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Hello! This is my first mod that I have made for minetest that I have posted!
This mod adds 22 new commands to minetest.
A full list of these commands can be seen here.
It is suggested that you use minetest 0.4.14 because I wrote the mod in that version.

BUGS:
You can use github or the comments to submit a bug report.
Pre 0.1.2: The game will crash when you use the /vanish command incorrectly.

Suggestions:
If you have an idea for a command, or any other development idea, feel free to post them in the comments!




License:
Code: LGPL v2.1+
Textures & Models: CC-BY 3.0+ Unported

Mod Dependencies:

• default
• beds

Optional Dependencies:
rank | Forum topic - Github

Downloads:
Download
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Or browse the code on github



Credits:

Mod created by: bigfoot547
With contributions made by: orwell and red-001
Contributions tweaked by: bigfoot547
With special thanks to Wuzzy for suggestions
And Jacob for play testing my mod

/back API:

• Add morecommands to depends.txt
• Before your mod teleports the player, set back_pos[name] to the player's rounded position, replacing name with the player's name.

Nice!
+1000!
Those commands look very useful for admins.

EDIT: I really like the "command_feedback"... Great work!

Nice mod!

Thank you for your support!

MineYoshi wrote:EDIT: I really like the "command_feedback"... Great work!

I also have "enable_forced_command_feedback" for the /sudo command that looks like this: [<name>: Forced target to run command "<command> <arguments>".]

EDIT: Added to 1st topic.

+1

Updated to 0.1.2. Crash bug fixed.

There are some redundant commands:

Tell a player something privately using the /tell command

We already have /msg.

Say something to the whole server using the /say command

This is called “chat”. Its when you write something without a leading slash. :P

List the players on the server using the /list command

Overlaps with /status, although /status is a bit cryptic to read. Maybe Minetest's output should be improved here.

And many of the player commands like /kill have probably implemented 1000 times in other mods, so there is potential overlap (example: playertools).

It is likely there will be more “double commands” when using this mod with another chat command registering mod. Can you somehow try to avoid this situation?

But I still think this mod can be useful for testing and on servers. Not really useful fore me however, as I will simply use /lua from luacmd and I don't moderate any server.

Wuzzy wrote:There are some redundant commands:

Tell a player something privately using the /tell command

We already have /msg.

Say something to the whole server using the /say command

This is called “chat”. Its when you write something without a leading slash. :P

Thank you for the input. I am planning on replacing the /tell and /say commands with the /drop and /fnode command to spawn dropped items and falling nodes.

bigfoot547 wrote:

Wuzzy wrote:There are some redundant commands:

Tell a player something privately using the /tell command

We already have /msg.

Say something to the whole server using the /say command

This is called “chat”. Its when you write something without a leading slash. :P

Thank you for the input. I am planning on replacing the /tell and /say commands with the /drop and /fnode command to spawn dropped items and falling nodes.

Good idea.

Mod updated to 0.2.0.
Requesting mod be put into mod releases.

Here some suggestions on what to do.
These come from my private mod in which I just hack everything I need.

maybe you'll find it useful.

orwell wrote:Here some suggestions on what to do.
These come from my private mod in which I just hack everything I need.

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--an easy way to try if and after what time the server is answering
core.register_chatcommand("ping", {
   params = "",
   description = "Ping",
   privs = {},
   func = function(name, param)
      return true, "Pong!"
   end,
})

core.register_chatcommand("ilist", {
   params = "[search term]",
   description = "Find item names or list all items",
   privs = {},
   func = function(name, param)
      --minetest.chat_send_player(name, "")
      local parami=""
      if param~=nil then
         parami=param
      end
      minetest.chat_send_player(name,"------------------------nodes")
      for n, i in pairs(core.registered_nodes) do
         if string.find(n, parami, 1, true) then
            minetest.chat_send_player(name, n)
         end
      end
      minetest.chat_send_player(name,"------------------------tools")
      for n, i in pairs(core.registered_tools) do
         if string.find(n, parami, 1, true) then
            minetest.chat_send_player(name, n)
         end
      end
      minetest.chat_send_player(name,"------------------------craftitems")
      for n, i in pairs(core.registered_craftitems) do
         if string.find(n, parami, 1, true) then
            minetest.chat_send_player(name, n)
         end
      end

   end,
})

