From e45eca76e16ee68a0454799b8035aa2233cb72de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fluxionary <25628292+fluxionary@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 16:03:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] check if machine is protected before trying to break/place a
 node (#43)

* check if target is protected before trying to break/place a node, so as not to trigger protection violations

* check whether the machine is protected, not the target
---
 wielder.lua | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wielder.lua b/wielder.lua
index dd4228c..6bde2df 100644
--- a/wielder.lua
+++ b/wielder.lua
@@ -336,11 +336,7 @@ 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
+			if minetest.is_protected(vector.add(virtplayer:get_pos(), assumed_eye_pos), virtplayer:get_player_name()) then
 				return
 			end
 
@@ -435,11 +431,7 @@ 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
+			if minetest.is_protected(vector.add(virtplayer:get_pos(), assumed_eye_pos), virtplayer:get_player_name()) then
 				return
 			end