server-nalc/mods/pclasses

Player Classes

Yet another class mod for Minetest.

TODO

• Flush and read system for pclasses.datas.players

Namespaces

pclasses

• All our stuff

pclasses.api

• All functions used to declare, get, set classes

pclasses.api.util

• Some utility functions

pclasses.conf

• Some configuration values

pclasses.classes

• All classes and their specs

pclasses.data

• Miscellaneous data

pclasses.data.players

• List of all players' class. Index is player's name and value is the class's name

pclasses.data.hud_ids

• Surely useful in the future with a hypothetical hud to show current class

Functions

pclasses.api.register_class

• Arguments : cname, def
• Registers a class and its specifications
• Def is a definition table that can contain many functions/values :
  • on_assigned which is a function, receiving as argument the player name
  • on_unassigned which is a function, receiving as argument the player name
  • switch_params, which is a table, containing parameters for the switch pedestal :
    • holo_item is mandatory. It's the itemstring of the item to be put over the pedestal
    • color is optional. Default is white. It's a RGB table.
    • tile is optional. Default is none. It's a string of the texture to be applied over the pedestal

pclasses.register_class_switch

• Arguments : cname, params
• Used internally to create switch pedestals
• params is the def table given to pclasses.api.register_class, documented above

pclasses.api.get_class_by_name

• Argument : cname
• Return the class' specs (table) corresponding a class name or nil if not found

pclasses.api.get_player_class

• Argument : pname (player's name)
• Return the player's current class' name

pclasses.api.get_class_players

• Argument : cname
• Return a list (table) of all players with class cname

pclasses.api.set_player_class

• Arguments : pname, cname
• Assign a player the cname class
• Returns true if achieved, false if not

pclasses.api.util.does_wear_full_armor

• Arguments : pname, material, noshield
• Returns true if player pname is wearing the full armor made out of material
• noshield must be true when the full armor has no shield

pclasses.api.util.can_have_item

• Arguments : pname, itemname
• Returns true if player pname can have items itemstring in his main inventory, according to his class

pclasses.api.reserve_item

• Arguments : cname, itemstring
• Adds an entry in the reserved items' table. Players will need to belong to class cname in order to have items itemstring in their main inventory
• Note : You can reserve the same item for two classes, any player of either of both can then have the item

pclasses.api.create_graveyard_inventory

• Argument : player
• Creates a detached inventory dedicated to 'dead' items (confiscated reserved items)
• Used internally, should not be used outside of pclasses

pclasses.api.vacuum_graveyard

• Argument : player
• Check all of player's graveyard inventory to get them back items they obtained to right to have