From 4b4513a67d9fc426d0f33798d0810a3a0594baaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sfan5 Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 22:36:53 +0200 Subject: Implement grouped mode for find_nodes_in_area (#9888) plus general improvements to find_node_* functions --- doc/client_lua_api.txt | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/client_lua_api.txt') diff --git a/doc/client_lua_api.txt b/doc/client_lua_api.txt index 04815aaa4..3b0046b4f 100644 --- a/doc/client_lua_api.txt +++ b/doc/client_lua_api.txt @@ -768,12 +768,15 @@ Call these functions only at load time! * `nodenames`: e.g. `{"ignore", "group:tree"}` or `"default:dirt"` * `search_center` is an optional boolean (default: `false`) If true `pos` is also checked for the nodes -* `minetest.find_nodes_in_area(pos1, pos2, nodenames)`: returns a list of - positions. +* `minetest.find_nodes_in_area(pos1, pos2, nodenames, [grouped])` + * `pos1` and `pos2` are the min and max positions of the area to search. * `nodenames`: e.g. `{"ignore", "group:tree"}` or `"default:dirt"` - * First return value: Table with all node positions - * Second return value: Table with the count of each node with the node name - as index. + * If `grouped` is true the return value is a table indexed by node name + which contains lists of positions. + * If `grouped` is false or absent the return values are as follows: + first value: Table with all node positions + second value: Table with the count of each node with the node name + as index * Area volume is limited to 4,096,000 nodes * `minetest.find_nodes_in_area_under_air(pos1, pos2, nodenames)`: returns a list of positions. -- cgit v1.2.3