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diff --git a/models/feldweg_l_45_curve.b3d b/models/feldweg_l_45_curve.b3d
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diff --git a/models/feldweg_r_45_curve.b3d b/models/feldweg_r_45_curve.b3d
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diff --git a/models/feldweg_s_45.b3d b/models/feldweg_s_45.b3d
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diff --git a/nodes_feldweg.lua b/nodes_feldweg.lua
index 9205952..b86b937 100644
--- a/nodes_feldweg.lua
+++ b/nodes_feldweg.lua
@@ -19,53 +19,301 @@ local cottages_feldweg_mode = minetest.settings:get("cottages_feldweg_mode")
 if(     cottages_feldweg_mode ~= "mesh"
     and cottages_feldweg_mode ~= "flat"
     and cottages_feldweg_mode ~= "nodebox"
-    and cottages_feldweg_mode ~= "flat") then
+    and cottages_feldweg_mode ~= "mesh_incl_45") then
 	cottages_feldweg_mode = "mesh";
     -- add the setting to the minetest.conf so that the player can set it there
     minetest.settings:set("cottages_feldweg_mode", "mesh")
 end
 
-local function register_recipes(include_end)
+
+local function register_recipes(include_end, postfix, base_craftitem)
 	
+	if(not(postfix)) then
+		postfix = ""
+	end
+	if(not(base_craftitem)) then
+		base_craftitem = cottages.craftitem_dirt
+	end
+	local base_node = "cottages:feldweg"..postfix
+
+	-- run a wagon wheel over dirt :-)
 	minetest.register_craft({
-		output = "cottages:feldweg_crossing 5",
+		output = "cottages:feldweg"..postfix.." 4",
 		recipe = {
-			{"", "cottages:feldweg", "" },
-			{"cottages:feldweg", "cottages:feldweg", "cottages:feldweg"},
-			{"", "cottages:feldweg", "" },
+			{"", "cottages:wagon_wheel", "" },
+			{base_craftitem, base_craftitem, base_craftitem}
+		},
+	        replacements = { {'cottages:wagon_wheel', 'cottages:wagon_wheel'}, }
+	})
+
+
+	minetest.register_craft({
+		output = "cottages:feldweg_crossing"..postfix.." 5",
+		recipe = {
+			{"", base_node, "" },
+			{base_node, base_node, base_node},
+			{"", base_node, "" },
 		},
 	})
 	                                          
 	minetest.register_craft({
-		output = "cottages:feldweg_t_junction 5",
+		output = "cottages:feldweg_t_junction"..postfix.." 5",
 		recipe = {
-			{"", "cottages:feldweg", "" },
-			{"", "cottages:feldweg", "" },
-			{"cottages:feldweg", "cottages:feldweg", "cottages:feldweg"}
+			{"", base_node, "" },
+			{"", base_node, "" },
+			{base_node, base_node, base_node}
 			
 		},
 	})										
 	             
 	minetest.register_craft({
-		output = "cottages:feldweg_curve 5",
+		output = "cottages:feldweg_curve"..postfix.." 5",
 		recipe = {
-			{"cottages:feldweg", "", "" },
-			{"cottages:feldweg", "", ""},
-			{"cottages:feldweg", "cottages:feldweg", "cottages:feldweg"}
+			{base_node, "", "" },
+			{base_node, "", ""},
+			{base_node, base_node, base_node}
 		},
 	})									                                       
 	               
 	if include_end then
 		minetest.register_craft({
-			output = "cottages:feldweg_end 5",
+			output = "cottages:feldweg_end"..postfix.." 5",
 			recipe = {
-				{"cottages:feldweg", "", "cottages:feldweg" },
-				{"cottages:feldweg", "cottages:feldweg", "cottages:feldweg"}
+				{base_node, "", base_node },
+				{base_node, base_node, base_node}
 			},
 		})	
 	end
+
+	-- if the 45 degree version is loaded
+	if(minetest.registered_nodes["cottages:feldweg_45"..postfix]) then
+	    minetest.register_craft({
+		output = "cottages:feldweg_45"..postfix,
+		recipe = {{base_node}}
+	    })
+	    minetest.register_craft({
+		output = "cottages:feldweg_l_curve"..postfix,
+		recipe = {{"cottages:feldweg_45"..postfix}}
+	    })
+	    minetest.register_craft({
+		output = "cottages:feldweg_r_curve"..postfix,
+		recipe = {{"cottages:feldweg_l_curve"..postfix}}
+	    })
+	    minetest.register_craft({
+		output = "cottages:feldweg_s_45"..postfix,
+		recipe = {{"cottages:feldweg_r_curve"..postfix}}
+	    })
+	    minetest.register_craft({
+		output = "cottages:feldweg_d_45"..postfix,
+		recipe = {{"cottages:feldweg_s_45"..postfix}}
+	    })
+	    minetest.register_craft({
+		output = "cottages:feldweg"..postfix,
+		recipe = {{"cottages:feldweg_d_45"..postfix}}
+	    })
+	end
 end
 
