balloon_bop/leaderboard.lua

local storage = minetest.get_mod_storage()


function balloon_bop.store_scores(data)
    storage:set_string("scores", minetest.serialize(data))
end
function balloon_bop.get_scores()
    return minetest.deserialize(storage:get_string("scores"))
end

-- _bop.scores is a table with the forllowing structure:
-- {
--     [arena_name] ={
--         [p_name]=score,
--         [p_name]=score,
--         ..
--     },
--     [arena_name] ={
--         [p_name]=score,
--         [p_name]=score,
--         ..
--     },
--     ..
-- }

balloon_bop.scores = balloon_bop.get_scores() or {}





function balloon_bop.get_leader_form(arena_name)
    local p_names = "<no data>"
    local scores = "<no data>"

    if balloon_bop.scores[arena_name] then

        local ordered_names = {}
        local data = balloon_bop.scores[arena_name]
        -- sort the scores
        for p_name,score in pairs(data) do
            if ordered_names == {} then
                table.insert(ordered_names,p_name)
            else 
                for idx,o_name in ipairs(ordered_names) do
                    if score >= data[o_name] then
                        table.insert(ordered_names,idx,p_name)
                    end
                end
            end
        end

        if #ordered_names >=1 then
            p_names = ""
            scores = ""
            for idx,u_name in ipairs(ordered_names) do 
                p_names = p_names .. u_name
                scores = scores .. tostring(data[u_name])
                if idx ~= #ordered_names then
                    p_names = p_names .. ","
                    scores = scores .. ","
                end
            end
        end

    end

    return "formspec_version[5]"..
    "size[10.5,10.5]"..
    "button[0.6,0.6;9.3,0.8;hs_title;Balloon Bop Leaderboard]"..
    "button[0.6,1.4;9.3,0.8;arena_name;<arena>]"..
    "textlist[0.6,2.5;7.6,7.4;names;"..p_names..";1;false]"..
    "textlist[8.3,2.5;1.6,7.4;scores;"..scores..";1;false]"

end



function balloon_bop.get_leader_form_endgame(arena_name,l_data)
    local p_names = "<no data>"
    local scores = "<no data>"
    local lp_names = "<no data>"
    local lscores = "<no data>"

    if balloon_bop.scores[arena_name] then

        local ordered_names = {}
        local data = balloon_bop.scores[arena_name]
        -- sort the scores
        for p_name,score in pairs(data) do
            if ordered_names == {} then
                table.insert(ordered_names,p_name)
            else 
                for idx,o_name in ipairs(ordered_names) do
                    if score >= data[o_name] then
                        table.insert(ordered_names,idx,p_name)
                    end
                end
            end
        end

        if #ordered_names >=1 then
            p_names = ""
            scores = ""
            for idx,u_name in ipairs(ordered_names) do 
                p_names = p_names .. u_name
                scores = scores .. tostring(data[u_name])
                if idx ~= #ordered_names then
                    p_names = p_names .. ","
                    scores = scores .. ","
                end
            end
        end

    end

    
    if l_data then

        local ordered_names = {}
        local data = l_data
        -- sort the scores
        for p_name,score in pairs(data) do
            if ordered_names == {} then
                table.insert(ordered_names,p_name)
            else 
                for idx,o_name in ipairs(ordered_names) do
                    if score >= data[o_name] then
                        table.insert(ordered_names,idx,p_name)
                    end
                end
            end
        end

        if #ordered_names >=1 then
            lp_names = ""
            lscores = ""
            for idx,u_name in ipairs(ordered_names) do 
                lp_names = lp_names .. u_name
                scores = scores .. tostring(data[u_name])
                if idx ~= #ordered_names then
                    lp_names = lp_names .. ","
                    lscores = lscores .. ","
                end
            end
        end

    end

    return "formspec_version[5]"..
    "size[10.5,10.5]"..
    "button[0.6,0.6;9.3,0.8;hs_title;Balloon Bop Leaderboard]"..
    "button[0.6,1.4;9.3,0.8;arena_name;<arena>]"..
    "button[0.6,1.4;9.3,0.8;arena_name;<arena>]"..
    "textlist[0.6,6.1;7.3,3.8;g_names;"..p_names..";1;false]"..
    "textlist[8,6.1;1.9,3.8;g_scores;"..scores..";1;false]"..
    "textlist[0.6,3.3;7.3,2;l_names;"..lp_names..";1;false]"..
    "textlist[8,3.3;1.9,2;l_scores;"..lscores..";1;false]"..
    "button[0.6,2.7;9.3,0.6;this;This Game]"..
    "button[0.6,5.5;9.3,0.6;high;LeaderBoard]"
end



minetest.register_chatcommand("balloonbopscores", {
    params = "<arena name>",  -- Short parameter description

    description = "Show leaderboard",  -- Full description

    func = function(name, param)
        if param then
            if balloon_bop.scores[param] then
                minetest.show_formspec(name, "bb_scores", balloon_bop.get_leader_form(balloon_bop.scores[param]))
            else
                return false, "[!] No data for that arena or that arena does not exist!"
            end
        end
    end,
})