Make cloaking.unhide_player() restore original player properties.

core.lua

@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ local function player_and_name(player, n)
     local victim = player:get_player_name()
 
     if n then
-        if cloaked_players[victim] then return end
+        if cloaked_players[victim] then return false end
     elseif n ~= nil then
-        if not cloaked_players[victim] then return end
+        if not cloaked_players[victim] then return false end
     end
 
     return player, victim
@@ -145,12 +145,22 @@ if not minetest.features.object_independent_selectionbox then
 end
 
 -- "Hide" players
-function cloaking.hide_player(player)
+local hidden = {}
+function cloaking.hide_player(player, preserve_attrs)
     -- Sanity check
-    if type(player) == "string" then
-        local _
-        player, _ = player_and_name(player, true)
+    local victim
+    local player, victim = player_and_name(player, true)
     if not player then return end
+
+    -- Save existing attributes
+    if preserve_attrs or preserve_attrs == nil then
+        if hidden[victim] then return end
+        hidden[victim] = {
+            player:get_properties(),
+            player:get_nametag_attributes()
+        }
+    else
+        hidden[victim] = nil
     end
 
     -- Hide the player
@@ -162,26 +172,39 @@ function cloaking.hide_player(player)
     player:set_nametag_attributes({text = " "})
 end
 
+-- Remove original attributes when players leave
+minetest.register_on_leaveplayer(function(player)
+    hidden[player:get_player_name()] = nil
+end)
+
 -- "Unhide" players
 function cloaking.unhide_player(player)
     -- Sanity check
     local player, victim = player_and_name(player, true)
-    if not player then return end
+    if not player or hidden[victim] == nil then return end
 
-    -- Get the new selectionbox
+    -- Get the data
+    local data     = hidden[victim] or {}
+    hidden[victim] = nil
+
+    -- Use sensible defaults if the data does not exist.
+    if not data[1] then
         local box = false
         if minetest.features.object_independent_selectionbox then
             box = player:get_properties().collisionbox
         end
         box = box or {-0.3,-1,-0.3,0.3,0.75,0.3}
 
-    -- Make the player visible
-    player:set_properties({
+        data = {{
             visual_size          = {x = 1, y = 2, z = 1},
             [selectionbox]       = box,
             makes_footstep_sound = true,
-    })
-    player:set_nametag_attributes({text = victim})
+        }}
+    end
+
+    -- Make the player visible
+    player:set_properties(data[1])
+    player:set_nametag_attributes(data[2] or {text = victim})
 end
 
 -- The cloak and uncloak functions
@@ -192,7 +215,7 @@ function cloaking.cloak(player)
     local player, victim = player_and_name(player, true)
     if not player then return end
 
-    cloaking.hide_player(player)
+    cloaking.hide_player(player, false)
 
     local t = nil
     if use_areas and areas.hud[victim] then
@@ -229,6 +252,7 @@ function cloaking.uncloak(player)
     if not player then return end
 
     cloaked_players[victim] = nil
+    hidden[victim] = false
     cloaking.unhide_player(player)
 
     -- In singleplayer, there is no joined the game message by default.