From c7df0897ba095de876f588e23c474b7d2cafeefa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wuzzy Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:29:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Improve helptexts, remove redundancy --- helptexts.lua | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) diff --git a/helptexts.lua b/helptexts.lua index 0775237..98840ff 100644 --- a/helptexts.lua +++ b/helptexts.lua @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ else end -local flowertext = "Flowers will slowly spread on dirt with grass and dirt with dry grass but wither and die on desert sand to become a dry shrub." +local flowertext = "Flowers are home in grasslands and forests and are important for the production of dyes." local ladderdesc = "A piece of ladder which allows you to move vertically." local ladderuse = "Hold the jump key to climb up and the sneak or use key (depends on configuration) to climb down." local fencedesc = "A fence post. When multiple of these are placed to next to each other, they will automatically build a nice fence structure. You can easily jump over a low fence." @@ -38,26 +38,26 @@ local hoedesc = "Hoes are essential tools for growing crops. They are used to cr local hoeuse = "Punch a cultivatable block with a hoe to turn it into soil. Dirt, dirt with grass, dirt with dry grass and desert sand are cultivatable blocks." local axedesc = "An axe is your tool of choice to cut down blocks which are affected by brute force, especially trees and wood. It also serves as a weapon in a pinch, although not as efficient as swords, but still acceptable." local sworddesc = "Swords are great in melee combat, as they are fast, deal high damage and can endure countless battles. Swords are also surprisingly useful in cutting “snappy” plants and blocks, like grass, wheat and leaves, but this will wear them out much faster than by fighting." -local shoveldesc = "Shovels are mining tools to dig out “crumbly” blocks, such as sand, dirt, gravel, and so on. Technically, they can also be used as weapons, but they are not much better than hand-to-hand combat." -local pickaxedesc = "Pickaxes are mining tools to dig out hard, “cracky” blocks, such as stone. If you are desperate, you can use a pickaxe as an inefficient weapon." +local shoveldesc = "Shovels are mining tools to mine “crumbly” blocks, such as sand, dirt, gravel, and so on. Technically, they can also be used as weapons, but they are not much better than hand-to-hand combat." +local pickaxedesc = "Pickaxes are mining tools to mine hard, “cracky” blocks, such as stone. If you are desperate, you can use a pickaxe as an inefficient weapon." local craftitemdesc = "This item is primarily used for crafting other items." local dyedesc = "Dyes are primarily used for crafting other items, especially for colorization. Dyes can also be used to obtain new dyes by using two dyes in crafting." local export_longdesc = { - [""] = "You use your bare hand whenever you are not wielding any item. With your hand you can dig the weakest blocks and deal minor damage by punching. Using the hand is often a last resort, as proper mining tools and weapons are usually better than the hand. When you are wielding an item which is not a mining tool or a weapon it will behave is it were the hand when you start mining or punching. In Creative Mode, the mining capabilities, range and damage of the hand are greatly enhanced.", + [""] = "You use your bare hand whenever you are not wielding any item. With your hand you can mine the weakest blocks and deal minor damage by punching. Using the hand is often a last resort, as proper mining tools and weapons are usually better than the hand. When you are wielding an item which is not a mining tool or a weapon it will behave is it were the hand when you start mining or punching. In Creative Mode, the mining capabilities, range and damage of the hand are greatly enhanced.", ["default:apple"] = "Eat it to restore 2 hit points.", ["default:furnace"] = "Cooks several items, using a furnace fuel, into something else.", ["default:chest"] = "Provides 32 slots of inventory space.", ["default:chest_locked"] = "Provides 32 slots of inventory space, is accessible only to the player who placed it. Locked chests are also immune to explosions.", - ["default:stone"] = "A very common block in the world of Minetest. It sometimes contains ores. Usable for a variety in crafting recipes. Can be dug with a wooden pickaxe or better. Stone may be created