Don't mark or load areas into memory when they are over a certain size, fixes #97

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/worldedit_commands/mark.lua b/worldedit_commands/mark.lua
index 7f880ea..79451d6 100644
--- a/worldedit_commands/mark.lua
+++ b/worldedit_commands/mark.lua
@@ -58,8 +58,19 @@ worldedit.mark_region = function(name)
 		end

 		worldedit.marker_region[name] = nil

 	end

+

 	if pos1 ~= nil and pos2 ~= nil then

 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.sort_pos(pos1, pos2)

+

+		local vec = vector.subtract(pos2, pos1)

+		local maxside = math.max(vec.x, math.max(vec.y, vec.z))

+		local limit = tonumber(minetest.setting_get("active_object_send_range_blocks")) * 16

+		if maxside > limit * 1.5 then

+			-- The client likely won't be able to see the plane markers as intended anyway,

+			-- thus don't place them and also don't load the area into memory

+			return

+		end

+

 		local thickness = 0.2

 		local sizex, sizey, sizez = (1 + pos2.x - pos1.x) / 2, (1 + pos2.y - pos1.y) / 2, (1 + pos2.z - pos1.z) / 2