Horrible Workaround for messages sometimes failing to be moved with hud_changed

init.lua

@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ cmsg.active_messages = {}
 cmsg.default_color = 0xFFFFFF
 
 cmsg.push_message_player = function(player, text, color)
+	local function push(tbl)
+		-- Horrible Workaround code starts here
+		if not (cmsg.last_push < cmsg.steps) then
+			minetest.after(0, push, tbl)
+			return
+		end
+
+		local player = tbl.player
+		local text = tbl.text
+		local color = tbl.color
+		-- Horrible Workaround code ends here
+
 		local pname = player:get_player_name()
 		if color == nil then color = cmsg.default_color end
 		if cmsg.hudids[pname] == nil then
@@ -13,10 +25,8 @@ cmsg.push_message_player = function(player, text, color)
 		else
 			-- move older HUD IDs up
 			for hudid,tbl in pairs(cmsg.hudids[pname]) do
-			minetest.after(0, function()
 				tbl.stackpos = tbl.stackpos + 1
 				player:hud_change(hudid, "offset", {x=0,y=-128-(18*tbl.stackpos)})
-			end)
 			end
 		end
 		local hudid = player:hud_add({
@@ -39,6 +49,16 @@ cmsg.push_message_player = function(player, text, color)
 			cmsg.hudids[pname][param.hudid] = nil
 			cmsg.active_messages[pname] = cmsg.active_messages[pname] - 1
 		end, {player=player, hudid = hudid})
+	
+		-- Update timer for Horrible Workaround
+		cmsg.last_push = cmsg.steps
+	end
+
+	if cmsg.last_push < cmsg.steps then
+		push({player=player, text=text, color=color})
+	else
+		minetest.after(0, push, {player=player, text=text, color=color})
+	end
 end
 
 cmsg.push_message_all = function(text, color)
@@ -51,3 +71,11 @@ end
 minetest.register_on_leaveplayer(function(player)
 	cmsg.hudids[player:get_player_name()] = nil
 end)
+
+-- Horrible Workaround code starts here
+cmsg.steps = 0
+cmsg.last_push = -1
+minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
+	cmsg.steps = cmsg.steps + 1
+end)
+-- Horrible Workaround code ends here