//metaball: bugfix

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worldeditadditions/lib/metaballs/init.lua

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ local metaballs_ns = {
 	remove = playerdata.remove,
 	list = playerdata.list,
 	list_pretty = playerdata.list_pretty,
-	clear = playerdata.clear
+	clear = playerdata.clear,
+	volume = playerdata.volume
 }
 
 return metaballs_ns

worldeditadditions/lib/metaballs/playerdata.lua

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ local function remove(player_name, index)
 	local success, metaball_list = list(player_name)
 	if not success then return success, metaball_list end
 	
-	if #metaball_list > index then
+	if index > #metaball_list then
 		return false, "Error: Requested the removal of metaball "..tostring(index)..", but there are "..tostring(#metaball_list).." metaballs defined."
 	end
 	
@@ -95,10 +95,31 @@ local function clear(player_name)
 	return #metaball_list
 end
 
+--- Calculates the total volume that the currently defined metaballs are expected to take up.
+-- @param	player_name	string	The name of the player.
+-- @returns	bool,number	The total volume that the currently defined metaballs are expected to take up.
+local function volume(player_name)
+	local success, metaball_list = list(player_name)
+	if not success then return success, metaball_list end
+	
+	if #metaball_list == 0 then return 0 end
+	
+	local pos1 = metaball_list[1].pos
+	local pos2 = pos1
+	
+	for i,metaball in ipairs(metaball_list) do
+		pos1 = Vector3.min(pos1, metaball.pos - metaball.radius)
+		pos2 = Vector3.max(pos2, metaball.pos + metaball.radius)
+	end
+	
+	return (pos2 - pos1):area()
+end
+
 return {
 	add = add,
 	list = list,
 	list_pretty = list_pretty,
 	remove = remove,
-	clear = clear
+	clear = clear,
+	volume = volume
 }

worldeditadditions/lib/metaballs/render.lua

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ local function render(metaballs, replace_node, threshold)
 					metaball_sum = metaball_sum + falloff
 				end
 				
-				if metaball_sum <= threshold then
+				if metaball_sum >= threshold then
 					data[area:index(x, y, z)] = node_id_replace
 					replaced = replaced + 1
 				end

worldeditadditions_commands/commands/metaball.lua

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ local Vector3 = wea.Vector3
 -- ██   ██ ██    ██ ██ ████ ██ █████
 -- ██   ██ ██    ██ ██  ██  ██ ██
 -- ██████   ██████  ██      ██ ███████
-worldedit.register_command("metaballs", {
+worldedit.register_command("metaball", {
-	params = "add <radius> | remove <index> | list | render <replace_node> [<threshold=1>] | clear",
+	params = "add <radius> | remove <index> | render <replace_node> [<threshold=1>] | list | clear | volume",
 	description = "Defines and creates metaballs. After using the add subcommand to define 1 or more metaballs (uses pos1), the render subcommand can then be used to create the metaballs as nodes.",
 	privs = { worldedit = true },
 	require_pos = 1,
@@ -32,24 +32,33 @@ worldedit.register_command("metaballs", {
 		if subcommand == "create" then subcommand = "render" end
 		
 		if subcommand == "add" then
+			if #parts < 2 then
+				return false, "Error: Not enough arguments."
+			end
 			local radius = tonumber(parts[2])
 			if not radius then
-				return false, "Error: Invalid radius '"..parts[1].."'. The radius must be a positive integer."
+				return false, "Error: Invalid radius '"..parts[2].."'. The radius must be a positive integer."
 			end
 			if radius < 1 then
 				return false, "Error: The minimum radius size is 1, but you entered "..tostring(radius).."."
 			end
 			table.insert(subargs, radius)
 		elseif subcommand == "remove" then
+			if #parts < 2 then
+				return false, "Error: Not enough arguments."
+			end
 			local index = tonumber(parts[2])
 			if not index then
-				return false, "Error: Invalid index '"..parts[1].."'. The index to remove must be a positive integer."
+				return false, "Error: Invalid index '"..parts[2].."'. The index to remove must be a positive integer."
 			end
 			if index < 1 then
 				return false, "Error: The minimum index size is 1, but you entered "..tostring(index).."."
 			end
 			table.insert(subargs, index)
 		elseif subcommand == "render" then
+			if #parts < 2 then
+				return false, "Error: Not enough arguments."
+			end
 			local replace_node = worldedit.normalize_nodename(parts[2])
 			local threshold = 1
 			
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ worldedit.register_command("metaballs", {
 			end
 			table.insert(subargs, replace_node)
 			table.insert(subargs, threshold)
-		elseif subcommand ~= "list" and subcommand ~= "clear" then
+		elseif subcommand ~= "list" and subcommand ~= "clear" and subcommand ~= "volume" then
 			return false, "Error: Unknown subcommand '"..parts[1].."'."
 		end
 		
@@ -73,7 +82,7 @@ worldedit.register_command("metaballs", {
 	end,
 	nodes_needed = function(name, subcommand)
 		if subcommand == "render" then
-			return worldedit.volume(worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name])
+			return wea.metaballs.volume(name)
 		else
 			return 0
 		end
@@ -81,13 +90,19 @@ worldedit.register_command("metaballs", {
 	func = function(name, subcommand, subargs)
 		local start_time = wea.get_ms_time()
 		local message = ""
-		local append_time = true
+		local append_time = false
 		if subcommand == "list" then
 			local success, list = wea.metaballs.list_pretty(name)
 			if not success then return success, list end
 			
 			message = list
-			append_time = false
+		elseif subcommand == "volume" then
+			local success, metaballs_list = wea.metaballs.list(name)
+			if not success then return success, metaballs_list end
+			local success2, volume = wea.metaballs.volume(name)
+			if not success2 then return success2, volume end
+			
+			message = #metaballs_list.." will take up to "..tostring(volume).." nodes of space"
 		elseif subcommand == "clear" then
 			local success, metaballs_cleared = wea.metaballs.clear(name)
 			if not success then return success, metaballs_cleared end
@@ -108,6 +123,7 @@ worldedit.register_command("metaballs", {
 			if not success then return success, metaballs_count end
 			
 			message = "added metaball at "..pos.." with radius "..tostring(radius).." - "..metaballs_count.." metaballs are now defined"
+			append_time = false
 		elseif subcommand == "render" then
 			local replace_node = subargs[1]
 			local threshold = subargs[2]
@@ -123,6 +139,7 @@ worldedit.register_command("metaballs", {
 			if not success2 then return success2, nodes_replaced end
 			
 			message = nodes_replaced.." nodes replaced using "..tostring(#metaballs).." metaballs"
+			append_time = true
 		end
 		
 		local time_taken = wea.get_ms_time() - start_time

worldeditadditions_commands/init.lua

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/spiral2.lua")
 dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/copy.lua")
 dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/move.lua")
 dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/dome.lua")
-
+dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/metaball.lua")
 dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/count.lua")
 dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/sculpt.lua")