From 98f097dc2fd818637e7750d491fe7d394a94d9e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zughy <63455151+Zughy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2023 14:16:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Warn about unsupported file extensions for media

---
 doc/lua_api.md | 13 ++++++++++++-
 src/server.cpp |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/lua_api.md b/doc/lua_api.md
index 356c28cc8..28446ac4d 100644
--- a/doc/lua_api.md
+++ b/doc/lua_api.md
@@ -259,7 +259,18 @@ time, if necessary. (See [`Settings`])
 
 Media files (textures, sounds, whatever) that will be transferred to the
 client and will be available for use by the mod and translation files for
-the clients (see [Translations]).
+the clients (see [Translations]). Accepted characters for names are:
+
+    a-zA-Z0-9_.-
+
+Accepted formats are:
+
+    images: .png, .jpg, .bmp, (deprecated) .tga
+    sounds: .ogg vorbis
+    models: .x, .b3d, .obj
+
+Other formats won't be sent to the client (e.g. you can store .blend files
+in a folder for convenience, without the risk that such files are transferred)
 
 It is suggested to use the folders for the purpose they are thought for,
 eg. put textures into `textures`, translation files into `locale`,
diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 2dca13cf0..445955020 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -2513,7 +2513,7 @@ bool Server::addMediaFile(const std::string &filename,
 {
 	// If name contains illegal characters, ignore the file
 	if (!string_allowed(filename, TEXTURENAME_ALLOWED_CHARS)) {
-		infostream << "Server: ignoring illegal file name: \""
+		warningstream << "Server: ignoring file as it has disallowed characters: \""
 				<< filename << "\"" << std::endl;
 		return false;
 	}