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Luanti: open-source voxel engine released in version 5.18.0

Luanti (formerly Minetest) has been released in version 5.18.0.

Luanti is an open-source voxel game engine for playing and creating block worlds such as VoxeLibre with Lua mods and game packs.

Highlights: multiple texture packs can be loaded at once, mods can customize world lighting via the Lua API, and there is a new formspec element listimages. The “Enable mod security” option was removed from the main menu.

Highlights

  • Multiple texture packs: Several packs can be loaded at once and reordered in the Content tab. Textures from earlier packs take priority.
  • English translation: Developers can set a non-English source language in their translation files.
  • World lighting API: Mods can customize world lighting through the Lua API.
  • Formspec listimages element: Inventory slots can be styled with textures, and there is a new editable style.
  • Lua sandbox setting removed: “Enable mod security” was removed from the main menu. A new --insecure-no-sandbox CLI flag exists for those who must disable the sandbox.
  • Digging particles setting restored: The client setting returns under the “Effects” section of the settings menu.
  • Other changes: Many bug fixes and performance improvements. A new libzip build dependency supports future world export and import. A collision regression that could make entities fall through the ground during lag spikes was fixed.

Luanti 5.18.0

Source: Luanti Blog

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