[Proposal] Additional settings via CSM #1882

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Ghost · 2021-10-27T08:21:21+02:00

Ghost commented

2021-10-27 08:21:21 +02:00

Problem

In MC, there's a lot of settings the player can change. Unfortunately, we don't provide such ability as it was probably thought to be impossible. While minetest already provides limited settings through the pause(?) menu, it's not very great as we can't put our own settings.

Solution(?)

My proposal is for players with CSM to have a button in the inventory to access the settings menu. While some settings are client-side only, other settings require communication with the server. Not all settings would be available to all players, some restricted to only admins of course. These settings are the ones i could think of immediately:

FOV (could be entirely client-side)
Difficulty
Skin customization, this is not skin editor.
Music volume/toggle settings
Subtitle accessibility
GUI and/or text scaling settings

Unfortunately, this is most definitely non-MC behaviour and would be quite a large workaround to maintain. Additionally, non-CSM players will become more divided in their experiences. Another consideration is that this is essentially what MT fork clients are doing, notable ones being WaspSaliva and Dragonfire. Perhaps these client already did or will do the work themselves.

### Problem In MC, there's a lot of settings the player can change. Unfortunately, we don't provide such ability as it was probably thought to be impossible. While minetest already provides limited settings through the pause(?) menu, it's not very great as we can't put our own settings. ### Solution(?) My proposal is for players with CSM to have a button in the inventory to access the settings menu. While some settings are client-side only, other settings require communication with the server. Not all settings would be available to all players, some restricted to only admins of course. These settings are the ones i could think of immediately\: - FOV (could be entirely client-side) - Difficulty - Skin customization, this is not skin editor. - Music volume/toggle settings - Subtitle accessibility - GUI and/or text scaling settings Unfortunately, this is most definitely non-MC behaviour and would be quite a large workaround to maintain. Additionally, non-CSM players will become more divided in their experiences. Another consideration is that this is essentially what MT fork clients are doing, notable ones being WaspSaliva and Dragonfire. Perhaps these client already did or will do the work themselves.

AFCMS added the

non-Minecraft feature

label 2021-10-27 14:20:39 +02:00

AFCMS commented

2021-10-27 14:22:19 +02:00

But, client stored settings arent available in mt yet, right?

https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/10382

But, client stored settings arent available in mt yet, right? https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/10382

LizzyFleckenstein03 commented

2021-10-28 08:33:12 +02:00

Mod storage can be used for storing these settings. Also, I don't understand why you added the non-Minecraft label. Minecraft has client side settings.

LizzyFleckenstein03 removed the

non-Minecraft feature

label 2021-10-28 08:33:55 +02:00

Ghost added the

core feature

API

enhancement

labels 2021-10-28 13:27:15 +02:00

AFCMS commented

2021-10-29 15:20:06 +02:00

Also, I don't understand why you added the non-Minecraft label. Minecraft has client side settings.

Unfortunately, this is most definitely non-MC behaviour and would be quite a large workaround to maintain.

Am I understanding wrong?

> Also, I don't understand why you added the non-Minecraft label. Minecraft has client side settings. > Unfortunately, this is most definitely non-MC behaviour and would be quite a large workaround to maintain. Am I understanding wrong?

AFCMS commented

2021-10-29 15:21:19 +02:00

Mod storage can be used for storing these settings. Also, I don't understand why you added the non-Minecraft label. Minecraft has client side settings.

This is a workaround IMO

> Mod storage can be used for storing these settings. Also, I don't understand why you added the non-Minecraft label. Minecraft has client side settings. This is a workaround IMO

LizzyFleckenstein03 commented

2021-11-03 20:31:28 +01:00

it's one of the workarounds that don't keep me awake at night tho.
there are definitely workarounds in mcl that are much, much worse. using mod storage for settings is a relatively forgivable sin imo.

it's one of the workarounds that don't keep me awake at night tho. there are definitely workarounds in mcl that are much, much worse. using mod storage for settings is a relatively forgivable sin imo.

AFCMS commented

2021-11-04 14:21:16 +01:00

Aren't CSM mod storage per server?