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config.lua

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+-- stores up to 4 marker positions for each player
+markers.positions = {}
+
+-- store the positions of that many markers for each player (until server restart)
+markers.MAX_MARKERS  = 50;
+
+-- the protection against digging of the marker by other players expires after this time
+markers.EXPIRE_AFTER = 60*60*24;
+
+-- self-protected areas can not get higher than 100 blocks
+markers.MAX_HEIGHT   = 100;
+
+-- only areas up to this size (in square meters) can be protected
+markers.MAX_SIZE     = 4096; -- 64m * 64m= 4096 m^2
+
+-- show only areas withhin this range when showing the list of ALL areas
+-- (else it does get too crowded on multiplayer servers)
+-- set to something >60000 in order to view all areas; set to a smaller
+-- value (i.e. 500) on multiplayer servers with many protected areas
+
+if(     #areas.areas > 1000 ) then
+	markers.AREA_RANGE   = 100;
+elseif( #areas.areas > 100 ) then
+	markers.AREA_RANGE   = 1000;
+else
+	markers.AREA_RANGE   = 100000;
+end
+
+-- for most cases, the default values ought to work
+--markers.AREA_RANGE   = 100000;
+
+local settings = Settings( minetest.get_worldpath().."/markers_settings.txt");
+if( settings ) then
+	if( settings:get( "markers_MAX_MARKERS" )) then
+		markers.MAX_MARKERS  = tonumber(settings:get( "markers_MAX_MARKERS"));
+	end
+	if( settings:get( "markers_EXPIRE_AFTER" )) then
+		markers.EXPIRE_AFTER = tonumber(settings:get( "markers_EXPIRE_AFTER"));
+	end
+	if( settings:get( "markers_MAX_HEIGHT" )) then
+		markers.MAX_HEIGHT   = tonumber(settings:get( "markers_MAX_HEIGHT"));
+	end
+	if( settings:get( "markers_MAX_SIZE" )) then
+		markers.MAX_SIZE     = tonumber(settings:get( "markers_MAX_SIZE"));
+	end
+end