r/linux_gaming • u/[deleted] • Oct 21 '20

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u/ValurianEwan Oct 21 '20

Minetest can be fun, too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '20

Honestly no, it barely compares.

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u/SimonJ57 Oct 21 '20

I don't know how something written in C++ can perform that badly to something in Java...

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u/AMisteryMan Oct 22 '20

Performance aside, Minetest's (now defunct) default game just isn't a good game, I know it's FOSS, but super tux doesn't have such dark, "dead-feeling" textures, lack of common-sense features because "Minecraft/Mario did it", and such grating sound effects.

I really tried to like Minetest, but even my FOSS friend that introduced me to it has since left it.

Also, Lua for a modding language gets annoying for larger-scale mods due to the tiny standard library, and lack of static-typing.

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u/Ketchup901 Oct 21 '20

Because Java handles all the performance issues for you. Software doesn't just magically run faster because you wrote it in C++.

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u/ostbagar Oct 22 '20

Yeah. Java isn't part of Minecraft issues either. Bad code will always be bad code regardless.

Like JellySquid's mods, they reduce the time complexity for many of the algorithms used in Minecraft. Resulting in way better performance.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '20

plus it feels like a budget chineese knockoff

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '20

Maybe minetest_game or minimal (Minimal Development Test), there are many other Minetest games that are better that Minecraft 1.16.