From e0acae8ed85b87f4802c1297de5e967233715ce0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SmallJoker <mk939@ymail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 12:53:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Workaround for Minetest #12189

---
 init.lua | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 785b3bb..1318067 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -274,7 +274,15 @@ end
 
 
 local function animate_player(player, dtime)
-	local animation = get_animation(player).animation
+	local data = get_animation(player)
+	if not data then
+		-- Minetest Engine workaround for 5.6.0-dev and older
+		-- minetest.register_globalstep may call to this function before the player is
+		-- initialized by minetest.register_on_joinplayer in player_api
+		return
+	end
+
+	local animation = data.animation
 
 	-- Yaw history
 	if animation == "lay" or animation == "sit" then