local default_settings = { trap_players = true, log_to_chat = false, log_level = 2, } nether.settings = {} for name,dv in pairs(default_settings) do local setting local setting_name = "nether." .. name if type(dv) == "boolean" then setting = minetest.settings:get_bool(setting_name) elseif type(dv) == "number" then setting = tonumber(minetest.settings:get(setting_name)) else error"[nether] Only boolean and number settings are available" end if setting == nil then setting = dv end nether[name] = setting end