[Mod] Information on the HUD [hud_improved] [1.1]

[bigfoot547]

Hello! This mod adds more information on the HUD.

This mod works on 0.4.14-dev from late November.

BUGS:
You may post bug reports on github or here.
You may post feature requests on github or here.

+ Features

• A multitude of data values and other helpful information. A list can be found here.

+ Planned Features

• There will be a configuration menu where you can change the position of the text on the screen

+ Screenshots

License

• Code: LGPL v2.1+

Mod Dependencies

• None

Optional Mod Dependencies

• Rank

Downloads
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+ Changelog

• 1.0: Initial commit. Use 1.1 instead
• 1.1: Real initial commit, documentation was updated.

[bigfoot547]

*bump*

[echosa]

Your download and browse repository links don't work. Did you make the repo private?

Also, you mention that you want to add a way to customize where the text on the screen is. I recommend also adding a way to customize what information does and does not get displayed.

Finally, when I first saw this, I thought it might be a Minetest version of the WAILA mod for Minecraft, which tells you what you're looking at and additional information about that block/thing. Do you think you could add something like that to this mod? It seems fitting. Currently, I don't see any use for this mod, personally. A WAILA replacement, however, would be super awesome.

[bigfoot547]

Your download and browse repository links don't work. Did you make the repo private?

Also, you mention that you want to add a way to customize where the text on the screen is. I recommend also adding a way to customize what information does and does not get displayed.

Finally, when I first saw this, I thought it might be a Minetest version of the WAILA mod for Minecraft, which tells you what you're looking at and additional information about that block/thing. Do you think you could add something like that to this mod? It seems fitting. Currently, I don't see any use for this mod, personally. A WAILA replacement, however, would be super awesome.

Fixed. I'm sorry, I typo-ed both the links :P.
Sadly, minetest doesn't support anything like player:get_pointed_thing() so there is no way to find out what the player is looking at without geometry and such. If you have any ideas of how, feel free to put them here! :-)
I was looking at making a configuration menu for position.

[echosa]

minetest doesn't support anything like player:get_pointed_thing()

That's surprising. If you look at the debug info with F5, it shows it:

[mahmutelmas06]

Of course it is possible and there is a mod doing that already.

viewtopic.php?t=10095

[bigfoot547]

minetest doesn't support anything like player:get_pointed_thing()

That's surprising. If you look at the debug info with F5, it shows it:

That is part of the core. Sadly, AFAIK there is not an api function for that.

[echosa]

That's unfortunate. Seems like there's an number of things not exposed to through the API or a config yet (like the ability to start with the minimap on everytime you load a world).

[bigfoot547]

Of course it is possible and there is a mod doing that already.

viewtopic=10095

That mod does not use the actual pointed node, it uses a hack to get the correct node most of the time.
It does not work when pointing through the negative space of a nodebox.
In C++, there is a getPointedThing() function, but this is not in lua.
You may be interested in this.