init.lua

--[[
death_messages - A Minetest mod which sends a chat message when a player dies.
Copyright (C) 2016  EvergreenTree

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
--]]

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local title = "Death Messages"
local version = "0.1.4"
local mname = "death_messages"
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dofile(minetest.get_modpath("death_messages").."/settings.txt")
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-- A table of quips for death messages.  The first item in each sub table is the
-- default message used when RANDOM_MESSAGES is disabled.
local messages = {}

-- Lava death messages
messages.lava = {
    " melted into a ball of fire.",
    " thought lava was cool.",
    " melted into a ball of fire.",
    " couldn't resist that warm glow of lava.",
    " dug straight down.",
    " didn't know lava was hot."
}

-- Drowning death messages
messages.water = {
    " drowned.",
    " ran out of air.",
    " failed at swimming lessons.",
    " tried to impersonate an anchor.",
    " forgot he wasn't a fish.",
    " blew one too many bubbles."
}

-- Burning death messages
messages.fire = {
    " burned to a crisp.",
    " got a little too warm.",
    " got too close to the camp fire.",
    " just got roasted, hotdog style.",
    " got burned up. More light that way."
}

-- Other death messages
messages.other = {
    " died.",
    " did something fatal.",
    " gave up on life.",
    " is somewhat dead now.",
    " passed out -permanently."
}

function get_message(mtype)
    if RANDOM_MESSAGES then
        return messages[mtype][math.random(1, #messages[mtype])]
    else
        return messages[1] -- 1 is the index for the non-random message
    end
end

minetest.register_on_dieplayer(function(player)
    local player_name = player:get_player_name()
    local node = minetest.registered_nodes[
        minetest.get_node(player:getpos()).name
    ]
    if minetest.is_singleplayer() then
        player_name = "You"
    end
    -- Death by lava
    if node.groups.lava ~= nil then
        minetest.chat_send_all(player_name .. get_message("lava"))
    -- Death by drowning
    elseif player:get_breath() == 0 then
        minetest.chat_send_all(player_name .. get_message("water"))
    -- Death by fire
    elseif node.name == "fire:basic_flame" then
        minetest.chat_send_all(player_name .. get_message("fire"))
    -- Death by something else
    else
        minetest.chat_send_all(player_name .. get_message("other"))
    end

end)

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print("[Mod] "..title.." ["..version.."] ["..mname.."] Loaded...")
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