--can be useful in combination with unknown items from which you want to know what they are.
core.register_chatcommand("pwii", {
   description = "print wielded item",
   params = "",
   privs = {},
   func = function(name, param)
      local player_sao=minetest.get_player_by_name(name)
      local wielditem=player_sao:get_wielded_item()
      if not wielditem then return true, "PWII: No Item" end
      return true, "PWII: "..wielditem:get_name().." "..wielditem:get_count()
   end,
})

--pure get_player_information call
core.register_chatcommand("pinfo", {
   description = "print info about player",
   params = "player_name",
   privs = {server=true},
   func = function(name, param)
      return true, param.." ->"..dump(minetest.get_player_information(param)) or "No player or serialisation failed."
   end,
})

--2 tools that make life easier
minetest.register_tool("morecmds:admintool", {
   description = "Admin tool. Left click object/node: remove without any check. Right click node: remove node ad adjacent position (useful for non-pointable nodes)",
   inventory_image = "morecmds_admintool.png",
   groups={not_in_creative_inventory=1},
   on_use = function(itemstack, user, pointed_thing)
      if not user then return end
      local has_privs, missing_privs = core.check_player_privs(user:get_player_name(), {server=true})
      if not has_privs then
         minetest.chat_send_player(user:get_player_name(), "You are a cheater!")
         return itemstack:take_item()
      end

      if pointed_thing.type == "node" then
         if pointed_thing.under then
            minetest.set_node(pointed_thing.under, {name="air"})
         end
      elseif pointed_thing.type == "object" then
         if pointed_thing.ref then
            pointed_thing.ref:remove()
         end
      end
      return itemstack
   end,
   on_place = function(itemstack, user, pointed_thing)
      if not user then return end

      local has_privs, missing_privs = core.check_player_privs(user:get_player_name(), {server=true})
      if not has_privs then
         minetest.chat_send_player(user:get_player_name(), "You are a cheater!")
         return itemstack:take_item()
      end

      if pointed_thing.type == "node" then
         if pointed_thing.above then
            minetest.set_node(pointed_thing.above, {name="air"})
         end
      end
      return itemstack
   end,
})
minetest.register_tool("morecmds:infotool", {
   description = "Info tool. Left click node to get information.",
   inventory_image = "morecmds_admintool.png",
   groups={not_in_creative_inventory=1},
   on_use = function(itemstack, user, pointed_thing)
      if not user then return end
      local has_privs, missing_privs = core.check_player_privs(user:get_player_name(), {server=true})
      if not has_privs then
         minetest.chat_send_player(user:get_player_name(), "You are a cheater!")
         return itemstack:take_item()
      end
      
      if pointed_thing.type == "node" then
         if pointed_thing.under then
            minetest.chat_send_player(user:get_player_name(), "Node at "..minetest.pos_to_string(pointed_thing.under)..": "..(dump(minetest.get_node_or_nil(pointed_thing.under))))
            return itemstack
         end
      end
      return itemstack
   end,
})

--formspec broadcaster
core.register_chatcommand("broadcast", {
   description = "open broadcasting formspec with a huge text area. have fun while typing in text.",
   params = "<text>",
   privs = {server=true},
   func = function(name, param)
      print(name.." broadcasted "..param)
      for _, objref in pairs(minetest.get_connected_players()) do
         minetest.show_formspec(objref:get_player_name(), "broadcast", "size[11,10]textarea[0.5,0.5;10.5,10;maintext;Broadcast message from "..name..";"..param.."]button_exit[4,9;4,1;end;OK]")
      end
   end,
})
--formspec broadcaster
core.register_chatcommand("showtext", {
   description = "open formspec with a huge text area at player. have fun while typing in text.",
   params = "<player> <text>",
   privs = {server=true},
   func = function(name, param)
      local key,val=string.match(param, "^([^%s]+)%s?(.*)$")
      if minetest.get_player_by_name(key) then
         minetest.show_formspec(key, "broadcast", "size[11,10]textarea[0.5,0.5;10.5,10;maintext;;"..val.."]button_exit[4,9;4,1;end;OK]")
      end
   end,
})

