Time  Nick        Message
01:31 MinetestBot 02[git] 04paramat -> 03minetest/minetest: Mapgen Flat: Fix and improve getSpawnLevelAtPoint() (#8756) 138da35c2 https://git.io/fjQIg (152019-08-06T01:30:28Z)
18:31 MinetestBot 02[git] 04rubenwardy -> 03minetest/minetest: Add luacheck to check builtin (#7895) 138e75785 https://git.io/fjQ4i (152019-08-06T18:30:18Z)
18:38 Nigel       hi. If my mod's code removes a node from the game at a known position, is there a simple way to trigger the standard 'drops' routine that leaves a floaty version of the node (excuse the technnical terms)
18:38 Krock       https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt#L4603
18:39 Krock       drops = https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt#L4566
18:39 Krock       whereas toolname is only used for very special drops
18:42 Nigel       ok, get_node_drops tells me what the drop should be.  handle_node_drops lets me set the behaviour for the drop, but my follow up question is how do I 'create' the spinning drop in the world..
18:44 Nigel       is there a similar to minetest.set_node(pos,node) that will create a 'dropped' item in the world?
18:55 Krock       https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt#L4218
18:56 Krock       equivalent to add_entity(pos, "__builtin:item", "return { itemname = <name> }" or so
18:56 Krock       )
18:57 Nigel       Thanks, I'll give it a go...
18:58 Krock       you can also modify its scale properties a bit https://i.imgur.com/YM9zV0X.png
18:59 Nigel       thats it. bang on the money. Thanks krock (you can do the !next thing if you like ;-)
18:59 Krock       !next
18:59 MinetestBot Another satisfied customer. Next!
19:00 Nigel       hehe
19:00 * Krock     looks out for the next customer
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19:01 Krock       SHack?
19:04 Nigel       shed, boutique, emporium, take ure pick
19:11 Ingar       I work for Krock, at the general goods store.
19:13 Ingar       s/Krock/Minetestbot/ ;)
19:33 MinetestBot 02[git] 04SmallJoker -> 03minetest/minetest: Clean up and fix freetype=false crashes (#8641) 13233cb86 https://git.io/fjQBP (152019-08-06T19:33:13Z)