || - || -
|-
| - || 0.2.0 || sqlite|| 22.09.2011
|-
| - || 0.3.0 || 17|| 01.11.2011
|-
| - || 0.3.1 || 17+|| 09.11.2011
|-
| - || 0.4.0 || 23|| -
|-
| Minetest-c55|| 0.4.4 || 23|| 04.12.2012
|-
| Minetest-c55|| 0.4.4-d1|| 24|| 02.01.2013
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.5 || || 03.04.2013
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.6 || - || 03.04.2013
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.7 || - || 06.06.2013
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.8 || - || 24.11.2013
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.9 || - || 01.01.2014
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.10 || - || 06.07.2014
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.11 || 24|| 24.12.2014
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.12 || 24|| 18.02.2015
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.13 || 25|| 20.08.2015
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.14 || - || 15.05.2016
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.15 || - || 22.12.2016
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.16 || 27|| 03.06.2017
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.17 || - || 03.06.2018
|-
| Minetest || 0.4.17.1|| - || 10.06.2018
|-
| Minetest || 5.0.0 || - || 2019
|}

== Notes ==

limit to the number of nodes types loaded = 32766 (as said on [http://irc.minetest.ru/minetest/2014-06-16#i_3765667 irc] )

<categorytree>Blocks</categorytree>

[[Category:User pages]]

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