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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Minetest 5.5.0 has been released!
While you may not see many visible changes, there's been a considerable amount of work under the hood to improve the rendering system. Minetest now uses its own fork of the Irrlicht rendering library, which will make further improvement easier. It's already allowed several longstanding bugs to be fixed.
Be warned: when you update to 5.5, it'll upgrade worlds to a new map encoding. This is irreversible, and will prevent you from running those worlds on older Minetest versions. If you aren't sure about the upgrade, then backup your map beforehand.
Be warned: when you update to 5.5, it'll upgrade worlds to a new map encoding (Maps will now take up to 20% less space!). This is irreversible, and will prevent you from running those worlds on older Minetest versions. If you aren't sure about the upgrade, then backup your map beforehand.
There were some interesting changes to the modding API. Various features have been de-hardcoded, allowing mods and games more control. For example, liquid features have been decoupled from liquid drawtypes (making it easier to make things like spiderwebs). Player fall damage is also changeable using armor groups; you can avoid red flashes from disabled fall damage.
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![A New Place](/assets/img/a_new_place.png?raw=true "A New Place")
![The Royal Blob](/assets/img/the_royal_blob.png?raw=true "The Royal Blob")
Super Sam Adventures is a WIP jump'n'run game by BuckarooBanzai that seems to promise fun platforming for minetest. While it is obviously in early stages of development, it is already playable, and even slightly engaging, with secret areas, moving platforms, and several levels.
Super Sam Adventures is a WIP jump'n'run game by [BuckarooBanzai](https://content.minetest.net/users/BuckarooBanzay/) that promises fun platforming for minetest. While it is obviously in early stages of development, it is already playable, and even slightly engaging, with secret areas, moving platforms, and several levels.
![SuperSam](https://content.minetest.net/uploads/38591f9f94.png "Super Sam Adventures")
## Mod News <a name="mods"></a>
ElCeejo has released a trio of updates to his animal mods, as well as a new mob api to base them on.
[ElCeejo](https://content.minetest.net/users/ElCeejo/) has released a trio of updates to his animal mods, as well as a new mob api to base them on.
![The Monster Invades](/assets/img/the_monster_invades.png?raw=true "The Monster InvadesBlob")
Draconis improves the gameplay of multiple Minetest games, like Minetest Game, Voxelgarden, and MineClone. It gives more incentive to traverse your worlds' mountains and caves, and provides engaging mini-boss fights. After defeating a Dragon, you may find an Egg. The mysterious Egg-hatching process can be puzzling, but it rewards you with a new, destructive companion with which you can take to the skies when its old enough, and it unlocks a new tier of weaponry and armor. The Libri Draconis book can help you discover elements of the mod by unlocking certain objectives with the book in your inventory.
[Draconis](https://content.minetest.net/packages/ElCeejo/draconis/) improves the gameplay of multiple Minetest games, like Minetest Game, Voxelgarden, and MineClone. It gives more incentive to traverse your worlds' mountains and caves, and provides engaging mini-boss fights. After defeating a Dragon, you may find an Egg. The mysterious Egg-hatching process can be puzzling, but it rewards you with a new, destructive companion with which you can take to the skies when its old enough, and it unlocks a new tier of weaponry and armor. The Libri Draconis book can help you discover elements of the mod by unlocking certain objectives with the book in your inventory.
Animalia adds life and depth to experiences with livestock, pets, and ambient creatures. You can create farms for eggs, milk, and meat. You can use a Horse to quickly traverse ground, perhaps with a Wolf companion at your side. And you can enjoy ambient sounds of in-game Animals throughout most biomes. The builtin documentation, Libri Animalia, acts as a journal which you expand by clicking on animals with the book. There is currently a vote underway on the forums for which set of animals to add next to Animalia.
[Animalia](https://content.minetest.net/packages/ElCeejo/animalia/) adds life and depth to experiences with livestock, pets, and ambient creatures. You can create farms for eggs, milk, and meat. You can use a Horse to quickly traverse ground, perhaps with a Wolf companion at your side. And you can enjoy ambient sounds of in-game Animals throughout most biomes. The builtin documentation, Libri Animalia, acts as a journal which you expand by clicking on animals with the book. There is currently a vote underway on the forums for which set of animals to add next to Animalia.
Creatura makes creating a new mob relatively easy, while not cutting corners on features. You can take advantage of the Utility Stack system for smooth decision making, enchance behaviors using Theta* Pathfinding for lifelike paths, and even use the implemented boids algorithm for realistic flocks and swarms.
[Creatura](https://content.minetest.net/packages/ElCeejo/creatura/) makes creating a new mob relatively easy, while not cutting corners on features. You can take advantage of the Utility Stack system for smooth decision making, enchance behaviors using Theta* Pathfinding for lifelike paths, and even use the implemented boids algorithm for realistic flocks and swarms.
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Loosewheel has been updating lw_components with more mesecons devices. The latest additions were digilines-controlled storage, and a security camera that can actually take "photos"- rough representations of the scene in front of it that remind you of early maze graphics. One of the most exciting recent additions is a force field generator:
[Loosewheel](https://content.minetest.net/users/loosewheel/) has been updating lw_components with more mesecons devices. The latest additions were digilines-controlled storage, and a security camera that can actually take "photos"- rough representations of the scene in front of it that remind you of early maze graphics. One of the most exciting recent additions is a force field generator:
![Force Field](https://i.ibb.co/sbRcL9v/force-field-demo.png?raw=true "Force Field")
lw_components seems to be a real contender to other mesecons-compatible automation mods, and without the high entity-count, it may be a lower lag option.
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OgelGames has released a mod that adds a wearable headlamp on Content Database (CDB).
[OgelGames](https://content.minetest.net/users/OgelGames/) has released a mod that adds a wearable headlamp on Content Database (CDB).
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Zughy is modding again! He recently updated Arena_lib, adding the ability to control the sky to minigames made with the library. It allows you to tweak clouds, sky colors, skybox backgrounds, and more!
[Zughy](https://content.minetest.net/users/Zughy/) is modding again! He recently updated Arena_lib, adding the ability to control the sky to minigames made with the library. It allows you to tweak clouds, sky colors, skybox backgrounds, and more!
![Pink Sky](/assets/img/pink_sky.png?raw=true "Pink Sky")
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Apercy is back at it, making more great vehicle mods. This time its cars. These cars are two-seaters. They have working headlights. They have wheels and steering wheels that turn. They run on fuel. They detect elevation and tilt to match the elevation under them. Best of all, they are low-lag and extremely playable. The latest addition to the fleet is the coupe below:
[Apercy](https://content.minetest.net/users/apercy/) is back at it, making more great vehicle mods. This time its cars. These cars are two-seaters. They have working headlights. They have wheels and steering wheels that turn. They run on fuel. They detect elevation and tilt to match the elevation under them. Best of all, they are low-lag and extremely playable. The latest addition to the fleet is the coupe below:
![Apercy's Coupe](/assets/img/apercycars.png?raw=true "Apercy's Coupe")
## Art and Builds <a name="art"></a>