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<p>Add Vim syntax highlighting for *.tr</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>__NOTOC__<br /> This article lists various free software tools which help in development of Minetest and mods for Minetest.<br /> <br /> == Minetest development ==<br /> * [https://wiki.minetest.net/Games/Development_Test Development Test]: A testing game for testing various engine features<br /> * [https://github.com/minetest/minetest/tree/master/util /minetest/util]: Various maintenance utilities<br /> <br /> == Mod development ==<br /> === Standalone software ===<br /> * [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&amp;t=2840 NodeBoxEditor]: Build [[Node boxes|node boxes]] by dragging their edges.<br /> * [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&amp;t=23724 MTS Editor]: A program to create, view and edit Minetest schematics, but it supports other file formats (e.g. Minecraft schematics) as well<br /> * [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&amp;t=18992 Schematic Creator]: A Java program to create schematics<br /> * [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&amp;t=18780&amp; Model Creator]: A Java program to create meshes<br /> * [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?t=23891 RocketLib Toolkit]: Lua-based SQLite3 map reader<br /> * [https://github.com/mpeterv/luacheck/ luacheck]: Lua linter and static code analyser (see also [https://rubenwardy.com/minetest_modding_book/en/quality/luacheck.html the chapter rubenwardy's modding book])<br /> * [https://olivinelabs.com/busted/ busted]: Lua unit testing framework (see also [https://rubenwardy.com/minetest_modding_book/en/quality/unit_testing.html the chapter rubenwardy's modding book])<br /> <br /> === Minetest games and mods ===<br /> See the [https://content.minetest.net/packages/?tag=developer_tools Developer Tools] tag in ContentDB.<br /> <br /> == Scripts ==<br /> ==== Formspecs ====<br /> * [https://luk3yx.gitlab.io/minetest-formspec-editor/ Minetest Formspec Editor]: A great online tool with drag and drop that allows you to import and export formspecs in different versions<br /> * [https://codepen.io/treer/pen/gOPZyov?editors=0010 Perlin noise tuner] Visualizes 2D Perlin noise that Minetest will generate with different noiseparams. (Emulation of Minetest Perlin noise can be wrong in extremes/edge-cases due to precision of JavaScript number type)<br /> <br /> ==== Translation ====<br /> * [https://github.com/FaceDeer/update_translations update_translations]: Python script to create and update mod translation files (*.tr)<br /> * [https://codeberg.org/Wuzzy/minetest_check_translations minetest_check_translations]: Python script to check mod translation files for syntax errors<br /> * [https://notabug.org/pgimeno/minetest/src/translation-toolchain/util/findtext.lua findtext.lua]: Create mod translation template (buggy!) ([https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=47&amp;t=23330 see also])<br /> * [https://notabug.org/pgimeno/minetest/src/translation-toolchain/util/updatetext.lua updatetext.lua]: Update mod translation template (buggy!) ([https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=47&amp;t=23330 see also])<br /> <br /> == Syntax highlighting ==<br /> * [https://codeberg.org/Wuzzy/minetest_tr_vim_syntax Vim syntax highlighting for *.tr files]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Misc]]</div>

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