+
+-- those can be offered in diffrent variants...
+cottages.register_nodes_mesh = function(postfix, texture_top, texture_bottom, texture_side, cottages_feldweg_mode, name_postfix)
+	-- a nice dirt road for small villages or paths to fields
+	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg"..postfix, {
+		description = S("dirt road"..name_postfix),
+		paramtype2 = "facedir",
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
+		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
+		groups = {crumbly=3},
+		sounds = cottages.sounds.dirt,
+		is_ground_content = false,
+		tiles = {"cottages_feldweg_end.png",
+			-- "default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png", "default_dirt.png", "default_grass.png",
+			texture_side, texture_bottom, texture_top,
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png"},
+		paramtype = "light",
+		drawtype = "mesh",
+		mesh = "feldweg.obj",
+	})
+
+
+	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_crossing"..postfix, {
+		description = S("dirt road crossing"..name_postfix),
+		paramtype2 = "facedir",
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
+		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
+		groups = {crumbly=3},
+		sounds = cottages.sounds.dirt,
+		is_ground_content = false,
+		tiles = {"cottages_feldweg_end.png",
+			--"default_dirt.png", "default_grass.png",
+			texture_bottom, texture_top,
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png"},
+		paramtype = "light",
+		drawtype = "mesh",
+		mesh = "feldweg-crossing.obj",
+	})
+
+	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_t_junction"..postfix, {
+		description = S("dirt road t junction"..name_postfix),
+		paramtype2 = "facedir",
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
+		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
+		groups = {crumbly=3},
+		sounds = cottages.sounds.dirt,
+		is_ground_content = false,
+		tiles = {"cottages_feldweg_end.png",
+			-- "default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png", "default_dirt.png", "default_grass.png",
+			texture_side, texture_bottom, texture_top,
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png"},
+		paramtype = "light",
+		drawtype = "mesh",
+		mesh = "feldweg-T-junction.obj",
+	})
+
+	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_curve"..postfix, {
+		description = S("dirt road curve"..name_postfix),
+		paramtype2 = "facedir",
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
+		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
+		groups = {crumbly=3},
+		sounds = cottages.sounds.dirt,
+		is_ground_content = false,
+		tiles = {
+			-- "default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png","default_grass.png",
+			texture_side, texture_top,
+			-- "default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png",
+			texture_side,
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
+			-- "default_dirt.png",
+			texture_bottom,
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png"},
+			-- "default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png", "default_dirt.png", "default_grass.png",
+			texture_side, texture_bottom, texture_top,
+		paramtype = "light",
+		drawtype = "mesh",
+		mesh = "feldweg-curve.obj",
+	})
+
+	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_end"..postfix, {
+		description = S("dirt road end"..name_postfix),
+		paramtype2 = "facedir",
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
+		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
+		groups = {crumbly=3},
+		sounds = cottages.sounds.dirt,
+		is_ground_content = false,
+		tiles = {"cottages_feldweg_end.png",
+			-- "default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png", "default_dirt.png", "default_grass.png",
+			texture_side, texture_bottom, texture_top,
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png",
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png"},
+		paramtype = "light",
+		drawtype = "mesh",
+		mesh = "feldweg_end.obj",
+	})
+
+	if( cottages_feldweg_mode ~= "mesh_incl_45" ) then
+		return
+	end
+
+	-- new feldweg
+	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_45"..postfix, {
+		description = S("dirt road 45º"..name_postfix),
+		tiles = {
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png",
+			-- "default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png", "default_dirt.png", "default_grass.png",
+			texture_side, texture_bottom, texture_top,
+		},
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2,crumbly=3},
+		drawtype = "mesh",
+		mesh = "feldweg_45.b3d",
+		paramtype = "light",
+		paramtype2 = "facedir",
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
+		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
+		is_ground_content = true,
+	})
+
+	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_s_45"..postfix, {
+		description = S("dirt road 45º edge"..name_postfix),
+		tiles = {
+			-- "default_grass.png", "default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png", "default_dirt.png",
+			texture_top, texture_side, texture_bottom,
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png",
+		},
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2,crumbly=3},
+		drawtype = "mesh",
+		mesh = "feldweg_s_45.b3d",
+		paramtype = "light",
+		paramtype2 = "facedir",
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
+		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
+		is_ground_content = true,
+	})
+
+	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_d_45"..postfix, {
+		description = S("dirt road 45º double edge"..name_postfix),
+		tiles = {
+			-- "default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png", "default_dirt.png", "default_grass.png",
+			texture_side, texture_bottom, texture_top,
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png",
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
+		},
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2,crumbly=3},
+		drawtype = "mesh",
+		mesh = "feldweg_d_45.b3d",
+		paramtype = "light",
+		paramtype2 = "facedir",
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
+		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
+		is_ground_content = true,
+	})
+
+	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_l_curve"..postfix, {
+		description = S("dirt road left curve"..name_postfix),
+		tiles = {
+			-- "default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png", "default_dirt.png", "default_grass.png",
+			texture_side, texture_bottom, texture_top,
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png",
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
+		},
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2,crumbly=3},
+		drawtype = "mesh",
+		mesh = "feldweg_l_45_curve.b3d",
+		paramtype = "light",
+		paramtype2 = "facedir",
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
+		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
+		is_ground_content = true,
+	})
+
+	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_r_curve"..postfix, {
+		description = S("dirt road right curve"..name_postfix),
+		tiles = {
+			-- "default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png", "default_dirt.png", "default_grass.png",
+			texture_side, texture_bottom, texture_top,
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png",
+			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
+		},
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2,crumbly=3},
+		drawtype = "mesh",
+		mesh = "feldweg_r_45_curve.b3d",
+		paramtype = "light",
+		paramtype2 = "facedir",
+		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
+		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
+		is_ground_content = true,
+	})
+end
+
+
+
+
 --- a nice dirt road for small villages or paths to fields
 if( cottages_feldweg_mode == "simple" or cottages_feldweg_mode == "flat" ) then
 	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg", {
@@ -297,105 +545,67 @@ elseif( cottages_feldweg_mode == "nodebox" ) then
 --
 -- the mesh version (rounded); provided and created by VanessaE
 --
-elseif( cottages_feldweg_mode == "mesh" ) then
-
-	-- a nice dirt road for small villages or paths to fields
-	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg", {
-		description = S("dirt road"),
-		paramtype2 = "facedir",
-		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
-		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
-		groups = {crumbly=3},
-		sounds = cottages.sounds.dirt,
-		is_ground_content = false,
-		tiles = {"cottages_feldweg_end.png","default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png",
-			"default_dirt.png", "default_grass.png",
-			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
-			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png"},
-		paramtype = "light",
-		drawtype = "mesh",
-		mesh = "feldweg.obj",
-	})
+elseif( cottages_feldweg_mode == "mesh"
+	or cottages_feldweg_mode == "mesh_incl_45" ) then
 
