mining with node replacer

[00c]

Is it possible to disable mining with node replace tool, Or make it work only in protected land/area.
Its kinda cheating as node replacer does not wear off.

[HybridDog]

It's possible to add a setting which makes replacing a node only possible if it can be dug by hand.

[00c]

Is it possible to make it work only in protected land. So you can't use it undergrond

[HybridDog]

minetest.is_protected tests whether an area is protected; you could test if the area is protected for another player and not for you. So yes, it's possible.
My fork of the replacer mod offers field replacing which allows replacing a whole wall at once, a setting to make it only work in areas protected by the player may reduce the great impact on gameplay caused by field replacing.

However, some player could go underground with replacer and protection block, place the protector node, mine with replacer and in the end mine the protection block with it.

[00c]

I use landrush mod, you can't protect underground caves
Your mod is great but too powerfull, its like compact WE.

[Sokomine]

I doubt that mining with the tool is an efficient way to get ressources. However, if you are still afraid it might be used that way, you can now use the new blacklist functionality:
[code]replacer.blacklist[ "default:diamond_block"] = true[/code]

[00c]

Thanks Sokomine, the main issue player replace stone with something transparent. Like Power Plant.

Why i can't open issue in HybridDog fork.

[HybridDog]

Why i can't open issue in HybridDog fork.

Issues are disabled by default when forking. I enabled them, thanks for informing me.

[00c]

Is it possible to disable node replace tool below y -100. This would prevent mining cheat.

[HybridDog]

This would be a workaround, you couldn't longer use the replacer for underground buildings.
For any reason someone once built a diamond castle deep underground, disabling it additionally only for ore nodes is an alternative workaround.

[00c]

On my server underground buildings can not be protected. I have seen players remove ores with replacer, then dig ores with pickaxe.

[HybridDog]

You could also make the replacer very expensive, e.g. use diamond blocks for crafting. Because the tool is very useful and doesn't wear, people would still craft and use it but they wouldn't use it for mining because it's much less convenient than mining with a diamond pick (afaIk).

[00c]

That could work, but i guess many players got many of node "replacer" would make them expensive, while it was made from sticks/wood.

[SwissalpS]

if you use XP, you could limit to a certain rank. However I don't see why the base mod should include any of these suggestions. They are rather game-dependent and thus for each server to use a fork/branch that suits their type of game-structure.
Maybe provide a hook to check using an override-able function.

[S-S-X]

This thing could be easily done with any conditions by simply making another custom protection mod, basically just few lines to add callback to standard minetest.is_protected chain.
Then simply return if player is underground and is wielding replacer and does not have exactly 42 apples in inventory.

Standard protection system can protect from many things, it is not limited just to basic node digging or placing.
You can for example protect just apples that are still in tree and force players to get apples by removing tree (or leaves).

I think this is something that belong to server specific customization mod because trying to make special whitelist or blacklist system for replacer while keeping everyone happy does not sound very good idea.

Custom protection mod:

• does not have to override any node definitions
• does not require any custom callbacks
• does not actually depend on any mods
• is already widely used and almost all available mods support it already