mods/HELP/mcl_item_id/init.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+local game = "mineclone"
+
+local same_id = {
+    heads = { "skeleton", "zombie", "creeper", "wither_skeleton" },
+    mobitems = { "rabbit", "chicken" },
+    walls = {
+        "andesite", "brick", "cobble", "diorite", "endbricks",
+        "granite", "mossycobble", "netherbrick", "prismarine",
+        "rednetherbrick", "redsandstone", "sandstone", 
+        "stonebrick", "stonebrickmossy", 
+    },
+    wool = {
+        "black", "blue",  "brown", "cyan", "green",
+        "grey", "light_blue", "lime", "magenta", "orange",
+        "pink", "purple", "red", "silver", "white", "yellow",
+    },
+}
+
+tt.register_snippet(function(itemstring)
+    local def = minetest.registered_items[itemstring]
+    local desc = def.description
+    local item_split = itemstring:find(":")
+    local new_id = game .. itemstring:sub(item_split)
+    for mod, ids in pairs(same_id) do
+        for _, id in pairs(ids) do
+            if itemstring == "mcl_" .. mod .. ":" .. id  then
+                new_id = game .. ":" .. id .. "_" .. mod:gsub("s", "")
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    minetest.register_alias(new_id, itemstring)
+    if minetest.settings:get_bool("mcl_item_id_debug", true) then
+        return new_id, "#555555"
+    end
+end)

mods/HELP/mcl_item_id/mod.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name = mcl_item_id
+author = NO11
+depends = tt

settingtypes.txt

@@ -153,3 +153,7 @@ fix_doubleplants (Mcimport double plant fixes) bool true
 
 # Allow players to create Minecraft-like maps.
 enable_real_maps (Enable Real Maps) bool true
+
+[Debugging]
+# If enabled, this will show the itemstring of an item in the description.
+mcl_item_id_debug (Item ID Debug) bool false