From 3a08ba6f78e4d30fbc6eecd1a384d469f73fc494 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chmodsayshello <chmodsayshello@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:23:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add force laod cooldown

---
 mods/ITEMS/mcl_compass/init.lua | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_compass/init.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_compass/init.lua
index f74e07ca3..f9fc8bb61 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_compass/init.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_compass/init.lua
@@ -7,13 +7,25 @@ mcl_compass = {}
 
 local compass_frames = 32
 
-local function get_far_node(pos) --code from minetest dev wiki: https://dev.minetest.net/minetest.get_node
+local function get_far_node(pos, itemstack) --code from minetest dev wiki: https://dev.minetest.net/minetest.get_node, some edits have been made to add a cooldown for force loads
 	local node = minetest.get_node(pos)
 	if node.name == "ignore" then
-		minetest.get_voxel_manip():read_from_map(pos, pos)
-		node = minetest.get_node(pos)
+		tstamp = tonumber(itemstack:get_meta():get_string("last_forceload"))
+		if tstamp == nil then --this is only relevant for new lodestone compasses, the ones that have never performes a forceload yet
+			itemstack:get_meta():set_string("last_forceload", tostring(os.time(os.date("!*t"))))
+			tstamp = tonumber(os.time(os.date("!*t")))
+		end
+		if tonumber(os.time(os.date("!*t"))) - tstamp > 180 then --current time in secounds - old time in secounds, if it is over 180 (3 mins): forceload
+			itemstack:get_meta():set_string("last_forceload", tostring(os.time(os.date("!*t"))))
+			minetest.get_voxel_manip():read_from_map(pos, pos)
+			node = minetest.get_node(pos)
+			minetest.log("forceloaded, cooldown reset!")
+		else
+			minetest.log("cooldown not over yet")
+			node = {name="mcl_compass:lodestone"} --cooldown not over yet, pretend like there is something...
+		end
 	end
-return node
+	return node
 end
 
 
@@ -40,7 +52,7 @@ function mcl_compass.get_compass_image(pos, dir, itemstack)
 		
 		if dim == playerdim then --Check if player and compass target are in the same dimension, above check is just if the diemension is valid for the non lodestone compass
 
-			if get_far_node(lodestone_pos).name == "mcl_compass:lodestone" then --check if lodestone still exists
+			if get_far_node(lodestone_pos, itemstack).name == "mcl_compass:lodestone" then --check if lodestone still exists
   				local angle_north = math.deg(math.atan2(lodestone_pos.x - pos.x, lodestone_pos.z - pos.z))
 				if angle_north < 0 then angle_north = angle_north + 360 end
 				local angle_dir = -math.deg(dir)
@@ -99,6 +111,7 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
 					local compass_image = mcl_compass.get_compass_image(pos, player:get_look_horizontal(), stack)
 					if minetest.get_item_group(stack:get_name(), "compass")-1 ~= compass_image and minetest.get_item_group(stack:get_name(), "compass")-1 .. "_lodestone" ~=compass_image then --Explaination: First check for normal compasses, secound check for lodestone ones
 						local itemname = "mcl_compass:"..compass_image
+						--minetest.log(os.time(os.date("!*t")))
 						stack:set_name(itemname)
 						player:get_inventory():set_stack("main", j, stack)
 					end
@@ -191,7 +204,6 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_compass:lodestone",{
 		if itemstack.get_name(itemstack).match(itemstack.get_name(itemstack),"mcl_compass:") then
 			if itemstack.get_name(itemstack) ~= "mcl_compass:lodestone" then
 				itemstack:get_meta():set_string("pointsto", minetest.pos_to_string(pos))
-
 			end
 		end
 	end,