2 files changed, 60 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/async/game.lua b/builtin/async/game.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6512f0706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/async/game.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+core.log("info", "Initializing asynchronous environment (game)")
+
+local function pack2(...)
+	return {n=select('#', ...), ...}
+end
+
+-- Entrypoint to run async jobs, called by C++
+function core.job_processor(func, params)
+	local retval = pack2(func(unpack(params, 1, params.n)))
+
+	return retval
+end
+
+-- Import a bunch of individual files from builtin/game/
+local gamepath = core.get_builtin_path() .. "game" .. DIR_DELIM
+
+dofile(gamepath .. "constants.lua")
+dofile(gamepath .. "item_s.lua")
+dofile(gamepath .. "misc_s.lua")
+dofile(gamepath .. "features.lua")
+dofile(gamepath .. "voxelarea.lua")
+
+-- Transfer of globals
+do
+	local all = assert(core.transferred_globals)
+	core.transferred_globals = nil
+
+	all.registered_nodes = {}
+	all.registered_craftitems = {}
+	all.registered_tools = {}
+	for k, v in pairs(all.registered_items) do
+		-- Disable further modification
+		setmetatable(v, {__newindex = {}})
+		-- Reassemble the other tables
+		if v.type == "node" then
+			all.registered_nodes[k] = v
+		elseif v.type == "craftitem" then
+			all.registered_craftitems[k] = v
+		elseif v.type == "tool" then
+			all.registered_tools[k] = v
+		end
+	end
+
+	for k, v in pairs(all) do
+		core[k] = v
+	end
+end
+
+-- For tables that are indexed by item name:
+-- If table[X] does not exist, default to table[core.registered_aliases[X]]
+local alias_metatable = {
+	__index = function(t, name)
+		return rawget(t, core.registered_aliases[name])
+	end
+}
+setmetatable(core.registered_items, alias_metatable)
+setmetatable(core.registered_nodes, alias_metatable)
+setmetatable(core.registered_craftitems, alias_metatable)
+setmetatable(core.registered_tools, alias_metatable)
diff --git a/builtin/async/init.lua b/builtin/async/mainmenu.lua
index 3803994d6..0e9c222d1 100644
--- a/builtin/async/init.lua
+++ b/builtin/async/mainmenu.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-
-core.log("info", "Initializing Asynchronous environment")
+core.log("info", "Initializing asynchronous environment")
 
 function core.job_processor(func, serialized_param)
 	local param = core.deserialize(serialized_param)
@@ -8,4 +7,3 @@ function core.job_processor(func, serialized_param)
 
 	return retval or core.serialize(nil)
 end
-