--get/set metadata. TODO: improve, atm they use the stand-pos of the player
core.register_chatcommand("getmeta", {
   params = "",
   description = "get meta key of underlying node",
   privs = {server=true},
   func = function(name, param)
      local posi=core.get_player_by_name(name):getpos()
      posi.x=math.floor(posi.x+0.5)
      posi.y=math.floor(posi.y+1)
      posi.z=math.floor(posi.z+0.5)
      local meta=minetest.get_meta(posi)
      if meta then
         local prev="<not set>"
         if meta:get_string(param) and meta:get_string(param)~="" then
            prev=meta:get_string(param)
         end
         return true,param.." of "..minetest.pos_to_string(posi)..": "..prev
      end
      return false,"No metadata at "..minetest.pos_to_string(posi)
   end,
})

core.register_chatcommand("setmeta", {
   params = "",
   description = "set meta of underlying node",
   privs = {server=true},
   func = function(name, param)
      local key,val=string.match(param, "^([^%s]+)%s?(.*)$")
      if not key or not val then
         return false,"invalid parameters!"
      end
      local posi=core.get_player_by_name(name):getpos()
      posi.x=math.floor(posi.x+0.5)
      posi.y=math.floor(posi.y+1)
      posi.z=math.floor(posi.z+0.5)
      local meta=minetest.get_meta(posi)
      if meta then
         local prev="<not set>"
         if meta:get_string(key) and meta:get_string(key)~="" then
            prev=meta:get_string(key)
         end
         meta:set_string(key, val or "")
         return true,"Set "..key.." of node "..minetest.pos_to_string(posi).." to "..val..". Previous value: "..prev
      end
      return false,"No metadata at "..minetest.pos_to_string(posi)
   end,
})
core.register_chatcommand("dumpmeta", {
   params = "",
   description = "dump meta of underlying node",
   privs = {server=true},
   func = function(name, param)
   local posi=core.get_player_by_name(name):getpos()
   posi.x=math.floor(posi.x+0.5)
   posi.y=math.floor(posi.y+1)
   posi.z=math.floor(posi.z+0.5)
   local meta=minetest.get_meta(posi)
   if meta then
      return true,dump(meta:to_table())
   end
   return false,"No metadata at "..minetest.pos_to_string(posi)
end,
})

--register command aliases:
--introduce some short names for commands you use often
morecmds_rca=function(name, from)
   if minetest.chatcommands[from] then
      minetest.register_chatcommand(name, minetest.chatcommands[from])
   end
end
minetest.after(0,function()
morecmds_rca("tp", "teleport")
morecmds_rca("gm", "giveme")
morecmds_rca("g", "give")
morecmds_rca("sd", "shutdown")
morecmds_rca("il", "ilist")
morecmds_rca("l", "list")
morecmds_rca("k", "kick")
morecmds_rca("b", "ban")
morecmds_rca("ub", "unban")
morecmds_rca("bc", "broadcast")
morecmds_rca("mbc", "mbbcast")
morecmds_rca("pv", "pulverize")
morecmds_rca("gt", "grant")
morecmds_rca("rv", "revoke")
end)


maybe you'll find it useful.

Thank you very much for the suggestions!
I would love to feature these!

I have a question: May I use these verbatim under the LGPL v2.1+ while giving you credits?

yes, you may.

Warning! Please update to 1.0.1!
There have been countless bug fixes since then!

nice:)

Changed version to 1.0.4.
Changelog: Add support for the rank mod with the /nick command.

Oh, yeah. *BUMP*

/nick. sounds weird for a french people.

Changed to version 1.0.5

Changed to version 1.0.6

Changed to version 1.0.7

Changed to version 1.0.8

Changed to version 1.0.9

nice!

Updated to version 1.0.10. Changelog:

Enjoy!

Does anybody use this any more?
It doesn't seem like an imperitave mod, and no one talkes about it.
Should I continue working on it?

