Minetest-WorldEditAdditions/worldeditadditions_commands/commands/wireframe/wcompass.lua

local wea = worldeditadditions
local wea_c = worldeditadditions_core
local Vector3 = wea_c.Vector3

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worldeditadditions_core.register_command("wcompass", {
	params = "<replace_node> [<bead_node>]",
	description = "Creates a compass around pos1 with a single node bead pointing north (+Z).",
	privs = {worldedit=true},
	require_pos = 1,
	parse = function(params_text)
		local parts = wea_c.split(params_text," ",true)
		if not parts[1] then
			return false, "Error: too few arguments! Expected: \"<replace_node> [<bead_node>]\""
		elseif not parts[2] then
			parts[2] = parts[1]
		end
		local node1 = worldedit.normalize_nodename(parts[1])
		local node2 = worldedit.normalize_nodename(parts[2])
		if not node1 then
			return false, "Invalid <replace_node>: " .. parts[1]
		elseif not node2 then
			return false, "Invalid <bead_node>: " .. parts[2]
		end
		return true, node1, node2
	end,
	nodes_needed = function(name)
		return 26
	end,
	func = function(name, node1, node2)
		local start_time = wea_c.get_ms_time()
		
		local pos1 = Vector3.clone(worldedit.pos1[name])
		local success, count = wea.make_compass(pos1, node1, node2)
		if not success then return success, count end
		
		local time_taken = wea_c.format.human_time(wea_c.get_ms_time() - start_time)
		
		
		minetest.log("action", name.." used //wcompass at "..pos1..", taking "..time_taken)
		return true, count .. " nodes set in "..time_taken
		
	end,
})