when water meets lava.", - ["default:desert_stone"] = "A less common block in the world, usually only found in deserts. Can be dug with a wooden pickaxe or better.", - ["default:stone_with_coal"] = "Some natural coal! Can be dug with a wooden pickaxe or better.", - ["default:stone_with_iron"] = "Some natural iron! Can be dug with a stone pickaxe or better.", - ["default:stone_with_copper"] = "Some natural copper! Can be dug with a stone pickaxe or better.", - ["default:stone_with_mese"] = "This stone contains a small amount of Mese! Can be dug with a steel pickaxe or better to obtain a mese crystal.", - ["default:stone_with_gold"] = "Some natural gold! Can be dug with a steel pickaxe or better.", - ["default:stone_with_diamond"] = "Hooray, diamonds! Can be dug with a steel pickaxe or better.", + ["default:stone"] = "A very common block in the world of Minetest, almost the entire underground consists of stone. It sometimes contains ores. Stone may be created when water meets lava.", + ["default:desert_stone"] = "A bit less common than stone, it is usually only found in deserts.", + ["default:stone_with_coal"] = "Some coal contained in a stone, it is very common, and is even more common in somewhat deeper regions.", + ["default:stone_with_iron"] = "It's some iron contained in stone. Iron is found underground in clusters at a depth of 16 below sea level or lower.", + ["default:stone_with_copper"] = "This stone contains copper. Copper is found underground in clusters at a depth of 16 below sea level or lower.", + ["default:stone_with_mese"] = "This stone contains mese, a rare mineral of alien origin. It can be found in clusters at a depth of 64 below sea level or lower.", + ["default:stone_with_gold"] = "This stone contains gold, a rare metal. It can be found in clusters at a depth of 64 below sea level or lower.", + ["default:stone_with_diamond"] = "Diamonds are very rare and hard and can be found in clusters deep in the underground. They start to appear at a depth of 128 below sea level or lower.", ["default:stonebrick"] = "A decorational block.", ["default:desert_stonebrick"] = "A decorational block.", ["default:dirt_with_grass"] = "Very common on the surface, found in grasslands, forests and jungles. It this block is in darkness, it will turn into naked dirt eventually.", @@ -65,18 +65,19 @@ local export_longdesc = { ["default:dirt_with_snow"] = "Dirt with a snow cover, found in cold regions. If this block is in darkness, it will turn into naked dirt eventually.", ["default:snow"] = "A thin layer of snow. When placed on a dirt block, the dirt block will soon become a dirt with snow block.", ["default:dirt"] = "If exposed to sunlight, it will turn into dirt with grass or dirt with dry grass eventually, depending on its near environment.", - ["default:sand"] = "An unstable block, it will fall if nothing is below it. Usually found at beaches. It is best dug with a shovel.", - ["default:desert_sand"] = "An unstable block, it will fall if nothing is below it. Usually found in deserts. It is best dug with a shovel.", - ["default:gravel"] = "An unstable block, it will fall if nothing is below it. It is best dug with a shovel. By digging it, there is a small chance you collect a flint instead.", + ["default:sand"] = "Sand is found in large quanties at beaches, but it occacionally appears in small chunks around the world.", + ["default:desert_sand"] = "Usually found in huge quantities at the surface of deserts.", + ["default:gravel"] = "This block consists of a couple of loose stones and can't support itself. It is common only at the beaches of very cold regions, but it can be found in small quantities on the surface and underground.", + ["default:clay"] = "Clay is pretty soft but also a bit rare, it can sometimes be found in beaches next to sand.", ["default:sandstone"] = "A pretty soft kind of stone.", ["default:sandstonebrick"] = "A decorational block.", ["default:brick"] = "A decorational block.", - ["default:tree"] = "A trunk of an ordinary tree.", ["default:cloud"] = "A solid block which can not be mined by simple tools. It can be destroyed by explosions, however.", - ["default:jungletree"] = "A trunk of a jungle tree.", - ["default:pine_tree"] = "A trunk of a pine tree.", - ["default:aspen_tree"] = "A trunk of a aspen tree.", - ["default:acacia_tree"] = "A trunk of a acacia tree.", + ["default:tree"] = "A trunk of a regular tree. This kind of tree originates from decidiuous forests in mild climates.", + ["default:jungletree"] = "A