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* If you follow the sun, X increases
 
* If you follow the sun, X increases
 
* If you go to the reverse direction, X decreases
 
* If you go to the reverse direction, X decreases
* Follow the sun, then go right: Z increases
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* Look to the sun's direction, then turn 90° to the right and go forwards: Z increases
* Follow the sun, then go left: Z decreases
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* Look to the sun's direction, then turn 90° to the left and go forwards: Z decreases
 
* The side length of a full cube is 1
 
* The side length of a full cube is 1
  
 
You can view your current position in the [[debug]] screen (open with <kbd>F5</kbd>). This is considered cheating in some [[Subgames|games]].
 
You can view your current position in the [[debug]] screen (open with <kbd>F5</kbd>). This is considered cheating in some [[Subgames|games]].

Revision as of 11:13, 16 February 2017

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The Minetest world is a large cube. And because of this, a position in the world can be easily expressed with Cartesian coordinates. That is, for each position in the world, there are 3 values X, Y and Z.

Like this: (5, 45, -12)

This refers to the position where X=5, Y=45 and Z=-12. The 3 letters are called “axes”: Y is for the height. X and Z are for the horizontal position.

The values for X, Y and Z work like this:

  • If you go up, Y increases
  • If you go down, Y decreases
  • If you follow the sun, X increases
  • If you go to the reverse direction, X decreases
  • Look to the sun's direction, then turn 90° to the right and go forwards: Z increases
  • Look to the sun's direction, then turn 90° to the left and go forwards: Z decreases
  • The side length of a full cube is 1

You can view your current position in the debug screen (open with F5). This is considered cheating in some games.