Add consistent monotonic day counter - get_day_count()

I've written several experimental bits of code that revolve around the
need for a consistent calendar, but implementing one is extremely hard
in mods due to time changes and mods overriding core.get_timeofday(),
which will conflict.

The second part of the problem is that doing this from a mod requires
constant maintenance of a settings file.

An implementation in core is trivial, however, and solves all of
these problems at virtually no cost: No extra branches in server
steps, and a single branch when minetest.set_time_of_day(), which is
entirely reasonable.

We store the day_count value in env_meta.txt.

The use case is obvious: This change allows mods to create an actual
virtual calendar, or properly account for seasonal changes, etc..

We add a "/days" chatcommand that displays the current day count. No
permissions are needed. It can only retrieve the day count, not
modify it.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/environment.h b/src/environment.h
index 448ed70e6..9b91a0928 100644
--- a/src/environment.h
+++ b/src/environment.h
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ public:
 
 	void setDayNightRatioOverride(bool enable, u32 value);
 
+	u32 getDayCount();
+
 	// counter used internally when triggering ABMs
 	u32 m_added_objects;
 
@@ -117,6 +119,9 @@ protected:
 	// Overriding the day-night ratio is useful for custom sky visuals
 	bool m_enable_day_night_ratio_override;
 	u32 m_day_night_ratio_override;
+	// Days from the server start, accounts for time shift
+	// in game (e.g. /time or bed usage)
+	Atomic<u32> m_day_count;
 	/*
 	 * Above: values managed by m_time_lock
 	*/