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WalkOver

Some mod developers have shown an interest in having an on_walk_over event. This is useful for pressure-plates and the like.

See this issue - https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/247

I have implemented a server_side version in lua using globalstep which people might find useful. Of course this would better implemented via a client-based "on walk over", but it is sufficient for my needs now.

Example Usage


Depends: default

Code license: Apache 2.0

Github: https://github.com/eidy/walkover
Download: https://github.com/eidy/walkover/archive/master.zip

This code may be of use https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6773

Thank you for posting this!
I have added the mod to the dev wiki:
http://dev.minetest.net/Mod_interoperability

maybe this would be useful for all sorts of entities, not only players

Okay, I am currently trying out this mod. It more or less works, but not too well. I have experimented with it for MineClone 2.
I have added a redstone ore node which glows in the dark when you walk over it.
This is an early test run:



Here, I walked over all the redstone ores. But only some blocks actually glow. But all blocks should glow since I walked over all of them.

I walked over at normal speed on the left side and at sneak speed on the right side.
So even at sneak speed the mod seems to “miss” the walkover event. :-(

I will probably also take a look at paramat's trails mod.

Some other notes:
- Remove depends.txt, your mod does not depend on anything.
- Rename the function to “_on_walk_over”. The naming conventions in lua_api.txt suggest that all custom fields in item definitions should begin with “_”