[Mod] outgame intervention [outgame_intervention]

[Hybrid Dog]

This mod allows you to let minetest execute a .lua file which you just created.
By default it runs code from a file called "tmp.lua" at your worldpath, which you need to create yourself.
You can e.g. kick this player called "admin":
* go to the folder of the world which is used
* add the tmp.lua file
* open it with a texteditor
* write minetest.kick_player("admin", "Why do you use such a name? We all know that you are not a real admin.")
* save it, e.g. by pressing ctrl+s
* be happy that it worked

l put these links here
http://dev.minetest.net/Category:Methods
http://dev.minetest.net/minetest.chat_send_all
http://dev.minetest.net/minetest.request_shutdown
http://dev.minetest.net/minetest.kick_player

License: WTFPL
Download: zip, tar.gz
github: outgame_intervention



If you got ideas or found bugs, please tell them to me.

How to install a mod?

[TG-MyinaWD]

Yeah nicely done.
But would be cool can make an Temporary Mod. Like few new tools or something. Maybe an Signature mod per World/Server.

That if can have it work and run the textures and all.

Haven't tested yet.

[Hybrid Dog]

But would be cool can make an Temporary Mod. Like few new tools or something. Maybe an Signature mod per World/Server.

That if can have it work and run the textures and all.

you can put mods into <world>/worldmods/ to have it only for this world

[ExeterDad]

So in theory. If this mod was installed on a remote server, could one echo or use cat via a ssh shell and run commands the same way?

[Hybrid Dog]

So in theory. If this mod was installed on a remote server, could one echo or use cat via a ssh shell and run commands the same way?

He/she would need e.g. to use nano and edit/create the tmp.lua file.
$ cd <worldpath>
$ nano
write minetest.chat_send_all("hello, players")
ctrl+o
write tmp.lua
enter
…

[ExeterDad]

so just as long as the command is written to the tmp.lua file...
the mod will repeatedly check the file and execute whatever command is written there?
So from a shell:

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lee@my-linux-server ~ $ echo 'minetest.chat_send_all("hello, players")' > /path/to/worldfolder/tmp.lua


Would write the command to the file and it should be read. This is freaking huge! Scripts can be written, data collected, and all kinds of stuff can be done automagically!

I am pretty excited. You opened some doors with this script :D

[Hybrid Dog]

so just as long as the command is written to the tmp.lua file...
the mod will repeatedly check the file and execute whatever command is written there?

It repeatedly checks the file and if it's not empty, it executes it and makes it empty that the file gets executed only one time. If you want to have iterations, just use lua iterations, you can also add a new globalstep function.
Take care that you don't write a typo, else minetest(server) would crash(shutdown), l think.

I am pretty excited. You opened some doors with this script :D

The doors weren't locked before.

[ExeterDad]

The doors weren't locked before.

Well you turned on a light bulb for me :)

[Krock]

It's easy to crash a server by saving something incomplete.
It would be cool if it's possible to add something like a try {} catch {} around the dofile() part.

[Hybrid Dog]

It's easy to crash a server by saving something incomplete.

fixed