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Is there a way to store extra information on the player object and retrieve it later. For instance I want to divide players up into teams and store the team name/id on on the player object for easy reference.

you can create a table and store the player team using the name as key:

Example code:

At top of init.lua:


When player joins:

It might also work to create a new list in the player's inventory and store things in the metadata of the inventory's stacks. Player inventory is persisted automatically by the engine, so this MIGHT give you essentially a small persistent database....

prestidigitator wrote:It might also work to create a new list in the player's inventory and store things in the metadata of the inventory's stacks. Player inventory is persisted automatically by the engine, so this MIGHT give you essentially a small persistent database....

See this mod: https://github.com/rubenwardy/awards
the player_data table holds stuff for each player, and the function in minetest.register_onnewplayer() or whatever in trigger.lua

kaeza wrote:you can create a table and store the player team using the name as key:

Example code:

At top of init.lua:

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local team = { };


When player joins:

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team[player:get_player_name()] = "red";


I'm going to use this method. Thanks.