[CSM] Distancer

[Clyde]

Simple, short, Distancer.

Distancer is a Client-Side Mod, which should help you to build in Minetest.
This Mod measures distances or show's you the current Mapblock of your Position.

Commands:

• .marker | Shows you the current stored Marker.
• .marker -s | Set's the Marker to your current Position.
• .marker -m | Shows you the Distance between your current Position and the (valid) Marker.
• .marker -p | Shows you a vector of the Distance between your current Position and the (valid) Marker.
• .marker -w X,Y,Z | Writes a manual given Position to the Marker. Example: .marker -w 50,-10,100 - Set's the Marker to the Position 50,-10,100.

Other Commands:

• .show_mapblock | Shows you the Mapblocknumber of your current Position.
• .who_is_online | Lists the Names of the (online) Player.
• .distancer_version | Shows you the Version of the Mod.

Depends:
nothing

License:
GPL 3.0

How to install:
Move the folder to your clientmods directory of your minetest-folder.
Then activate the mod in your mod.conf.

Download:
Release for >= 0.4.15:
https://github.com/acmgit/distancer/archive/1.0.zip

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Only for Version 5.x.x.




Additional Commands:

• .dhud on|off | Turns all HUD's of Distancer on or off.
• .dhud_mapblock on|off | Turns the HUD for the current Mapblock on or off.
• .dhud_measure on|off | Turns the HUD to measure distances on or off.
• .dhud_waypoint on|off | Turns the HUD for the Waypoint on or off.
• .dhud_waypoint -c <color> | Changes the Color of the Waypoint to <color> (like green) or shows the available colors.
• .dhud_change | Shows you the current Position of the HUD.
• .dhud_change -r | Resets the Position of the HUD to default.
• .dhud_change -w .x,.y | Set's the Position of the HUD to the given Values. A Value of 0 left the Position unchanged.
• .dhud_speed | Shows you the current Refreshspeed of the HUD in Seconds.
• .dhud_speed Number | Changes the Refreshspeed of the HUD in Seconds. 0 turns the HUD off.

for Modwriter
With the Version 2.7 or higher, the Distancer has a API for other mods.

Var:

• dst.ver | Version Number of the loaded Distancer.
• dst.rev | Revision Number of the loaded Distancer.
• dst.name | Name of the Mod.

API:

• dst.send_pos(name, position) | name = playername, position = string like "0,0,0". Set's the Marker to the Position "x,y,z".

Download:
Source:
https://github.com/acmgit/distancer

Release for 5.x.x:
https://github.com/acmgit/distancer/archive/2.6.zip

Have Fun with it.
Greetings, Clyde.

[nrz]

Nice job,
Can you try to implement this using a CSM HUD ? It can be nice to au refresh data on screen using that

[Clyde]

Update: Command .waypoint renamed to .marker

Nice job,

Thanks a lot.

Can you try to implement this using a CSM HUD ? It can be nice to au refresh data on screen using that

Good idea, but ....
Does support the 0.4.x Clients of MT the CSM HUD?

If yes, then i do something wrong and get an Error, that i attempt to index a field, what is an nil-value ..
I tried it with:

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minetest.localplayer:hud_add(def)


and

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minetest.localplayer.hud_add(def)


Greetings, Clyde.

[Clyde]

Update:
New Release but only for MT 5.x.x.
Now the Distancer has a HUD, which can be turned on or off.

The new Commands for this Release are:

.distancer_hud_mapblock on|off
.distancer_hud_measure on|off

Greetings, Clyde.

[Clyde]

Update:
Version 2.2

Command to changes the Position of the HUD added.
.distancer_hud_change | Shows you the current Position of the HUD in Chat.
.distancer_hud_change -r | Reset's the Position of the HUD to default.
.distancer_hud_change -w .x,.y | Changes the Position of the HUD to the given Positions. A Value of 0 does nothing on the axis.
.distancer_hud_speed | Shows you the current Refreshspeed of the HUD in Seconds.
.distancer_hud_speed Number | Changes the Refreshspeed of the HUD in Seconds. 0 turns the HUD off.

All Commands now starts with .distancer_XXXX.
Update of the HUD now about minetest.after().

Greetings Clyde.

[Lone_Wolf]

Update:
Version 2.2

Command to changes the Position of the HUD added.
.distancer_hud_change | Shows you the current Position of the HUD in Chat.
.distancer_hud_change -r | Reset's the Position of the HUD to default.
.distancer_hud_change -w .x,.y | Changes the Position of the HUD to the given Positions. A Value of 0 does nothing on the axis.
.distancer_hud_speed | Shows you the current Refreshspeed of the HUD in Seconds.
.distancer_hud_speed Number | Changes the Refreshspeed of the HUD in Seconds. 0 turns the HUD off.

All Commands now starts with .distancer_XXXX.
Update of the HUD now about minetest.after().

Greetings Clyde.

It might be a good idea to make the commands shorter. It's annoying to have to sit there and type a big long cmd just to do one simple little thing.
Suggestions:

• Replace distancer_hud with dhud
• Maybe replace change with s or set (Not really needed because `change` is pretty easy to type quickly)

Nice mod btw. It'll be useful for builders planning out their projects

[Clyde]

Hello,

i like your idea with the shorter commands, it's nothing what is carved in stone, so i think, i will do it so.
Thx for your proposal, Lone_Wolf.

Greetings Clyde.

[Clyde]

Update:

Commands now shorter .dhud ....
Command .dhud on|off added. Turns all HUD's of the Distancer on or off.

Greetings. Clyde.

[Lone_Wolf]

Update:

Commands now shorter .dhud ....
Command .dhud on|off added. Turns all HUD's of the Distancer on or off.

Greetings. Clyde.

Awesome. Thanks!

[Clyde]

You're Welcome, Lone_Wolf ;-).

Update:
Hud for Waypoint added. You can see a Hud in red with <Marker> on the Screen.
Of course is this Hud on and off switchable.
.dhud_waypoint on|off

Greetings Clyde.

[Clyde]

Update: Only for MT 5.x.x
With Version 2.7, added a API to Distancer for Modwriter.

Var:

• dst.ver | Version Number of the loaded Distancer.
• dst.rev | Revision Number of the loaded Distancer.
• dst.name | Name of the Mod.

API:

• dst.send_pos(name, position) | name = playername, position = string like "0,0,0". Set's the Marker to the Position "x,y,z".

Greetings, Clyde.