People can now drop things

README.md

@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ Do nothing for that many seconds. This may allow the entity to be deactivated
 and unloaded, in which case it will be reactivated at the appropriate time.
 Short waits may not result in deactivation.
 
+#### drop, with item="itemspec"
+Drop the given item. The itemspec is the node name, with or without a
+count. e.g. "default:cobble" or "default:cobble 25".
+
 #### step
 Allow's the person's lua code to handle on_step itself. It will receive
 "step" events (with dtime) and should reset the action when it no longer

actions/drop.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+local dbg
+if moddebug then dbg=moddebug.dbg("people") else dbg={v1=function() end,v2=function() end,v3=function() end} end
+
+people.actions.drop = function(state)
+    if not state.action.item or type(state.action.item) ~= "string" then
+        dbg.v1(state.ent.name.." has invalid drop action")
+        return true
+    end
+
+    local stack = state.ent.inventory:remove_item("main", state.action.item)
+    if not stack then
+        dbg.v1(state.ent.name.." couldn't drop "..state.action.item)
+        return true
+    end
+
+    local v = vector.from_speed_yaw(1, state.yaw)
+    local p = {x=state.pos.x+v.x, y=state.pos.y+1.5, z=state.pos.z+v.z}
+    local obj = minetest.add_item(p, stack)
+    if obj then
+        v.x = v.x * 2
+        v.y = v.y * 2 + 1
+        v.z = v.z * 2
+        obj:setvelocity(v)
+    end
+    dbg.v1(state.ent.name.." dropped "..state.action.item)
+
+    return true
+end
+

init.lua

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dofile(people_modpath .. "/actions/face.lua")
 dofile(people_modpath .. "/actions/wait.lua")
 dofile(people_modpath .. "/actions/follow.lua")
 dofile(people_modpath .. "/actions/go.lua")
+dofile(people_modpath .. "/actions/drop.lua")
 
 
 people.presets = {}

presets/SimpleCommands.lua

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ elseif event.type == "tell" then
         z=math.floor(event.senderpos.z + 0.5)}}
     elseif msg == "stop" then
         action = {"wait", time=60}
-    elseif string.sub(msg, 1,7) == "follow " then
+    elseif string.sub(msg, 1, 5) == "drop " then
+        action = {"drop", item=string.sub(msg, 6)}
+    elseif string.sub(msg, 1, 7) == "follow " then
         followtarget = string.sub(msg, 8)
         if followtarget == "me" then
             followtarget = event.sender