irrlicht VS minetest_game

Compare irrlicht vs minetest_game and see what are their differences.

irrlicht

Minetest's fork of Irrlicht (by minetest)

minetest_game

Minetest Game - The default game for the Minetest engine [https://github.com/minetest/minetest/] (by minetest)
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irrlicht minetest_game
4 13
93 1,344
- 0.7%
0.0 0.0
4 days ago 3 days ago
C++ Lua
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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irrlicht

Posts with mentions or reviews of irrlicht. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-13.
  • trying to deploy docker from linuxserver.io - Keeps restarting
    3 projects | /r/Minetest | 13 Feb 2023
    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/minetest/irrlicht.git lib/irrlichtmt
  • Trying to Build 5.6.1 Minetest Bare Server
    3 projects | /r/Minetest | 25 Oct 2022
    #!/bin/bash # Minetest Installation Script cd /mnt/server && # Install installation dependencies apt update && apt -y install unzip wget build-essential libirrlicht-dev cmake libbz2-dev libjpeg-dev libxxf86vm-dev libsqlite3-dev libopenal-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfreetype6-dev zlib1g-dev libgmp-dev libjsoncpp-dev luajit libncurses5-dev && #touch test && # Download, compile and prepare the engine wget -Osrc.zip https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/"${MTVERSION}".zip && unzip ./src.zip && rm ./src.zip && cd ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}" && cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=TRUE -DBUILD_CLIENT=FALSE -DBUILD_SERVER=TRUE -DENABLE_GLES=OFF -DENABLE_POSTGRESQL=OFF -DENABLE_REDIS=OFF -DENABLE_SOUND=OFF -DENABLE_LEVELDB=OFF -DENABLE_SPATIAL=OFF -DIRRLICHT_INCLUDE_DIR=./lib/irrlichtmt/include && make -j$(nproc) && make package && mv ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux.tar.gz ../ && cd .. && rm -rf ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}" && tar xfz ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux.tar.gz && rm minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux.tar.gz && mv ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux/* ./ && rm -rf minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux && touch ./minetest.conf && #Download and prepare IrrlichtMt cd ./lib && wget https://github.com/minetest/irrlicht/archive/master.tar.gz && tar xf ./master.tar.gz && mv ./irrlicht-master irrlichtmt && cd .. && # Download and prepare the game cd ./games && wget -Ominetest_game.zip https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/"${MTVERSION}".zip && unzip minetest_game.zip && #rm minetest_game.zip && mv minetest_game-"${MTVERSION}" minetest_game && cd .. && # Clean up a bit rm -rf clientmods unix doc client fonts textures && # Done! echo "Installation was successfully completed!"
  • Help building Minetest on Linux Mint
    3 projects | /r/Minetest | 1 Dec 2021
    Try running git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/minetest/irrlicht lib/irrlichtmt inside the minetest directory (instead of just git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/minetest/irrlicht). This will clone irrlicht on the proper location (I think).
    3 projects | /r/Minetest | 1 Dec 2021
    -- *** Will build version 5.5.0-dev *** CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:104 (message): IrrlichtMt is required to build the client, but it was not found. The Minetest team has forked Irrlicht to make their own customizations. It can be found here: https://github.com/minetest/irrlicht For example use: git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/minetest/irrlicht lib/irrlichtmt -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! See also "/home/xyzhte/Documents/minetest/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

minetest_game

Posts with mentions or reviews of minetest_game. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-25.
  • Trying to Build 5.6.1 Minetest Bare Server
    3 projects | /r/Minetest | 25 Oct 2022
    #!/bin/bash # Minetest Installation Script cd /mnt/server && # Install installation dependencies apt update && apt -y install unzip wget build-essential libirrlicht-dev cmake libbz2-dev libjpeg-dev libxxf86vm-dev libsqlite3-dev libopenal-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfreetype6-dev zlib1g-dev libgmp-dev libjsoncpp-dev luajit libncurses5-dev && #touch test && # Download, compile and prepare the engine wget -Osrc.zip https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/"${MTVERSION}".zip && unzip ./src.zip && rm ./src.zip && cd ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}" && cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=TRUE -DBUILD_CLIENT=FALSE -DBUILD_SERVER=TRUE -DENABLE_GLES=OFF -DENABLE_POSTGRESQL=OFF -DENABLE_REDIS=OFF -DENABLE_SOUND=OFF -DENABLE_LEVELDB=OFF -DENABLE_SPATIAL=OFF -DIRRLICHT_INCLUDE_DIR=./lib/irrlichtmt/include && make -j$(nproc) && make package && mv ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux.tar.gz ../ && cd .. && rm -rf ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}" && tar xfz ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux.tar.gz && rm minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux.tar.gz && mv ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux/* ./ && rm -rf minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux && touch ./minetest.conf && #Download and prepare IrrlichtMt cd ./lib && wget https://github.com/minetest/irrlicht/archive/master.tar.gz && tar xf ./master.tar.gz && mv ./irrlicht-master irrlichtmt && cd .. && # Download and prepare the game cd ./games && wget -Ominetest_game.zip https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/"${MTVERSION}".zip && unzip minetest_game.zip && #rm minetest_game.zip && mv minetest_game-"${MTVERSION}" minetest_game && cd .. && # Clean up a bit rm -rf clientmods unix doc client fonts textures && # Done! echo "Installation was successfully completed!"
  • The downfall of Minecraft begins...
    3 projects | /r/gaming | 16 Sep 2022
  • Needs Support With Fixing up Installation Linux Bash Script (Ubuntu)
    4 projects | /r/sysadmin | 1 Feb 2022
    #!/bin/bash # Minetest Installation Script cd /mnt/server && # Install installation dependencies apt update && apt -y install unzip wget build-essential g++ make libc6-dev cmake libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libirrlicht-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfreetype6-dev zlib1g-dev libgmp-dev libjsoncpp-dev libzstd-dev libluajit-5.1-dev libncurses-dev && #touch test && # Download, compile and prepare the engine wget -Osrc.zip https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/"${MTVERSION}".zip && unzip ./src.zip && rm ./src.zip && cd ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}" && cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=TRUE -DBUILD_CLIENT=FALSE -DBUILD_SERVER=TRUE -DENABLE_GLES=OFF -DENABLE_POSTGRESQL=OFF -DENABLE_REDIS=OFF -DENABLE_SOUND=OFF -DENABLE_LEVELDB=OFF -DENABLE_SPATIAL=OFF && make -j$(nproc) && make package && mv ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux.tar.gz ../ && cd .. && rm -rf ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}" && tar xfz ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux.tar.gz && rm minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux.tar.gz && mv ./minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux/* ./ && rm -rf minetest-"${MTVERSION}"-linux && touch ./minetest.conf && # Download and prepare the game cd ./games && wget -Ominetest_game.zip https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/"${MTVERSION}".zip && unzip minetest_game.zip && #rm minetest_game.zip && mv minetest_game-"${MTVERSION}" minetest_game && cd .. && # Clean up a bit rm -rf clientmods unix doc client fonts textures && # Done! echo "Installation was successfully completed!"
  • Help about Lua's local and global declarations
    2 projects | /r/lua | 8 Aug 2021
    Consider the variables declared inside the function map.update_hud_flags() in https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/blob/master/mods/map/init.lua: what does the word local do in those declarations? Could it be omitted?

What are some alternatives?

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pprint.lua - yet another lua pretty printer

vehicle_mash - Cars, boats, and hovercrafts for Minetest

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