I hope this little tweak makes using the API a bit more flexible to use. if player X has 40/50 mana and you want to add 20, you can either call mana.add, in which call the addition will fail and no mana will be added, or you can call mana.add_up_to, in which case 10 mana will be added (capped at 50), plus the function reports how much excess mana you had (in this case 10, obviously). Now you can decide whether you allow “excess” amount (over the maximum or below 0) or if you want to abort the whole operation if a limit would be exceeded. I have tweaked the adder and subtractor functions a bit. It really just boils down to setter and getter functions, and addition and subtraction. I have added the API documentation, and it is surprisingly short. I just released version 0.2.0 of this mod! If you don't have this mod, you will just see a simple text instead of a “fancy” HUD bar. Version: 1.3.1 (This mod uses semantic versioning, as of 2.0.0 of the standard) The functions make sure the mana will never go out of bound, so the current mana is not allowed to be smaller than 0 or larger than the player's maximum.Īlso, the maximum must not be smaller than 0 as well. mana_regen_timer: Time in seconds all (!) players will generate mana (default: 0.2)Īnd that's basically it for now.mana_default_regen: The initial amount of mana a new player will generate (default: 1).mana_default_max: Initial maximum mana for new players (default: 200).Set/get the amount of mana regeneration of a playerĪlso, this mod is configurable with server settings (nf):.Set/get the current and maximum mana of a player.Here is a screenshot showing a HUD bar for the mana, using the optional dependency on HUD bars mod: The values can be changed on a per-player basis with an API, the mod also recognizes a few server settings. Note that the regeneration rate is the same for all players and can only be changed globally. Mana could also be used as a lazy measure to limit the uses of special items without destroying them, so the items do not neccessarily have to be magical.īy default, all players start with 0/200 mana, and will regenerate 1 mana each fifth of a second. In Minetest, it could be used for all kinds of special items and tools and what else you may think of. Each time you use one of those, this reduces your mana reserves until you hit 0 eventually, at which point you cannot use these magical items anymore you have to recharge your mana level somehow then. In mfany RPGs mana is used as a resource for magical items or spells.

Mana is intended to be a secondary player attribute. This mod does not provide any actual gameplay on its own.

Mana Bars 1.26a