fakeplayer for callbacks, switch to whitelist for on_place calls

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 981bb39..0b457c6 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -20,8 +20,28 @@ digtron.builder_read_item_substitutions = {
 	["farming:desert_sand_soil_wet"] = "default:desert_sand",
 }
 
+-- Sometimes we want builder heads to call an item's "on_place" method, other times we
+-- don't want them to. There's no way to tell which situation is best programmatically
+-- so we have to rely on whitelists to be on the safe side.
+
+--first exact matches are tested, and the value given in this global table is returned
+digtron.builder_on_place_items = {
+	["default:torch"] = true,
+}
+
+-- Then a string prefix is checked, returning this value. Useful for enabling on_placed on a mod-wide basis.
+digtron.builder_on_place_prefixes = {
+	["farming:"] = true, 
+}
+
+-- Finally, items belonging to group "digtron_on_place" will have their on_place methods called.
+
 local digtron_modpath = minetest.get_modpath( "digtron" )
 
+dofile( digtron_modpath .. "/class_fakeplayer.lua")
+
+digtron.fake_player = DigtronFakePlayer.create({x=0,y=0,z=0}, "fake_player") -- since we only need one fake player at a time and it doesn't retain useful state, create a global one and just update it as needed.
+
 dofile( digtron_modpath .. "/config.lua" )
 dofile( digtron_modpath .. "/util.lua" )
 dofile( digtron_modpath .. "/doc.lua" )