Emote - a player emote API ##########################

This mod aims to provide an API for player model animations such as sitting, waving, lying down, as well as some providing chat commands for the player to use these "emotes".

API

The emote API consists of several functions that allow mods to manipulate the emote state of each player.

bool emote.start(player, emotestring)

Start the named emote for the named player. Returns false if the emote is unknown or the emote could not be started. Returns true otherwise.

emote.stop(player)

Stops any emote for the named player.

emote.list()

Lists known emotestring values.

emote.attach_to_node(player, pos, locked)

Attach the player to the node at pos. The attachment will be made using the parameters provided in the emote table in the nodedef:

nodedef.emote = {
	emotestring = "sit",
	eye_offset = {x = 0, y = 0, z = 0},
	player_offset = {x = 0, y = 1/2, z = 0},
	look_horizontal_offset = 0,
}

if locked is true, then the player is fixed to the node and can only move until he presses jump. While sitting the player can look around but his character does not turn.

The player offset vector will be rotated to account for the node facedir.

Commands

The emotes are all usable by players using chat commands: /lay, /sleep, /sit, /point, /freeze, etc.

TODO

The API currently only allows unattached emotes (ones where the player can just move and cancel the emote). The API needs to provide an additional function to allow attached emotes with rotation and offset so that players can easily sit on chairs, lie on beds or emote-interact with machines (e.g. point emote when interacting with a node).

Can I sit on stair blocks with this?

The patch file sit-on-stairs.patch in this project is an example patch for minetest_game that will allow a player to right-click stair nodes and sit on them as if they were seats.

License

LGPL-2.1