From 65cea1e33cfcc6f839f7b65aca566d3abc7346d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fluxionary <25628292+fluxionary@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:16:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] check if target is protected before trying to break/place a
 node, so as not to trigger protection violations (#42)

---
 wielder.lua | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/wielder.lua b/wielder.lua
index 9aac1a2..dd4228c 100644
--- a/wielder.lua
+++ b/wielder.lua
@@ -336,6 +336,14 @@ if pipeworks.enable_node_breaker then
 		masquerade_as_owner = true,
 		sneak = false,
 		act = function(virtplayer, pointed_thing)
+			local player_name = virtplayer:get_player_name()
+			if (
+				minetest.is_protected(pointed_thing.above, player_name) or
+				minetest.is_protected(pointed_thing.under, player_name)
+			) then
+				return
+			end
+
 			--local dname = "nodebreaker.act() "
 			local wieldstack = virtplayer:get_wielded_item()
 			local oldwieldstack = ItemStack(wieldstack)
@@ -427,6 +435,14 @@ if pipeworks.enable_deployer then
 		masquerade_as_owner = true,
 		sneak = false,
 		act = function(virtplayer, pointed_thing)
+			local player_name = virtplayer:get_player_name()
+			if (
+				minetest.is_protected(pointed_thing.above, player_name) or
+				minetest.is_protected(pointed_thing.under, player_name)
+			) then
+				return
+			end
+
 			local wieldstack = virtplayer:get_wielded_item()
 			virtplayer:set_wielded_item((minetest.registered_items[wieldstack:get_name()] or {on_place=minetest.item_place}).on_place(wieldstack, virtplayer, pointed_thing) or wieldstack)
 		end,