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Hi everyone!
This mod can help lots of server admins and also player. I think this one or a similar one should be installed on every public minetest server!

Introducing... the Rollback Mod!

What this mod does
Imagine there is a griefer and several other players on your server. Unfortunately, you are not playing on the server.
You now want to repair the griefer's damage, but you don't want to destroy the other player's creations.
With this mod you can simply enter

into the ingame chat console and everything that PLAYERNAME did disappears.
You can also use

This means that everything PLAYERNAME did from TIME seconds ago till now disappears (make sure you dont reboot the system between destruction and rollback in this case)

How does it work?
This mod creates a logfile in its folder, one for each player. It logs every node the player digs and places.
It does NOT log the inventory and metadata (text sign, chest inventory, furnace inventory...)
It also cannot repair unloaded chunks! So make sure all the required chunks are loaded when doing a /rollback! You can also backup the log file in the mod's folder.
This mod does not log damage caused by other mods (pistons, nukes, ...) I can add this functionality if you'd like to.

What do you think about this Mod? What should I add?

Dependencies: none
License: WTFPL

Download
V 0.1 as .zip

Amazing! :D
But I want a download Link!!

Download link added. Just had to wait until it finished uploading.

jeija wrote:I can add this functionality if you'd like to.

YES!!!

love it putting it in my client for no real reason at all maybe to undo crazy things i do

works like a charm

Amazing. Wow.
Every public server should have this. :P

this is absolutely amazing, immensely practical

very cool feeling better about having a server running when im not around now:D

Amazing, thank you !!!

EDIT :

I just noticed a bug, if for example you do a rollback of 20 seconds and all the good contructions with more than 20 seconds and although we will be able to ever more removed

add this to krays server! :D

That's a very nice idea
congratz
+1

What is player X removed some node, placed another, then player Y removed X's node and placed something else. Then we rollback all X's changes... what now? I mean, that mod should handle last "owner" of node.

Also, little improvement: use break if tonumber(logtime)<os.time()-tonumber(time)

What is player X removed some node, placed another, then player Y removed X's node and placed something else. Then we rollback all X's changes... what now? I mean, that mod should handle last "owner" of node.

That's right. Therefore: Don't repair things griefers destroyed! As minetest does not have a node owner system (without a mod), I cannot change that.

Jordach wrote:add this to krays server! :D

It wouldn't work. It's a 0.3 server and mods aren't supported. But it was a good idea!
By the way, congratulation for this mod. It's one of the best so far.

Lol, wish Kray moved his map.

he might if 0.4 ever turns into a stable release :) anyone who doesnt check celerons blog or doesnt like the bleeding edge need a home too so untill then suck it up :)

Jeija wrote:

What is player X removed some node, placed another, then player Y removed X's node and placed something else. Then we rollback all X's changes... what now? I mean, that mod should handle last "owner" of node.

That's right. Therefore: Don't repair things griefers destroyed! As minetest does not have a node owner system (without a mod), I cannot change that.

You cannot stop your players from repairing their buildings that were griefed.
I think you can change it, just store player nickname who modified "that" node last. Maybe it'll be better to use sql? So you can select all "griefed" nodes with just one query.

this mod is very helpful to making other mods :D

Request: Admin roll back (only admins can rollback) maybe make an admin file that you can add in admins names and they can rollback griefers horrible changes

jordan4ibanez wrote:Request: Admin roll back (only admins can rollback) maybe make an admin file that you can add in admins names and they can rollback griefers horrible changes

This only works for admins already (At least I think so)
You have to have the "privs" priviledge to rollback. Normally only admins have that.

alrighty thanks for the help

another request! /rollbackclear "playername"
clears the players log!

&

so that it clears it after a couple days!

+1 for this Request/Idea

This mod saved my world from griefers more than once, and I'm very happy with it, but now it's making my server crash every time an user logs in. It gives the following error:

("Avortat" means aborted)

very functional and useful. very good. But I have a doubt: if you create a file does not increase the player's memory and slows down the game?

Please log metadata and DEFINETLY OTHER MODS. Also add chest items, if possible.
Oh and store logs IN THE WORLD FOLDER! Otherwise /rollback on other maps will pop up a lot of blocks in random places (!)

..and make it so you can right-click a block with a stick and see it's history