place_limit: Use HUD notifications & quota instead of time between placements (#844)

* place_limit: Use HUD notifications

* Adjust warning color

* Quota instead of time between placements

* Bump maps submodule

mods/pvp/place_limit/init.lua

@@ -1,53 +1,51 @@
 -- Licensed under the MIT license, written by appgurueu.
 local players = {}
 local blocks_per_second = 5
-local resend_chat_message_seconds = 10
+local resend_notification_seconds = 10
+-- Bootstrap 4 "warning" color
+local warning_color = 0xFFC107
 
 minetest.register_on_joinplayer(function(player)
 	-- player has to wait after join before they can place a node
 	players[player:get_player_name()] = {
-		last_placement = minetest.get_us_time(),
+		last_notification_sent = -math.huge
-		last_chat_message_sent = -math.huge
 	}
 end)
 
-local chat_send_player = minetest.chat_send_player
-function minetest.chat_send_player(name, message)
-	if players[name] then
-		players[name].last_chat_message_sent = -math.huge
-	end
-	return chat_send_player(name, message)
-end
-
-local chat_send_all = minetest.chat_send_all
-function minetest.chat_send_all(message)
-	for _, playerdata in pairs(players) do
-		playerdata.last_chat_message_sent = -math.huge
-	end
-	return chat_send_all(message)
-end
-
 minetest.register_on_leaveplayer(function(player)
 	players[player:get_player_name()] = nil
 end)
 
 minetest.register_on_placenode(function(pos, _newnode, placer, oldnode, _itemstack, pointed_thing)
+	local name = placer:get_player_name()
 	if not ItemStack(minetest.get_node(pointed_thing.under).name):get_definition().pointable then
-		-- this should happen rarely
+		-- This should happen rarely
-		minetest.chat_send_player(placer:get_player_name(), "The block you have been building to has been dug/replaced!")
+		hud_event.new(name, {
+			name  = "place_limit:unpointable",
+			color = warning_color,
+			value = "Block not pointable (dug/replaced)!",
+		})
 		minetest.set_node(pos, oldnode)
 		return true
 	end
-	local name = placer:get_player_name()
-	local playerdata = players[name]
 	local time = minetest.get_us_time()
-	if (time - playerdata.last_placement) / 1e6 < 1 / blocks_per_second then
+	local placements = players[name]
-		if (time - playerdata.last_chat_message_sent) / 1e6 >= resend_chat_message_seconds then
+	for i = #placements, 1, -1 do
-			chat_send_player(placer:get_player_name(), "You are placing blocks too fast (more than " .. blocks_per_second .. " blocks per second) !")
+		if time - placements[i] > 1e6 then
-			playerdata.last_chat_message_sent = time
+			placements[i] = nil
+		end
+	end
+	if #placements >= blocks_per_second then
+		if (time - placements.last_notification_sent) / 1e6 >= resend_notification_seconds then
+			hud_event.new(name, {
+				name  = "place_limit:speed",
+				color = warning_color,
+				value = "Placing too fast!",
+			})
+			placements.last_notification_sent = time
 		end
 		minetest.set_node(pos, oldnode)
 		return true
 	end
-	playerdata.last_placement = time
+	table.insert(placements, 1, time)
 end)

mods/pvp/place_limit/mod.conf

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 name = place_limit
 description = Limits block placement
+depends = hud_events