trunk of a jungle tree. Jungle trees can be found in jungles, which are in hot and wet climates.", + ["default:pine_tree"] = "A trunk of a pine tree. The natural habitat of pine trees coniferous forests which can be found in cold climates.", + ["default:aspen_tree"] = "A trunk of an aspen tree. The natural habitat of aspen trees are decidiuous forests which can be found in mild climates.", + ["default:acacia_tree"] = "A trunk of an acacia tree. The natural habitat of acacia trees are savannahs, which can be found in hot climates.", ["default:wood"] = "A decorational and flammable block.", ["default:junglewood"] = "A decorational and flammable block.", ["default:pinewood"] = "A decorational and flammable block.", @@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ local export_longdesc = { ["default:sapling"] = "When placed on natural soil (such as dirt) and exposed to sunlight, this sapling will grow into an ordinary tree or an apple tree after some time.", ["default:junglesapling"] = "When placed on natural soil (such as dirt) and exposed to sunlight, this sapling will grow into a large jungle tree after some time.", ["default:pine_sapling"] = "When placed on natural soil (such as dirt) and exposed to sunlight, this sapling will grow into a pine tree after some time.", - ["default:acacia_sapling"] = "When placed on natural soil (such as dirt) and exposed to sunlight, this sapling will grow into an acacia after some time.", + ["default:acacia_sapling"] = "When placed on natural soil (such as dirt) and exposed to sunlight, this sapling will grow into an acacia tree after some time.", + ["default:aspen_sapling"] = "When placed on natural soil (such as dirt) and exposed to sunlight, this sapling will grow into an aspen tree after some time.", ["default:leaves"] = leavesdesc, ["default:jungleleaves"] = leavesdesc, ["default:pine_needles"] = leavesdesc, @@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ local export_longdesc = { ["default:cactus"] = "A piece of cactus usually found in deserts. Cactus placed on desert sand will slowly grow up to 4 cactus blocks high.", ["default:papyrus"] = "A papyrus piece usually found near water. Papyrus will grow up to 4 blocks high when it is near a water source.", ["default:bookshelf"] = "A bookshelf provides 16 inventory slots for books.", - ["default:glass"] = "A decorational, transparent block.", + ["default:glass"] = "A decorational and mostly transparent block which is rather easy to break.", ["default:fence_wood"] = fencedesc, ["default:fence_junglewood"] = fencedesc, ["default:fence_pine_wood"] = fencedesc, @@ -106,42 +108,40 @@ local export_longdesc = { ["doors:gate_aspen_wood_closed"] = fencegatedesc, ["default:dry_shrub"] = "An unremarkable dead plant which is common in deserts and snowy biomes.", - ["default:rail"] = "Railroad tracks. Place these on the ground to build your railway, the blocks will automatically connect to each other nicely.", + ["default:rail"] = "Railroad tracks. Place these on the ground to build your railway, the blocks will automatically connect to each other and will turn into curves, junctions, crossings and slopes as needed.", ["default:ladder_wood"] = ladderdesc, ["default:ladder_steel"] = ladderdesc, - ["default:water_source"] = "You can swim easily in water, but you need to catch your breath from time to time. When a water source meets a lava source, obsidian is created. When water meets lava, but one or both of them are not a source, a stone is created instead.", + ["default:water_source"] = "Water is abundant in ocans and may also appear in small quantities in underground water pockets. You can swim easily in water, but you need to catch your breath from time to time. When a water source meets a lava source, obsidian is created. When water meets lava, but one or both of them are not a source, a stone is created instead.", ["default:river_water_source"] = "You can swim easily in river water, but you need to catch your breath from time to time. River water is similar to (normal) water, it has a reduced flowing range and appears in rivers only. When a river water source meets a lava source, obsidian is created. When river water meets lava, but one or both of them are not a source, a stone is created instead.", - ["default:lava_source"] = "Don't touch the lava, it will hurt you very much and once you're in, it is hard to get out. When a lava source meets a water or river water source, obsidian is created. When lava meets water or river water, but