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A new implementation of throwing with a cleaner code and providing an API in order to be extensible.

Throwing mod by PilzAdam
Throwing mod by Jeija

This mod is able to replace both throwing mods above without issues (if you name its directory throwing, the itemstrings remain the same).

This mod is actively tested on the Mynetest server.

GitHub repository (includes issue tracker)

Download (Also available in .tar.gz)

Configuration and API documentation

Dependencies: default and farming (both included in the minetest game, you don't need to install them)
License for code: MPL-2.0
License for textures: Same as for the textures of the throwing mod by PilzAdam (WTFPL).

Bows:

• Wooden Bow
• Stone Bow
• Steel Bow
• Bronze Bow
• Mese Bow
• Diamond Bow

Arrows:

• Arrow
• Golden Arrow
• Dig Arrow
• Admin Dig Arrow
• Teleport Arrow
• Torch Arrow
• Build Arrow
• Drop Arrow

Interesting.But when i get hitted by an arrow the game crashes with the following error:

init.lua 66: attempt to call method "get_player_name" (a nil value)

yzelast wrote:Interesting.But when i het hitted by an arrow the game crashes with the following error:

init.lua 66: attempt to call method "get_player_name" (a nil value)

Sorry for this bug ! Now fixed ;-)
Thank you for testing !

I tested it a little, and it seems working great with mods redo. Cool.

Nice mod! Some bugs though:

• Arrows are placeable. Becomes black and not digable.
• Torch arrow puts all torches upside down, regardless of landing surface direction. Minetest 0.4.15 with new 3d torches.
• Teleport arrow sometimes crash the client (but not the server). Sorry for no log this time.

texmex wrote:Nice mod! Some bugs though:

• Arrows are placeable. Becomes black and not digable.
• Torch arrow puts all torches upside down, regardless of landing surface direction. Minetest 0.4.15 with new 3d torches.
• Teleport arrow sometimes crash the client (but not the server). Sorry for no log this time.

Thank you very much for these reports!

The first bug is now fixed. A new setting has been added (defaulting to false): throwing.allow_arrow_placing. If it's true, the arrow can be placed as a normal node (now diggable and coloured). If it's false, the arrow cannot be placed.

The second bug looks really hard to fix. I have replaced minetest.set_node by minetest.place_node, so that the torch is now placed vertically. However, now, it can only be placed if there is a non-air node under it, because it's an attached node (if it cannot be placed in non-creative mode, of course the torch goes back to your inventory).

I tried to reproduce the last bug, but the teleport arrow never crashes for me...

Sweet!

The teleport arrow bug could possibly have been triggered by moving fast and shooting the arrow into unloaded territory…

texmex wrote:The teleport arrow bug could possibly have been triggered by moving fast and shooting the arrow into unloaded territory…

No crash for me :/

Palige wrote:No crash for me :/

Perhaps a freak event :)

I wonder, could this mod be made to extend player's item drop feature? So that you may throw items longer, to a buddy on another cliff perhaps.

texmex wrote:I wonder, could this mod be made to extend player's item drop feature? So that you may throw items longer, to a buddy on another cliff perhaps.

Yeah, definitely, this can be done in 15 lines using the mod API ! And that's a great idea, I'm implementing it

Palige wrote:Yeah, definitely, this can be done in 15 lines using the mod API ! And that's a great idea, I'm implementing it

That's great! Because one should be able to…

texmex wrote:I wonder, could this mod be made to extend player's item drop feature? So that you may throw items longer, to a buddy on another cliff perhaps.

Done (in 20 lines)!
The dropped item is the item next to the arrow in the inventory.
The drop arrow can be crafted using a copper ingot (because I had no better idea...)

Tested it. The feature I hade in mind would extend the native Q key drop function. Perhaps throwing it longer the longer keypress before release. But I wasn't very clear at all, and drop arrow is cool and useful too!

texmex wrote:Tested it. The feature I hade in mind would extend the native Q key drop function. Perhaps throwing it longer the longer keypress before release. But I wasn't very clear at all, and drop arrow is cool and useful too!

Unfortunately, this is not possible, because the Minetest API does not provide any way to know whether a player is pressing the Q key (the only keys that the API can tell are those).

Palige wrote:Unfortunately, this is not possible, because the Minetest API does not provide any way to know whether a player is pressing the Q key (the only keys that the API can tell are those).

Oh, i see. Well, at least I can start of my sneak key based mod based on this information.