From 6fd073aaa7cce72e6e3d65e580b18613cde7ed93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Splizard <quentin@splizard.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 22:19:44 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] Add snow.place back. Use place_node for creating new nodes.

---
 init.lua             | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/falling_snow.lua |  4 ++--
 src/snowball.lua     |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 3186d51..916c230 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -78,7 +78,36 @@ if (minetest.get_modpath("moreblocks")) then
 else
 end
 
+--This function places snow checking at the same time for snow level and increasing as needed.
+--This also takes into account sourrounding snow and makes snow even.
+function snow.place(pos)
+	local node = minetest.get_node({x=pos.x,y=pos.y+1,z=pos.z})
+	local node = minetest.get_node(pos)
+	local drawtype = minetest.registered_nodes[node.name].drawtype
 
+	local bnode = minetest.get_node({x=pos.x,y=pos.y-1,z=pos.z})
+	if node.name == "default:snow" and minetest.get_node_level(pos) < 63 then
+		if minetest.get_item_group(bnode.name, "leafdecay") == 0 and snow.is_uneven(pos) ~= true then
+			minetest.add_node_level(pos, 7)
+		end
+	elseif node.name == "default:snow" and minetest.get_node_level(pos) == 63 then
+		local p = minetest.find_node_near(pos, 10, "default:dirt_with_grass")
+		if p and minetest.get_node_light(p, 0.5) == 15 then
+			minetest.place_node({x=pos.x,y=pos.y+1,z=pos.z},{name="default:snow"})
+		else
+			minetest.add_node(pos,{name="default:snowblock"})
+		end
+	elseif node.name ~= "default:ice" and bnode.name ~= "air" then
+		if drawtype == "normal" or drawtype == "allfaces_optional" then
+			minetest.place_node({x=pos.x,y=pos.y+1,z=pos.z}, {name="default:snow"})
+		elseif drawtype == "plantlike" then
+			pos.y = pos.y - 1
+			if minetest.get_node(pos).name == "default:dirt_with_grass" then
+				minetest.add_node(pos, {name="default:dirt_with_snow"})
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end
 
 -- Checks if the snow level is even at any given pos.
 -- Smooth Snow
diff --git a/src/falling_snow.lua b/src/falling_snow.lua
index a453ad2..5192b3b 100644
--- a/src/falling_snow.lua
+++ b/src/falling_snow.lua
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ if snow.enable_snowfall then
 							50, 50,
 					false, "weather_snow.png", player:get_player_name())
 				end
-				--snow.place(pos, true)
-				minetest.place_node({x=pos.x, y=pos.y+2, z=pos.z}, {name="default:snow"}) -- LazyJ
+				snow.place(pos, true)
+				--minetest.place_node({x=pos.x, y=pos.y+2, z=pos.z}, {name="default:snow"}) -- LazyJ
 			end
 	end
 
diff --git a/src/snowball.lua b/src/snowball.lua
index 73e0c98..0567dbb 100644
--- a/src/snowball.lua
+++ b/src/snowball.lua
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ snow_snowball_ENTITY.on_step = function(self, dtime)
 			-- the snow on it. ~ Original line of code by Splizard, comment by LazyJ so I can 
 			-- keep track of what this code does. ~ LazyJ, 2014_04_07
 			if node.name ~= "air" then
-				--snow.place(pos) -- this is the original code, I replaced it with 
+				snow.place(pos) -- this is the original code, I replaced it with 
 				-- minetest.place_node and bumped the y position up by 2 (make the snow drop 
 				-- from a node above and pile up). ~ LazyJ, 2014_04_07
-				minetest.place_node({x=pos.x, y=pos.y+2, z=pos.z}, {name="default:snow"})
+				--minetest.place_node({x=pos.x, y=pos.y+2, z=pos.z}, {name="default:snow"})
 				self.object:remove()
 			end	
 			else -- If findwhatisabove is not equal to "air" then cancel the snowball