one or both of them are not a source, a stone is created instead.", - ["default:torch"] = "Provides plenty of light, but not as much as a sun would do. It can be placed on almost any block facing any direction.", + ["default:lava_source"] = "Lava is found deep underground and is rather dangerous. Don't touch it, it will hurt you a lot and once you're in, it is hard to get out. When a lava source meets a water or river water source, obsidian is created. When lava meets water or river water, but one or both of them are not a source, a stone is created instead.", + ["default:torch"] = "Provides plenty of light. It can be placed on almost any block facing any direction.", ["default:sign_wall_wood"] = signdesc, ["default:sign_wall_steel"] = signdesc, - ["default:mese_crystal_fragment"] = "A piece of what was once a whole mese crystal. It has no use in Minetest Game.", - - ["default:cobble"] = "A decorational block, created after digging stone. If it is near water, it might turn into mossy cobblestone.", + ["default:cobble"] = "A decorational block used to build houses, dungeons and other buildings. It is obtained after mining stone. If it is near water, it might turn into mossy cobblestone.", ["default:desert_cobble"] = "A decorational block.", ["default:coal_lump"] = "Coal lumps are your standard furnace fuel, but they are also used to make torches and a few other things.", - ["default:mossycobble"] = "A decorational block. It is found in underground dungeons and the product of cobblestone near water.", + ["default:mossycobble"] = "A decorational block. It is found in underground dungeons and is the product of cobblestone near water.", ["default:coalblock"] = "A decorational block and compact storage of coal lumps. As a furnace fuel, it is slightly more efficient than 9 coal lumps.", ["default:steelblock"] = "A decorational block.", ["default:copperblock"] = "A decorational block.", ["default:bronzeblock"] = "A decorational block.", ["default:goldblock"] = "A decorational block.", ["default:diamondblock"] = "A very hard decorational block.", - ["default:obsidian_glass"] = "A decorational, transparent block.", + ["default:obsidian_glass"] = "Obsidian glass is transparent, has a very clean surface and is rather hard to break.", ["default:obsidian"] = "A hard mineral which is generated when a lava source meets a water source.", ["default:nyancat"] = "A weird creature with a cat face, cat extremities and a strawberry-flavored pop-tart body. It has been trapped in a block and cannot move and can thus be dug easily by simple tools. Nyan cats are usually followed by nyan cat rainbows. Legends say that in ancient times, long before the creation of our world, the were many of the Nyan Cats which were free and flew through space and sang the \"Nya-nya\" song. Nowadays, nyan cats serve as a fancy collector's item and are traded as souveniers. Apart from that, nyan cats have no intrinsic value.", ["default:nyancat_rainbow"] = "A rainbow made by a real nyan cat, ancient creatures which once flew through space. It has gone inert and can be dug by simple tools. Like nyan cats, nyan cat rainbows have no intrinsic value.", ["default:book"] = "A book is used to store notes and to make bookshelfs.", - ["default:grass_1"] = "Some grass. On a dirt with grass block, it will slowly spread. By digging it, there is a small chance you collect wheat seed instead.", - ["default:junglegrass"] = "This plant is common in jungles and spreads on dirt with grass blocks. By digging it, there is a small chance you collect cotton seed instead.", - ["default:dry_grass_1"] = "Some dry grass. On a dirt with dry grass block, it will slowly spread.", + ["default:grass_1"] = "Grass can be found in large quantities in open plains. It comes in 5 different sizes but doesn't grow.", + ["default:junglegrass"] = "This plant is common in jungles and spreads on dirt with grass blocks.", + ["default:dry_grass_1"] = "Dry grass is very common in savannahs and comes in 5 different sizes but doesn't grow.", ["default:meselamp"] = "A bright source of light made out of mese. It shines slightly brighter than a torch.", - ["default:mese"] = "A very rare mineral of alien origin. This is mese in its purest form, can be broken into 9 Mese Crystals.", + ["default:mese"] = "A very rare mineral of alien origin. To find mese blocks in ther natural form, one has to dig very deep at a depth of at least 1024 below sea level.", ["bucket:bucket_empty"] = "A bucket, liquids can be collected with