prevent players from being left in arena because of detachment by delaying elimination

commands.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+--thx AliasAlreadyTaken for this version cmd
+minetest.register_chatcommand("wormball_version", {
+    description = "Shows wormball version",
+    privs = {
+        interact = true,
+    },
+    func = function(name, param)
+        return true, "Wormball Version: "..wormball.version
+      
+    end
+  })
+
+
+
 ChatCmdBuilder.new("wormball", function(cmd)
 
   -- create arena

globals.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+wormball.version = "02.03.2021.3"
+
 
 wormball.player_texture_save = {}
 

init.lua

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ dofile(minetest.get_modpath("wormball") .. "/globals.lua")
       join_while_in_progress = false,
       keep_inventory = false,
       in_game_physics = {
-        speed = 0,
-        jump = 0,
+        speed = 1,
+        jump = 1,
         sneak = false,
         gravity = 1,
     	},

minigame_manager/globalstep.lua

@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
 
                 local remove_tail = true
 
+                local died --used to determine whether to elim player
+
 
 
                 -- if players are alive, move the worms (add to the length, subtract from the tail)
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
 
                     local look_dir = wormball.get_look_dir(arena,player) --in globals file; returns a string, one of: px, nx, pz, nz for the approximation of player look direction
                     
-                    local died = false --used to determine whether to elim player
+                    died = false --used to determine whether to elim player
 
                     --get player direction from current input, first check up or down, then look direction
 
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
                         -- if the player is dead, then we will slowly convert them into food (of their color)
                         -- if they are still alive, then we will place air there to delete the tail
                         if arena.players[pl_name].alive == false then 
-                            item = "wormball:power_"..color
+                            local item = "wormball:power_"..color
                             minetest.set_node(tail_pos, {name=item}) 
                         else
                             minetest.set_node(tail_pos, {name="air"}) 
@@ -316,8 +318,12 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
                     minetest.sound_play('sumo_lose', {
                         to_player = pl_name,
                         gain = 2.0,
-                    })                                 
-                    arena_lib.remove_player_from_arena(pl_name, 1)
+                    })
+                    minetest.after(.3,function(pl_name)
+                        arena_lib.remove_player_from_arena(pl_name, 1)
+                    
+                    end,pl_name)                                 
+                    
                 end
             end
         end

minigame_manager/on_time_tick.lua

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ arena_lib.on_time_tick('wormball', function(arena)
         if remove then
             --if there are enough powerups to remove some, have a 0.5 chance of removing them
             if math.random(1,2) == 1 then
-                rem_pos = table.remove(arena.dots,math.random(4,#arena.dots)) --forget the pos of removed powerup
+                local rem_pos = table.remove(arena.dots,math.random(4,#arena.dots)) --forget the pos of removed powerup
                 if not(string.find(minetest.get_node(rem_pos).name,"wormball:straight_")) 
                 and not(string.find(minetest.get_node(rem_pos).name,"wormball:corner_"))
                 and not(string.find(minetest.get_node(rem_pos).name,"wormball:head_")) then