Minetest_game: New uses for tin?

Created on 26 Jun 2017 · 19Comments · Source: minetest/minetest_game

I noticed while playing MT for the first time, the MTG lacked some color balance in the caves, mainly in its ores.
i was wondering if adding a greenish ore along with a purplish ore would give the color balance needed.

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ThomasMonroe314

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why not make tin be combined with another ore to make pewter for utensils, like bottles, etc.
and because tin is also used for solder base so it could be used to "weld/repair" tools by "filling in the cracks".

ThomasMonroe314 on 27 Jun 2017

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Plenty of ores can be found at the forums. The tin ore was added recently to correct the bronze recipe, but lacks in other uses. It would be great to use tin in combination with another ore to make it more attractive instead of adding more ores that aren't used often.

SmallJoker on 26 Jun 2017

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MTG lacked some color balance in the caves,

Hehe we don't add ores for the sake of cave colour co-ordination.
We are trying to resist adding new ores, there has to be a very good reason.
Silver may be a possibility, but uses are needed before an ore is added.

paramat on 27 Jun 2017

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We don't have enough uses for the ores we have now.......

lefty-studios on 27 Jun 2017

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true, and also @SmallJoker idk why tin was added
@paramat thanks again for the input.

I would like to say that maybe re-balancing the ores to fit the tin would be nice, bcs when i was playing single player, the tine was just annoying bcs i didnt need it.

is there a way to make it more valuable, or make it different, like lead or something like that?

ThomasMonroe314 on 27 Jun 2017

I would like to say that maybe re-balancing the ores to fit the tin would be nice, bcs when i was playing single player, the tine was just annoying bcs i didnt need it.
is there a way to make it more valuable, or make it different, like lead or something like that?

maybe a tin door?
tin_door

lefty-studios on 27 Jun 2017

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sound interesting, but what about something like tin cups of water(like buckets or jugs), that restore health.
tin is naturally soft, which is why a door may not work to well.

ThomasMonroe314 on 27 Jun 2017

the steel bottle from vessels could be tin instead...

lefty-studios on 27 Jun 2017

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ThomasMonroe314 on 27 Jun 2017

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lefty-studios on 27 Jun 2017

Tin is a bit weird yes because it's only there for bronze, but then, bronze crafting was a mess before that. So tin has uses: bronze and all bronze items, and tin blocks, stairs, slabs, and it has more usage than gold, so it's not something to worry about.

paramat on 28 Jun 2017

Just don't even think of tin tools, I've seen many subgames that have those, it is highly unrealistic.

theraven262 on 28 Jun 2017

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We really don't want another set of tools :]

paramat on 28 Jun 2017

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@theraven262 and @paramat don't worry about the tools, I wasn't even thinking about that.

Yes it might have more "crafting" uses than gold, but gold has more economical uses.

ThomasMonroe314 on 28 Jun 2017

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@paramat It might not be so bad if the tools had more advantages than being faster and more durable than the last tier. (I.E. A tier of tools that may mine tough blocks quickly, but only last for a short amount of time and require a rare mineral to craft.)

C1ffisme on 28 Jun 2017

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Well, tin is and can be used by many mods. So, tin is good because MTG is in some way a modding base. IMO it's ok as it currently is, I've already seen ores with less usage.