capturetheflag/mods/pvp/sniper_rifles/init.lua

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-- Private data --
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-- Locally cache rifle defs for fast and easy access
local rifles = {}

-- Keep track of players who are scoping in, and their wielded item
local scoped = {}

-- Timer for scope-check globalstep
local timer = 0.2

-- List of IDs for players scoped, for use in hide_scope(). NOTE: for HUD overlay
local scoped_hud_id = {}

-- Scale constant, for crosshair. This is to ensure the crosshair will be centered.
local scale_const = 6

local default_physics_overrides = {
	speed = 0.1,
	jump = 0
}

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-- Helpers --
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local function show_scope(name, item_name, fov_mult)
	local player = minetest.get_player_by_name(name)
	if not player then
		return
	end

	scoped[name] = item_name
	scoped_hud_id[name] = player:hud_add({
		hud_elem_type = "image",
		position = {x = 0.5, y = 0.5},
		offset = {x = (-65*scale_const)/2, y = (-65*scale_const)/2},
		text = "rifle_crosshair.png",
		scale = {x = scale_const, y = scale_const},
		alignment = {x = 1, y = 1},
	})
	-- e.g. if fov_mult == 8, then FOV = 1/8 * current_FOV, a.k.a 8x zoom
	player:set_fov(1 / fov_mult, true)
	physics.set(name, "sniper_rifles:scoping", rifles[item_name].physics_overrides)
	player:hud_set_flags({ wielditem = false })

end

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

	scoped[name] = nil
	player:hud_remove(scoped_hud_id[name])
	scoped_hud_id[name] = nil
	player:set_fov(0)
	physics.remove(name, "sniper_rifles:scoping")
	player:hud_set_flags({ wielditem = true })

end

local function on_use(stack, user, pointed)
	if scoped[user:get_player_name()] then
		-- shooter checks for the return value of def.on_use, and executes
		-- the rest of the code only if this function returns non-nil
		return stack
	end
end

local function on_rclick(item, placer, pointed_thing)
	local name = placer:get_player_name()

	-- Prioritize on "un-scoping", if player is using the scope
	if not scoped[name] and pointed_thing.type == "node" then
		return minetest.item_place(item, placer, pointed_thing)
	end

	if scoped[name] then
		hide_scope(name)
	else
		-- Remove _loaded suffix added to item name by shooter
		local item_name = item:get_name():gsub("_loaded", "")
		local fov_mult = shooter.registered_weapons[item_name].fov_mult
		show_scope(name, item_name, fov_mult)
	end
end

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-- Sccope-check --
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-- Hide scope if currently wielded item is not the same item
-- player wielded when scoping

local time = 0
minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
	time = time + dtime
	if time < timer then
		return
	end

	time = 0
	for name, original_item in pairs(scoped) do
		local player = minetest.get_player_by_name(name)
		if not player then
			scoped[name] = nil
		else
			local wielded_item = player:get_wielded_item():get_name():gsub("_loaded", "")
			if wielded_item ~= original_item then
				hide_scope(name)
			end
		end
	end
end)

----------------------------
-- Rifle registration API --
----------------------------

sniper_rifles = {}

function sniper_rifles.register_rifle(name, def)
	assert(def.fov_mult, "Rifle definition must contain FOV multiplier (fov_mult)!")

	-- Override on_use to allow firing weapon only when using the scope
	def.on_use = on_use

	shooter.register_weapon(name, def)

	-- Manually add extra fields to itemdef that shooter doesn't allow
	-- Also modify the _loaded variant
	local overrides = {
		on_place = on_rclick,
		on_secondary_use = on_rclick,
		wield_scale = vector.new(2, 2, 1.5)
	}
	minetest.override_item(name, overrides)
	minetest.override_item(name .. "_loaded", overrides)

	def.physics_overrides = def.physics_overrides or default_physics_overrides

	rifles[name] = table.copy(def)
end

dofile(minetest.get_modpath(minetest.get_current_modname()) .. "/rifles.lua")