From d9e4af9ecea9bdea273a0a7ea7a2da6aa4ab56fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Suen <warr1024@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 07:27:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix place_as_node facedir anisotropy

When a facedir node drops/lands on the ground, it should be
facing a random direction instead of biased toward one
specific orientation.
---
 mods/nc_items/node.lua | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mods/nc_items/node.lua b/mods/nc_items/node.lua
index 73d0693d..1cfbed29 100644
--- a/mods/nc_items/node.lua
+++ b/mods/nc_items/node.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 -- LUALOCALS < ---------------------------------------------------------
-local ItemStack, minetest, nodecore
-    = ItemStack, minetest, nodecore
+local ItemStack, math, minetest, nodecore
+    = ItemStack, math, minetest, nodecore
+local math_random
+    = math.random
 -- LUALOCALS > ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 local modname = minetest.get_current_modname()
@@ -83,7 +85,11 @@ function nodecore.place_stack(pos, stack, placer, pointed_thing)
 	if stack:get_count() == 1 then
 		local def = minetest.registered_nodes[stack:get_name()]
 		if def and def.groups and def.groups.stack_as_node then
-			nodecore.set_loud(pos, {name = stack:get_name()})
+			local node = {name = stack:get_name()}
+			if def.paramtype2 == "facedir" then
+				node.param2 = math_random(0, 3)
+			end
+			nodecore.set_loud(pos, node)
 			if def.after_place_node then
 				def.after_place_node(pos, nil, stack)
 			end