Does anybody have any suggestions?
*bump*

Updated to version 1.0.11.

bigfoot547 wrote:Does anybody have any suggestions?

When I want a worldmap, almost everytime I find some unexplored gaps,
or an 'uneven' border. So, I have to fly/teleport there, then make a new map.

How about some commands, like
* mapgap 0,0 - find nearest unexplored mapchunk (spiraling outward from given coordinate)
* gapfill - call mapgenerator to fill in that chunk
* mapfill 500,500 - call mapgenerator to fill in the whole map to the specified size

This probably only needs to work for a layer of +/-128 to get a nice surface-map.

Also, some commands to find map-features:
* mapfind 0,0, flat50x50 - starting at center, spiral outward to find 'flat' spots
of at least size 50x50, eg. to place a village

Possible features of interest:
* flat - terrain with max. difference in height less then 5
* cliff - terrain with height-difference > 10 on a horizontal distance of 3
* mountain - terrain-height > 60
* mountainXL - terrain-height > 100
* hill - terrain higher than 20, but lower then 60
* float - floating island
* floatland - floating island at y>1280
* water, desert, sandstone, snow, ice ... - looking for types of stones, or biomes
* waterfall
* river - with river-water
* valley
* beach - water bordered by sand
* lake - enclosed water / max. depth 10
* ocean - depth > 10
* cave - space underground
* hole - opening at the surface to a cave
* dungeon - space with mossy cobble underground
* lava
* pinetree, jungletree, acadiatree, papyrus, etc. - to find biomes by plant-type
* flowers - where is the nearest red flower?
* chest, door, torch, bed - find players place

Perhaps with an extra option to call the mapgenerator
to make more terrain until such a spot is found (or some limit is reached).

Also:
* orecount 0,0,0 coal - count number of nodes with coal-ore around position,
to get an idea how suitable a spot is for starting players
* orestat - same, but look at all types of ore
Maybe name it 'nodestat', to also look at trees, clay, etc.

Great!!!!

hajo wrote:

bigfoot547 wrote:Does anybody have any suggestions?

When I want a worldmap, almost everytime I find some unexplored gaps,
or an 'uneven' border. So, I have to fly/teleport there, then make a new map.

How about some commands, like
* mapgap 0,0 - find nearest unexplored mapchunk (spiraling outward from given coordinate)
* gapfill - call mapgenerator to fill in that chunk
* mapfill 500,500 - call mapgenerator to fill in the whole map to the specified size

This probably only needs to work for a layer of +/-128 to get a nice surface-map.

Also, some commands to find map-features:
* mapfind 0,0, flat50x50 - starting at center, spiral outward to find 'flat' spots
of at least size 50x50, eg. to place a village

Possible features of interest:
* flat - terrain with max. difference in height less then 5
* cliff - terrain with height-difference > 10 on a horizontal distance of 3
* mountain - terrain-height > 60
* mountainXL - terrain-height > 100
* hill - terrain higher than 20, but lower then 60
* float - floating island
* floatland - floating island at y>1280
* water, desert, sandstone, snow, ice ... - looking for types of stones, or biomes
* waterfall
* river - with river-water
* valley
* beach - water bordered by sand
* lake - enclosed water / max. depth 10
* ocean - depth > 10
* cave - space underground
* hole - opening at the surface to a cave
* dungeon - space with mossy cobble underground
* lava
* pinetree, jungletree, acadiatree, papyrus, etc. - to find biomes by plant-type
* flowers - where is the nearest red flower?
* chest, door, torch, bed - find players place

Perhaps with an extra option to call the mapgenerator
to make more terrain until such a spot is found (or some limit is reached).

Also:
* orecount 0,0,0 coal - count number of nodes with coal-ore around position,
to get an idea how suitable a spot is for starting players
* orestat - same, but look at all types of ore
Maybe name it 'nodestat', to also look at trees, clay, etc.

I think this would be a great idea, but I have a very limited knowledge when it comes to map generation and things of the sort.

Mehdi35 wrote:Great!!!!

Thank you! I am glad you like it.