From 6ad2c9f568c52297f82316d9b8528dd17962b81b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedro Gimeno <pgimeno@email.fake>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 23:13:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent another crash if minetest crashes during startup

---
 luaentity.lua | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/luaentity.lua b/luaentity.lua
index c11c030..8385264 100644
--- a/luaentity.lua
+++ b/luaentity.lua
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ local function read_entities()
 end
 
 local function write_entities()
+	if not luaentity.entities then
+		-- This can happen if crashing on startup, causing another error that
+		-- masks the original one. Return gracefully in that case instead.
+		return
+	end
 	for _, entity in pairs(luaentity.entities) do
 		setmetatable(entity, nil)
 		for _, attached in pairs(entity._attached_entities) do