capturetheflag/mods/other/hud_events/init.lua

hud_event = {}
local hud = hudkit()

local players = {}
local duration = 7
local max = 3
local next_check = 10000000
-- Bootstrap 5 palette
local colors = {
	primary = 0x0D6EFD,
	secondary = 0x6C757D,
	success = 0x198754,
	info = 0x0DCAF0,
	warning = 0xFFC107,
	danger = 0xDC3545,
	light = 0xF8F9FA,
	dark = 0x212529,
}
hud_event.colors = colors

local function update(name)
	local player = minetest.get_player_by_name(name)
	if not player then
		return
	end

	-- Handle all elements marked for deletion
	-- and rebuild table
	local temp = {}
	for _, def in ipairs(players[name]) do
		if def.delete then
			if hud:exists(player, def.name) then
				hud:remove(player, def.name)
			end
		else
			table.insert(temp, def)
		end
	end

	for i, def in ipairs(temp) do
		local text = tostring(def.value)
		if hud:exists(player, def.name) then
			hud:change(player, def.name, "text", text)
			hud:change(player, def.name, "offset", {x = 0, y = i * 20})
		else
			hud:add(player, def.name, {
				hud_elem_type = "text",
				alignment = {x = 0, y = 0},
				position = {x = 0.5, y = 0.7},
				offset = {x = 0, y = i * 20},
				number = tonumber(def.color),
				text = text,
				z_index = -200
			})
		end
	end
	players[name] = temp
end

function hud_event.new(name, def)
	-- Verify HUD event element def
	if not name or not def or type(def) ~= "table" or
			not def.name or not def.value or not def.color then
		error("hud_event: Invalid HUD event element definition", 2)
	end

	def.color = colors[def.color] or def.color

	local player = minetest.get_player_by_name(name)
	if not player then
		return
	end

	-- Store element expiration time in def.time
	-- and append event element def to players[name]
	def.time = os.time() + duration
	if next_check > duration then
		next_check = duration
	end

	-- If a HUD event element with the same name exists already,
	-- reuse it instead of creating a new element
	local is_new = true
	for i, hud_event_spec in ipairs(players[name]) do
		if hud_event_spec.name == def.name then
			is_new = false
			players[name][i] = def
			break
		end
	end

	if is_new then
		table.insert(players[name], def)
	end

	-- If more than `max` active elements, mark oldest element for deletion
	if #players[name] > max then
		players[name][1].delete = true
	end

	update(name)
end

minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
	next_check = next_check - dtime
	if next_check > 0 then
		return
	end

	next_check = 10000000

	-- Loop through HUD score elements of all players
	-- and remove them if they've expired
	for name, hudset in pairs(players) do
		local modified = false
		for i, def in pairs(hudset) do
			local rem = def.time - os.time()
			if rem <= 0 then
				def.delete = true
				modified = true
			elseif rem < next_check then
				next_check = rem
			end
		end

		-- If a player's hudset was modified, update player's HUD
		if modified then
			update(name)
		end
	end
end)

minetest.register_on_joinplayer(function(player)
	players[player:get_player_name()] = {}
end)

minetest.register_on_leaveplayer(function(player)
	players[player:get_player_name()] = nil
end)