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-rw-r--r--builtin/game/misc.lua13
-rw-r--r--doc/lua_api.txt1
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/game/misc.lua b/builtin/game/misc.lua
index 7caa9e7ba..3419c1980 100644
--- a/builtin/game/misc.lua
+++ b/builtin/game/misc.lua
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ function core.check_player_privs(name, ...)
elseif arg_type ~= "string" then
error("Invalid core.check_player_privs argument type: " .. arg_type, 2)
end
-
+
local requested_privs = {...}
local player_privs = core.get_player_privs(name)
local missing_privileges = {}
-
+
if type(requested_privs[1]) == "table" then
-- We were provided with a table like { privA = true, privB = true }.
for priv, value in pairs(requested_privs[1]) do
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ function core.check_player_privs(name, ...)
end
end
end
-
+
if #missing_privileges > 0 then
return false, missing_privileges
end
-
+
return true, ""
end
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ function core.get_connected_players()
return temp_table
end
+function minetest.player_exists(name)
+ return minetest.get_auth_handler().get_auth(name) ~= nil
+end
+
-- Returns two position vectors representing a box of `radius` in each
-- direction centered around the player corresponding to `player_name`
function core.get_player_radius_area(player_name, radius)
@@ -244,4 +248,3 @@ end
function core.close_formspec(player_name, formname)
return minetest.show_formspec(player_name, formname, "")
end
-
diff --git a/doc/lua_api.txt b/doc/lua_api.txt
index da6a898d9..c96131455 100644
--- a/doc/lua_api.txt
+++ b/doc/lua_api.txt
@@ -2583,6 +2583,7 @@ These functions return the leftover itemstack.
### Misc.
* `minetest.get_connected_players()`: returns list of `ObjectRefs`
+* `minetest.player_exists(name)`: boolean, whether player exists (regardless of online status)
* `minetest.hud_replace_builtin(name, hud_definition)`
* Replaces definition of a builtin hud element
* `name`: `"breath"` or `"health"`