3 Test Tools is a mod for developers that adds a bunch of tools to directly manipulate nodes and entities. This is great for quickly testing out stuff.
5 Here's the list of tools:
8 Removes nodes and non-player entities that you punch.
11 Replace a node with another one.
13 First, punch a node you want to remember.
14 Then rightclick any other node to replace it with the node you remembered.
16 If you rightclick while pointing nothing, you can manually enter the node and param2.
19 Change the value param2 of nodes.
21 * Punch: Add 1 to param2
22 * Sneak+Punch: Add 8 to param2
23 * Place: Subtract 1 from param2
24 * Sneak+Place: Subtract 8 from param2
26 Note: Use the debug screen (F5) to see the param2 of the pointed node.
29 Turns nodes into falling nodes.
33 * Punch node: Make it fall
34 * Place: Try to teleport up to 2 units upwards, then make it fall
37 Edit and view metadata of nodes.
41 * Punch: Open node metadata editor
44 Changes the entity rotation (with `set_rotation`).
48 * Punch entity: Rotate yaw
49 * Punch entity while holding down “Sneak” key: Rotate pitch
50 * Punch entity while holding down “Special” key (aka “Aux”): Rotate roll
52 Each usage rotates the entity by 22.5°.
59 * Punch to select entity or spawn one directly
60 * Place to place selected entity
62 ## Object Property Editor
63 Edits properties of objects.
67 * Punch object to open a formspec that allows you to view and edit properties
68 * Punch air to edit properties of your own player object
70 To edit a property, select it in the list, enter a new value (in Lua syntax)
74 Allows you to attach an object to another one.
77 * First select the parent object, then the child object that should be attached
78 * Selecting an object is done by punching it
79 * Sneak+punch to detach selected object
80 * If you punch air, you select yourself
83 * Place: Increase attachment Y position
84 * Sneak+place: decrease attachment Y position
85 * Aux+place: Increase attachment X rotation
86 * Aux+Sneak+Rightclick: Decrease attachment X rotation
88 Hint: To detach all objects nearby you (including on yourself), use the
89 `/detach` server command.
92 Move an object by a given distance.
95 * Punch object into the direction you want to move it
96 * Sneak+punch: Move object towards you
97 * Place: Increase move distance
98 * Sneak+place: Decrease move distance
101 Shows list of objects that are attached to an object (aka "children") in chat.
104 * Punch object: Show children of punched object
105 * Punch air: Show your own children
107 ## Entity Visual Scaler
108 Change visual size of entities
112 * Punch entity to increase visual size
113 * Sneak+punch entity to decrease visual size
116 Show light level of node.
119 * Punch: Show light info of node in front of the punched node's side
120 * Place: Show light info of the node that you touched