Minetest
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| Developers | |
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| Perttu "celeron55" Ahola and contributors | |
| Engines | |
| Irrlicht Engine | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | December 6, 2012 |
| macOS (OS X) | December 6, 2012 |
| Linux | December 6, 2012 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Freeware |
Key points
- Free and Open Source Software
- Cross-platform multiplayer.
- Good modding support and community.
- Great performance even on low-end devices.
- Game is pretty basic without any mods or modpacks. Additional player-made game modes which feature mods and mod packs can be downloaded though.
General information
- Official website
- Official wiki
- Source code
- Bugs can be reported in official forums in Bug and Problem sub forum.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer website |  |
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| Publisher website | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\minetest.conf[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | ~/.minetest/minetest.conf |
- A custom path to a configuration file can be specified in command line using the option
--config /path/to/minetest.conf.[1]
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\worlds[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | ~/.minetest/worlds |
- Unknown if XDG is being followed (partially, completely, not at all)
Video
In-game settings menu
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Can be set in minetest.conf[1] |
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| Windowed | Native Fullscreen option is not available | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can be set in minetest.conf[1] |
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| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Locked to 60 FPS by default; Custom FPS can be set with fps_max in minetest.conf[1] |
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| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Can be set in minetest.conf[1] |
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| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Can be set in minetest.conf[1] |
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| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Belarusian | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | Listed as Chinese (China) | |||
| Czech | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| Estonian | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hebrew | ||||
| Hindi | ||||
| Hungarian | ||||
| Indonesian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Lithuanian | ||||
| Malay | ||||
| Norwegian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Portuguese | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Romanian | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Slovak | ||||
| Slovenian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Thai | ||||
| Turkish | ||||
| Ukrainian |
- Also available in Kyrgyz and Swahili. Translations for other languages exist, but may have translated less than 30% of the game interface. Translation progress can be checked at Minetest/Minetest @ Hosted Weblate page.
Network
- Cross-platform multiplayer between Windows, OS X, Linux and Android is possible, even without varying game versions. Only host (server) is required to have the mods installed.
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
|---|---|
| TCP | 30000 (default) |
| UDP | 30000 (default) |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 | Some shaders don't work with Direct3D 9 renderer. |
| OpenGL | 4.4 |
| Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||||
| macOS (OS X) | ARM requires fanmade nightly builds or building from source.[2] | ||||
| Linux | [3] |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP[4] | |
| Processor (CPU) | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB[4] | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | ||
| Processor (CPU) | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB?[4] | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Linux | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | ||
| Processor (CPU) | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB?[4] | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 minetest.conf - Minetest Wiki
- ↑ \[macOS Big Sur\ Jordach's Universal Binaries + Homebrew Self Compilation Guide] - last accessed on 2021-05-30
- ↑ Debian -- Package Search Results -- minetest - last accessed on 2020-11-20
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Minimum Minetest Hardware Requirements Thread - Minetest Forums