From f77e83e65752b5549fd50d378a5653627ad29e76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PilzAdam <adam-k@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:00:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make items (that are close to the player) dissapear after the
 time, that is specified by remove_items in minetest.conf

---
 init.lua | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 71ccc48..a6423c1 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ function minetest.handle_node_drops(pos, drops, digger)
 					z = -z
 				end
 				obj:setvelocity({x=1/x, y=obj:getvelocity().y, z=1/z})
+				
+				-- FIXME this doesnt work for deactiveted objects
+				if minetest.setting_get("remove_items") and tonumber(minetest.setting_get("remove_items")) then
+					minetest.after(tonumber(minetest.setting_get("remove_items")), function(obj)
+						obj:remove()
+					end, obj)
+				end
 			end
 		end
 	end