Put height into placed, base, bamboo stalk nodes so that height checks work properly.

Fix placing bamboo on top of other bamboo nodes, when it would go above the decided height. It now stops just before the endcap node placement.

Fixed Errant log message.
Fixed itemstack removal while in creative mode.

mods/ITEMS/mcl_bamboo/bamboo_base.lua

@@ -136,23 +136,21 @@ local bamboo_def = {
 		mcl_bamboo.mcl_log("node name: " .. nodename .. "\nbamboo_node: " .. bamboo_node)
 		-- intentional use of nodename.
 
+		local rand_height
+		local BAMBOO_MAX_HEIGHT = 16 -- maximum height of 16, per wiki.
+		local first_shoot
+		local meta
+
 		if bamboo_node ~= -1 then
 			place_item = ItemStack(mcl_bamboo.bamboo_index[bamboo_node])
-		else
-			local placed_type = pr:next(1, 4) -- randomly choose which one to place.
-			mcl_bamboo.mcl_log("Place_Bamboo_Shoot--Type: " .. placed_type)
-			place_item = ItemStack(mcl_bamboo.bamboo_index[placed_type])
-		end
 
 			-- height check for placing bamboo nodes. because... lmfao bamboo stalk to the sky.
 			-- variables used in more than one spot.
-		local first_shoot
 			local chk_pos
 			local soil_pos
 			local node_name = ""
 			local dist = 0
 			local height = -1
-		local BAMBOO_MAX_HEIGHT = 16 -- base height check.
 
 			local BAMBOO_SOIL_DIST = BAMBOO_MAX_HEIGHT * -1
 			-- -------------------
@@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ local bamboo_def = {
 				chk_pos = vector.offset(pos, 0, py, 0)
 				node_name = minetest.get_node(chk_pos).name
 				if mcl_bamboo.is_dirt(node_name) then
-				soil_pos = chk_pos
+					first_shoot = vector.offset(chk_pos, 0, 1, 0)
 					break
 				else
 					if mcl_bamboo.is_bamboo(node_name) == false then
@@ -169,32 +167,49 @@ local bamboo_def = {
 				end
 			end
 			-- requires knowing where the soil node is.
-		if soil_pos == nil then
+			if first_shoot == nil then
-			return itemstack -- returning itemstack means don't place.
+				return
 			end
-
+			meta = minetest.get_meta(first_shoot)
-		first_shoot = vector.offset(soil_pos, 0, 1, 0)
-		local meta = minetest.get_meta(first_shoot)
-
 			if meta then
 				height = meta:get_int("height", -1)
 			end
 
-		dist = vector.distance(soil_pos, chk_pos)
+			dist = vector.distance(first_shoot, pos) + 1 -- +1 for the ground offset.
-
+			mcl_bamboo.mcl_log("Distance: " .. dist .. " Height: " .. height .. " Bamboo to place: " .. mcl_bamboo.bamboo_index[bamboo_node])
 			-- okay, so don't go beyond max height...
-		if dist > 15 and height == -1 then
+			-- Height is determined when the first node grows or is placed.
-			-- height not found
+			-- here, it's not found, so let them do 4-5 nodes up. (should help it grow.)
-			return itemstack
+			if dist < 5 and height < 5 then
+				-- allow
+			else
+				-- else, it's complicated.
+				if dist > 5 and height < 5 then
+					return
+				end
 			end
 
-		if dist + 1 > height - 1 then
+			if dist > height - 1 then
-			-- height found.
+				-- height found. here, we let them do it until they reach where the endcap will go.
-			return itemstack
+				return
+			end
+		else
+			local placed_type = pr:next(1, 4) -- randomly choose which one to place.
+			mcl_bamboo.mcl_log("Place_Bamboo_Shoot--Type: " .. placed_type)
+			place_item = ItemStack(mcl_bamboo.bamboo_index[placed_type])
+			rand_height = pr:next(BAMBOO_MAX_HEIGHT - 4, BAMBOO_MAX_HEIGHT)
 		end
 
-		minetest.item_place(place_item, placer, pointed_thing, fdir)
+		local _, position = minetest.item_place(place_item, placer, pointed_thing, fdir)
+		if not minetest.is_creative_enabled(placer:get_player_name()) then
 			itemstack:take_item(1)
+		end
+		if rand_height and rand_height > 1 then
+			meta = minetest.get_meta(position)
+			if meta then
+				meta:set_int("height", rand_height)
+			end
+		end
 		return itemstack, pointed_thing.under
 	end,