split config values into new config.lua; added markers.AREA_RANGE in order to restrict the amount of areas shown on big servers

config.lua

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+
+-- stores up to 4 marker positions for each player
+markers.positions = {}
+
+-- store the positions of that many markers for each player (until server restart)
+markers.MAX_MARKERS  = 50;
+
+-- the protection against digging of the marker by other players expires after this time
+markers.EXPIRE_AFTER = 60*60*24;
+
+-- self-protected areas can not get higher than 100 blocks
+markers.MAX_HEIGHT   = 100;
+
+-- only areas up to this size (in square meters) can be protected
+markers.MAX_SIZE     = 1024; -- 32m * 32m = 1024 m^2
+
+-- show only areas withhin this range when showing the list of ALL areas
+-- (else it does get too crowded on multiplayer servers)
+-- set to something >60000 in order to view all areas; set to a smaller
+-- value (i.e. 500) on multiplayer servers with many protected areas
+markers.AREA_RANGE   = 100000;