voxelman 0.8.0

Voxelman

Plugin-based engine written in D language.

Voxelman plugin pack includes plugins for a voxel-based game(s).

Launcher will allow for any plugin combination, while master-server will host all plugins and online server list.

Screenshots and videos

Imgur album

See releases for binaries.

See youtube channel for videos.

Installing game

• Download latest build.
• Unpack.
• Follow instructions below.

Starting game with launcher

Single player

• Start launcher
• Press New in worlds tab to create new world
• Select new world and press Start

Multiplayer

• To start a server select world and press Server button.
• Connect to your server in Connect tab of Play menu.
• Select local server and press Connect at the bottom.
• To stop the server, go to the Code menu and hit Stop button of your server instance.

Starting game with command line

• voxelman --app=[client|server|combined] --world_name="new world" --name="Player".
• You can override any config options by passing switch in a form --option=value.
• Array config options are passed using comma between items. Like --resolution=1280,800.

Server commands

• tp <x> [<y>] <z> | tp <player name> - teleports to position or other player's location
• tp u|d|l|r|f|b <num_blocks> - teleports player in choosen direction
• spawn teleports to starting world position
• spawn set sets world spawn
• dim_spawn teleports to dimension spawn pos
• dim_spawn set sets dimension spawn pos

Controls (Can be changed in config/client.sdl)

• Q to lock mouse.
• WASD, LCtrl, Space to move. LShift to boost.
• Right and Left to switch tools.
• R to rotate blocks.
• RMB to place
• LMB to remove.
• MMB to pick block.
• ~ open console.
• [ and ] to change view distance.
• Keypad - and + to change movement speed.
• U disable position update.
• F flying mode.
• N noclip.
• KP+, KP- change movement speed.
• F2 chunk grid.
• F5 update all meshes.
• C toggle frustum culling.
• Y toggle wireframe mode.

Building from sources

Linux

Install compilers:

sudo wget http://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/d-apt/files/d-apt.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/d-apt.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated install --reinstall d-apt-keyring && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential dmd-bin dub

Install dependencies:

sudo apt-get install liblmdb-dev liblz4-dev libglfw3 libenet-dev

Compile:

git clone --depth=50 https://github.com/MrSmith33/voxelman voxelman
cd voxelman
git submodule update --init --recursive
dub build

Download cimgui.so x86_64 and place it in lib/64.

Run:

cd builds/default
voxelman --app=combined