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Added translation using Weblate (Dutch)
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.tr -> .po
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fix: update min_minetest_version to 5.10
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refactor: enhance userdata handling in data table
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Fixed some typos in DOCS
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Improved docs for for_each_player_in_db()
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Translated using Weblate
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Automatic testing CI and some fixes along the way
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Improved expiring entities handling: it was conflicting with mods like mtobjid
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docs: add README for Docker test harness setup and usage
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docs: add __last_start_timestamp parameter to skill function documentation
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add is_running method to skill metatable
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fix: prevent duplicate layer application in register_skill function
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Bring the types in!
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new field: loop_params.extend_duration_on_restart
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...I forgot DOCS
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refactor: enhance type definitions with DynamicValue support in LoopParams and SoundSpec
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CRASHFIX: dynamic values in physics were crashing when iterating the dynamic table + better dynamic varargs handling
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Fix typo in documentation regarding custom user-defined parameters naming convention
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Added some logs and fixed dynamic properties metatable overriding skills original metatable
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Removing states from DB in case they got saved from previous versions of mods
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Oops, last commit didn't work
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Changelog
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BUGFIX: avoid removing skills of unloaded mods from db
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Dynamic values can now be used everywhere in the skill definition, allowing a greater flexibility
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Added states: temporary players alterations that are defined just like skills but are not persistent and don't require unlocking
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A more rigorous testing suite that led to more bug fixes
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BREAKING CHANGES
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all previous internal params that started with a single underscore now start with two of them
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blocks_other_skills is now a table and can_be_blocked_by_other_skills has been removed in favor of a more flexible system
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small refactoring
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Refactored core.lua (closes #28)
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I don't know why and how and when skills.register_on_unlock disappeared from the code...
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Formatted files with Lua language server formatter (and attached a config for it)
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Added base_layers (closes #25)
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nil checks on join def
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fixed crash in register_skill_based_on
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Added monoids support
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minetest.(...) -> core.(...)
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set min version to Luanti 5.3
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Translated using Weblate (French)
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Fixed missing params from DOCS (closes #29)
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README: Minetest -> Luanti
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Added newline in cmd description
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DOCS: Minetest -> Luanti
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added get_active_skills, and a bunch of tests that lead to some bug fixes (e.g. monoids ref was actually not rightly referred to, get_unlocked_skills was returning the definitions instead of the instances, stop_on_death missing default)
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Formatted tests.lua
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Improved DOCS and renamed entities remove callback to on_remove
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added can_start function
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specified on_stop takes self as first argument
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removed redundant can_start check in skills.cast function
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corrected particles storage reference in DOCS
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added skill.__dtime and fixed can_start not applying to non-looped skills regression
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Clarified dtime goal
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possibility to use branches in monoids (closes #27)
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Refactor resolve_monoid_ref function to use assertions for error handling
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Translated using Weblate
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CRASHFIX: avoid initializiation of monoids field in register
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better handling of monoids assertion
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fixed undeclared global (closes #24)
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Implemented non-attached expiring entities
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Fixed crash when sound "object" property was set false
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Separated README from DOCS, and improved the latter
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Added link to dev docs in the readme
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Fixed spacing in the DOCS
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DOCS: indexed examples section and un-inlined two functions
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chatcmdbuilder is now an external dependency
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Documented "celestial_vault" property, that was missing for some reason
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Dynamic properties
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Fixed dynamic property example spacing in DOCS
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Section 2 was missing from DOCS
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some refactoring
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removed chatcmdbuilder dofile
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Added mod logging
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Added a skill creation guidelines section to the readme
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avoid initializing passive and cooldown in the def, or they will always be overwritten in skills bottom layers
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Introducing layers + now returning false in cast() will automatically stop a looped skill
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Added layered skills visual representation
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Updated layered skill example
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Specify that all functions will be merged in layered skills
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Improved documentation and updated links
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BUGFIX: particles, huds and sounds weren't removed if a skill returning false in the on_start was called two times in the same step
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Update LICENSE to AGPL instead of GPL
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Properly translate mod using Minetest util script
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Implemented can_cast (closes #21)
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Added stop_on_death parameter
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Added data._stop_job
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Smarter builtin data handling and more async-proof cast system
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oops, removed logs
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stop_on_death wasn't settable to false, and can_cast was breaking looped skills
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Avoid casting when is_stopping is true
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