Minetest 5.7.0

What's new in this version:

Deprecations and compatibility notes:
- The default key for pitchmove was removed. Specify a key manually to use this feature
- Special handling of ${key} syntax in metadata values are deprecated
- Worlds with unresolved dependencies can no longer be loaded. This ensures that the specified mods are loaded properly.
- The default key forfeature.
- Development Test is no longer being distributed in official Minetest releases
- This was never meant for players to begin with, this “game” is exclusively meant for engine development
- To get it back, build Minetest from source codefrom ContentDB

Client / Audiovisuals:
- Fix main menu error when submitting invalid port numbers
- Fix ChatPrompt crash in very narrow windows
- Fix missing shadows when sun tilt is zero
- Android: Make OpenGLES 2 the default driver
- 8x block meshes for improved performance
- Configuration options and bugfixes
- Decrease minimum for repeat_place_time
- Fix Enter key after creating a new world
- Improve chat history
- Add dynamic exposure correction
- This is also configurable by the Lua API
- Improve the occlusion culling algorithm
- Use multiple threads for mesh generation
- Removed pageflip 3D mode
- Fix progress bar look on HiDPI displays
- Fix plantlike_rooted world-aligned node base textures
- Fix issues caused by attached node placement prediction
- Avoid shadow flicker at certain angles
- Chat: fix the unicode characters crowded together on prompt
- Take geographic distance into account for server list ordering
- Fix sneaking on nodes with large collision boxes
- Faster light calculations for rendering
- Android: Improve double-tap for jump detection
- Add Bloom shader
- Restore and enhance bouncy behavior
- Bouncy nodes now let you control the jump height with the jump/sneak keys
- Fix liquid drawtype faces sometimes not rendering
- Apply DPI Scaling to the main menu
- Improve shadow updates efficiency
- Textures: introduce world-align overrides
- Fix crash when stars are reset

World / Server / Environment:
- Reduce server CPU consumed by occlusion culling
- Improve loaded block handling
- Fix /help privs checks
- Add mod storage PostgreSQL backend
- Update floating nodes when liquid underneath vanishes
- Add zstd compression support to API function

Script API / Modding:
- Server: Fix error caused by sending too long chat messages
- Correct handling of leftover items in core.item_eat
- Various lua_api.txt clarifications and fixesaerkiaga, DS)
- Improve minetest.close_formspec server-side safety
- Handle nodes changed within another LBM and ABM loop
- Fix segfault caused by invalid PNG data in [png:
- Add minetest.get_player_window_information()
- Make body_orbit_tilt configurable
- Add chat HUD flag
- Improve MetaDataRef:{get,set}_float precision
- Fix error caused by an empty separator for string.split
- Add player:set_lighting( {saturation = float} )
- Add callback on_mapblocks_changed
- Improved Lua error handling
- Expose dtime_s to LBM handler
- Let mods choose a forceload limit
- Add minetest.get_mapgen_edges
- Add minetest.get_game_info and allow reading game.conf
- Add support for facedir/4dir nodes to be attached with attached_node
- Add additional attached_node options: always attach to ceiling, always attach to floor
- Fix errors caused by schematic reading
- Fix set_nametag_attributes resetting the text in subsequent calls
- game.conf: Add setting to use volatile a map backend
- Allow rotating entity selectionboxes
- Add VoxelArea() constructor for easier use
- Fix formspec focus issue caused by empty element names
- Faster vector, node and content ID access when using LuaJIT
- Speed up find_nodes_in_area
- Add an item pick up callback
- Implement tool use sounds
- Fix inconsistent craft replacement behavior
- Fix potential error in craft recipes
- Add paramtype2s 4dir and color4dir for 4 horizontal rotations and 64 colors
- Bugfix: Allow looped animation to be used safely with old clients
- Reassure previous nil behaviour for tiles and special_tiles
- Add buffer argument to VoxelManip:get_light_data
- Fix crash when crafting callbacks return strings

Misc / Maintenance:
- Fix crash while exiting to the main menu on macOS
- Rendering code cleanups
- Fix occasional black screen on startup
- Android: Build and logging improvements
- Improve installation instructions
- Various code cleanups and optimizations
- Implement --debugger option to improve UX when debugging crashes
- Various Development Test changes
- Many, many additions and improvements
- Add jukebox and branding iron
- Development Test is no longer officially distributed with Minetest releases
- Android: various maintenance and fixes
- Unittest improvements

Minetest Game:
- Limit and sanitize formspec fields
- Fix player_api.set_model not updating the animation
- Ensure chests close properly
- Ensure proper creative hand override
- Fix error if /home is executed with an invalid name
- Fix wall craft registrations
- Screwdriver: 4dir node support