Added in Error Handling

The /ver command now has error handling, so that it will work regardless of minetest version, and will tell the user to update the minetest version for support. 

Also updated the mod.conf to have the author field filled out. 

todo: still needs translation files.

mods/HUD/mcl_ver_info/init.lua

@@ -3,10 +3,26 @@
 --- Created by Michieal.
 --- DateTime: 11/28/22 4:38 PM
 ---
-
 local modname = minetest.get_current_modname()
 local S = minetest.get_translator(modname)
 
+local function xpcall_ver (error)
+	minetest.log("error", error)
+end
+
+local function get_game_info ()
+	local game_info
+
+	if xpcall(minetest.get_game_info, xpcall_ver) then
+		game_info = minetest.get_game_info()
+	else
+		minetest.log( S("Sorry, but your version of Minetest doesn't support the latest API. Please upgrade your minetest."))
+		return false
+	end
+
+	return game_info
+end
+
 -- register normal user access to debug levels 1 and 0.
 minetest.register_chatcommand("ver", {
 	description = S("Display Mineclone 2 game version."),
@@ -20,7 +36,11 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("ver", {
 					path = string,
 				}
 		--]]
-		local game_info = minetest.get_game_info()
+		local game_info = get_game_info ()
+
+		if game_info == false then
+			return true
+		end
 
 		if game_info.title == nil or game_info.title == "" then
 			game_info.title = "Mineclone 2"
@@ -29,8 +49,8 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("ver", {
 			game_info.id = "<unknown version> Please upgrade your version to the newest version for the /ver command to work."
 		end
 
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, string.format("Version: %s - %s",game_info.title, game_info.id) )
+		minetest.chat_send_player(name, string.format("Version: %s - %s", game_info.title, game_info.id))
 		return true
-		end
+	end
 })
 

mods/HUD/mcl_ver_info/mod.conf

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 name = mcl_ver_info
 description = Prints game version information; /ver command.
 depends = mcl_init
+author = Michieal