Beware the Dark Not Working Properly on Servers

[lumidify]

When I play this on a server, sanity works, but I only get the actual hud element shown the first time I join (until the server is restarted). It seems as if this is because of lines 67-71 in init.lua:

if not pl then
        M.players[name] = { pending_dmg = 0.0 }
        pl = M.players[name]
        M.hud_init(player)
end

The way I understand this is that M.hud_init, which actually shows the hud element to the player, is only shown the first time they join, until the server is restarted (and M.players is emptied). However, it works if I move M.Hud_init(player) out of the if statement, like so:

if not pl then
        M.players[name] = { pending_dmg = 0.0 }
        pl = M.players[name]
end
M.hud_init(player)

Am I missing something, or why is M.hud_init only run the first time the player joins?

[minertestdude]

@lumidify Hello. I have implemented your change in my fork. I will do pull request into this branch, but it looks unlikely that this branch will be updated. @bendeutsch or perhaps not hope is lost? :-)

[lumidify]

@minertestdude Hi, I'm glad to know this was still useful for someone - I'd completely forgotten about it over the years...

[bendeutsch]

Hello everyone, I'm sorry, but I don't have the time to work on anything Minetest-related right now. A fork actually sounds like the best option. I'm glad it seems someone is keeping this going!