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This PR adds a new text file doc/builtin_entities.txt which explains how the two builtin entities __builtin:item and __builtin:falling_node work.
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# Builtin Entities
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Minetest registers two entities by default: Falling nodes and dropped items.
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This document describes how they behave and what you can do with them.
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## Falling node (`__builtin:falling_node`)
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This entity is created by `minetest.check_for_falling` in place of a node
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with the special group `falling_node=1`. Falling nodes can also be created
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artificially with `minetest.spawn_falling_node`.
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Needs manual initialization when spawned using `/spawnentity`.
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Default behaviour:
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* Falls down in a straight line (gravity = `movement_gravity` setting)
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* Collides with `walkable` node
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* Collides with all physical objects except players
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* If the node group `float=1` is set, it also collides with liquid nodes
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* When it hits a solid (=`walkable`) node, it will try to place itself as a
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node, replacing the node above.
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* If the falling node cannot replace the destination node, it is dropped.
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* If the destination node is a leveled node (`paramtype2="leveled"`) of the
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same node name, the levels of both are summed.
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### Entity fields
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* `set_node(self, node[, meta])`
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* Function to initialize the falling node
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* `node` and `meta` are explained below.
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* The `meta` argument is optional.
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* `node`: Node table of the node (`name`, `param1`, `param2`) that this
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entity represents. Read-only.
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* `meta`: Node metadata of the falling node. Will be used when the falling
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nodes tries to place itself as a node. Read-only.
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### Rendering / supported nodes
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Falling nodes have visuals to look as close as possible to the original node.
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This works for most drawtypes, but there are limitations.
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Supported drawtypes:
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* `normal`
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* `signlike`
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* `torchlike`
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* `nodebox`
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* `raillike`
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* `glasslike`
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* `glasslike_framed`
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* `glasslike_framed_optional`
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* `allfaces`
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* `allfaces_optional`
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* `firelike`
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* `mesh`
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* `fencelike`
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* `liquid`
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* `airlike` (not pointable)
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Other drawtypes still kinda work, but they might look weird.
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Supported `paramtype2` values:
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* `wallmounted`
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* `facedir`
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* `colorwallmounted`
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* `colorfacedir`
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* `color`
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## Dropped item stack (`__builtin:item`)
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This is an item stack in a collectable form.
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Common cases that spawn a dropped item:
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* Item dropped by player
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* The root node of a node with the group `attached_node=1` is removed
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* `minetest.add_item` is called
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Needs manual initialization when spawned using `/spawnentity`.
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### Behavior
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* Players can collect it by punching
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* Lifespan is defined by the setting `item_entity_ttl`
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* Slides on `slippery` nodes
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* Subject to gravity (uses `movement_gravity` setting)
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* Collides with `walkable` nodes
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* Does not collide physical objects
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* When it's inside a solid (`walkable=true`) node, it tries to escape to a
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neighboring non-solid (`walkable=false`) node
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### Entity fields
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* `set_item(self, item)`:
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* Function to initialize the dropped item
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* `item` (type `ItemStack`) specifies the item to represent
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* `age`: Age in seconds. Behaviour according to the setting `item_entity_ttl`
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* `itemstring`: Itemstring of the item that this item entity represents.
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Read-only.
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Other fields are for internal use only.
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