death marker

adopted from https://github.com/pandorabox-io/pandorabox_custom/blob/master/death.lua

death.lua

+
+-- adopted from https://github.com/pandorabox-io/pandorabox_custom/blob/master/death.lua
+local BONES_WAYPOINT_EXPIRES_SECONDS = 42 * 60
+
+minetest.register_on_dieplayer(function(player)
+	local player_name = player:get_player_name()
+	local pos = player:get_pos()
+
+	pos.x = math.floor(pos.x + 0.5)
+	pos.y = math.floor(pos.y + 0.5)
+	pos.z = math.floor(pos.z + 0.5)
+
+	local pos_string = minetest.pos_to_string(pos)
+
+	minetest.log("action", "[death] player '" .. player_name .. "' died at " .. pos_string)
+	minetest.chat_send_player(player_name, "You died at " .. pos_string)
+
+	local bone_string = "Bones"
+	if player.get_attribute then
+		-- [xp_redo] keeps track of deathcount, let's see if it is there
+		local count = player:get_attribute("died")
+		if count then
+			bone_string = "Bone #" .. tostring(count)
+		end
+	end -- if not fake player
+	local hud_id = player:hud_add({
+		hud_elem_type = "waypoint",
+		name = bone_string .. " " .. pos_string,
+		text = "m",
+		number = 0xFFFFFF,
+		world_pos = pos
+	})
+
+	minetest.after(BONES_WAYPOINT_EXPIRES_SECONDS, function()
+		-- retrieve player by name, the "player" object should not be carried across server-steps
+		player = minetest.get_player_by_name(player_name)
+		if player then
+			player:hud_remove(hud_id)
+		end
+	end)
+
+end)

init.lua

@@ -19,5 +19,8 @@ end
 -- /spawn command
 dofile(MP.."/chat/spawn.lua")
 
+-- death message
+dofile(MP.."/death.lua")
+
 -- by popular demand
 dofile(MP.."/additional_stuff/salad_pickaxe.lua")