 
-	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_crossing", {
-		description = S("dirt road crossing"),
-		paramtype2 = "facedir",
-		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
-		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
-		groups = {crumbly=3},
-		sounds = cottages.sounds.dirt,
-		is_ground_content = false,
-		tiles = {"cottages_feldweg_end.png","default_dirt.png",
-			"default_grass.png","cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
-			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png"},
-		paramtype = "light",
-		drawtype = "mesh",
-		mesh = "feldweg-crossing.obj",
-	})
+	local variants = {}
+	variants["grass"] = {
+		"default_grass.png", -- grass top
+		"default_dirt.png", -- bottom
+		"default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png", -- side
+		"",
+		"default:dirt",
+		""
+	}
+	variants["gravel"] = {
+		"default_gravel.png", -- grass top
+		"default_gravel.png", -- bottom
+		"default_gravel.png", -- side
+		"_gravel",
+		"default:gravel",
+		" on gravel",
+	}
+	variants["coniferous"] = {
+		"default_coniferous_litter.png", -- grass top
+		"default_dirt.png", -- bottom
+		"default_dirt.png^default_coniferous_litter_side.png", -- side
+		"_coniferous",
+		"default:dirt_with_coniferous_litter",
+		" on coniferious litter",
+	}
+	variants["snow"] = {
+		"default_snow.png", -- grass top
+		"default_dirt.png", -- bottom
+		"default_dirt.png^default_snow_side.png", -- side
+		"_snow",
+		"default:dirt_with_snow",
+		" on snow", }
+	variants["dry"] = {
+		"default_dry_grass.png", -- grass top
+		"default_dirt.png", -- bottom
+		"default_dirt.png^default_dry_grass_side.png", -- side
+		"_dry",
+		"default:dry_dirt",
+		" on dry dirt",
+	}
+	variants["bamboo"] = {
+		"ethereal_grass_bamboo_top.png", -- grass top
+		"default_dirt.png", -- bottom
+		"default_dirt.png^ethereal_grass_bamboo_side.png", -- side
+		"_bamboo",
+		"ethereal:bamboo_dirt",
+		" on bamboo dirt",
+	}
 