it.", ["bucket:bucket_water"] = "A bucket which is filled with water.", ["bucket:bucket_river_water"] = "A bucket which is filled with river water.", - ["bucket:bucket_lava"] = "A bucket which is filled with lava. You can use it in the furnace as a very efficient fuel (you'll keep the bucket).", + ["bucket:bucket_lava"] = "A bucket which is filled with dangerous lava.", ["bones:bones"] = "These are the remains of a deceased player. It contains the player's former inventory which can be looted. Fresh bones are bones of a player who has deceased recently and can only be looted by the same player. Old bones can be looted by everyone. The bones are destroyed after they have been completely looted.", ["doors:door_wood"] = "A door covers a vertical area of two blocks to block the way. It can be opened and closed by any player.", @@ -335,19 +335,19 @@ local export_usagehelp = { ["flowers:mushroom_red"] = "Hold it in your hand, then leftclick to eat it. But why would you want to do that?", ["farming:bread"] = "Hold it in your hand, then leftclick to eat it.", ["default:furnace"] = "Rightclick the furnace to view it. Place a furnace fuel in the lower slot and the source material in the upper slot. The furnace will slowly use its fuel to smelt the item. The result will be placed into the 4 slots at the right side.", - ["default:chest"] = "Rightclick the chest to open it and to exchange items. You can only dig it when the chest is empty.", - ["default:chest_locked"] = "Point it to reveal the name of its owner. Rightclick the chest to open it and to exchange items. This is only possible if you own the chest. You also can only dig the chest when you own it and it is empty.", + ["default:chest"] = "Rightclick the chest to open it and to exchange items. You can only mine it when the chest is empty.", + ["default:chest_locked"] = "Point it to reveal the name of its owner. Rightclick the chest to open it and to exchange items. This is only possible if you own the chest. You also can only mine the chest when you own it and it is empty.", ["default:book"] = "Hold the book in hand and leftclick to write some notes. Doing so will turn the book into a “Book With Text” which cannot be stacked.", ["default:sign_wall_wood"] = signuse, ["default:sign_wall_steel"] = signuse, ["default:bookshelf"] = "Rightclick to open the bookshelf. You can only store books and other items belonging to the Books group into the bookshelf. To collect the bookshelf, you must make sure it does not contain anything.", ["vessels:shelf"] = "Rightclick to open the vessels shelf. You can only store items which belong to the Vessels group (glass bottle, driking glass, heavy steel bottle). To collect the vessels shelf, it must be empty.", ["bucket:bucket_empty"] = "Rightclick on a liquid source while holding the bucket to collect the liquid. Rightclick again somewhere to empty the bucket, this will create a liquid source at the position you've clicked at.", - ["bucket:bucket_water"] = "Rightclick while holding this bucket on any block to empty it.", - ["bucket:bucket_river_water"] = "Rightclick while holding this bucket on any block to empty it.", - ["bucket:bucket_lava"] = "Rightclick while holding this bucket on any block to empty it. Be careful by doing so, lava is dangerous!", + ["bucket:bucket_water"] = "Rightclick while holding this bucket on any block to empty it, which creates a water source.", + ["bucket:bucket_river_water"] = "Rightclick while holding this bucket on any block to empty it, which creates a river water source.", + ["bucket:bucket_lava"] = "Rightclick while holding this bucket on any block to empty it, which creates a lava source. Be careful by doing so, lava is dangerous!", - ["bones:bones"] = "Rightclick to access the inventory, dig it to obtain all items immediately. "..bonesstring..bonesstring2.."It is only possible to take from this inventory, nothing can be stored into it.", + ["bones:bones"] = "Rightclick to access the inventory, mine it to obtain all items immediately. "..bonesstring..bonesstring2.."It is only possible to take from this inventory, nothing can be stored into it.", ["tnt:gunpowder"] = "Place gunpowder on the ground to create gunpowder trails. Punch it with a torch to light the gunpowder, which will then ignore neighbor gunpowder and TNT.", ["tnt:tnt"] = "Place the TNT on the ground and punch it with a torch to light it and quickly get in a safe distance before it explodes. A burning gunpowder trail will also ignite the TNT.", -- 2.11.4.GIT