-
-	                                          
-	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_t_junction", {
-		description = S("dirt road t junction"),
-		paramtype2 = "facedir",
-		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
-		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
-		groups = {crumbly=3},
-		sounds = cottages.sounds.dirt,
-		is_ground_content = false,
-		tiles = {"cottages_feldweg_end.png","default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png", "default_dirt.png",
-			"default_grass.png","cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
-			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png"},
-		paramtype = "light",
-		drawtype = "mesh",
-		mesh = "feldweg-T-junction.obj",
-	})
-	                                          
-
-
-	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_curve", {
-		description = S("dirt road curve"),
-		paramtype2 = "facedir",
-		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
-		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
-		groups = {crumbly=3},
-		sounds = cottages.sounds.dirt,
-		is_ground_content = false,
-		tiles = {"default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png","default_grass.png",
-			"default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png","cottages_feldweg_surface.png",
-			"default_dirt.png","cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png"},
-		paramtype = "light",
-		drawtype = "mesh",
-		mesh = "feldweg-curve.obj",
-	})
-
-
-							
-	minetest.register_node("cottages:feldweg_end", {
-		description = S("dirt road end"),
-		paramtype2 = "facedir",
-		groups = {snappy=2,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2},
-		legacy_facedir_simple = true,
-		groups = {crumbly=3},
-		sounds = cottages.sounds.dirt,
-		is_ground_content = false,
-		tiles = {"cottages_feldweg_end.png","default_dirt.png^default_grass_side.png",
-			"default_dirt.png", "default_grass.png",
-			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png^cottages_feldweg_edges.png",
-			"cottages_feldweg_surface.png"},
-		paramtype = "light",
-		drawtype = "mesh",
-		mesh = "feldweg_end.obj",
-	})
-	   
-	                                          
-	register_recipes(true)
- 
-	                                          
+	for k, v in pairs(variants) do
+		cottages.register_nodes_mesh(v[4], v[1], v[2], v[3], cottages_feldweg_mode, v[6])
+		register_recipes(true, v[4], v[5])
+	end
 end
 
 
+
 -- create stairs if possible
 if( minetest.get_modpath("stairs") and stairs and stairs.register_stair_and_slab) then
    stairs.register_stair_and_slab("feldweg", "cottages:feldweg",
@@ -406,7 +616,9 @@ if( minetest.get_modpath("stairs") and stairs and stairs.register_stair_and_slab
 		cottages.sounds.dirt)
 end
 
-if( cottages_feldweg_mode == "nodebox" or cottages_feldweg_mode == "mesh" ) then
+if( cottages_feldweg_mode == "nodebox"
+ or cottages_feldweg_mode == "mesh"
+ or cottages_feldweg_mode == "mesh_incl_45") then
         local box_slope = {
 			type = "fixed",
 			fixed = {
diff --git a/nodes_historic.lua b/nodes_historic.lua
index d3b2403..f88703f 100644
--- a/nodes_historic.lua
+++ b/nodes_historic.lua
@@ -204,16 +204,6 @@ minetest.register_craft({
 	}
 })
 
--- run a wagon wheel over dirt :-)
-minetest.register_craft({
-	output = "cottages:feldweg 4",
-	recipe = {
-		{"",            "cottages:wagon_wheel", "" },
-		{cottages.craftitem_dirt,cottages.craftitem_dirt,cottages.craftitem_dirt }
-	},
-        replacements = { {'cottages:wagon_wheel', 'cottages:wagon_wheel'}, }
-})
-
 minetest.register_craft({
 	output = "cottages:loam 4",
 	recipe = {