Minetest-WorldEditAdditions/worldeditadditions/lib/ellipsoid2.lua

local wea = worldeditadditions

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function worldeditadditions.ellipsoid2(pos1, pos2, target_node, hollow)
	pos1, pos2 = wea.Vector3.sort(pos1, pos2)
	local volume = pos2:subtract(pos1)
	local volume_half = volume:divide(2)
	
	local radius = pos2:subtract(pos1):divide(2)
	
	print("DEBUG:ellipsoid2 | pos1: "..pos1..", pos2: "..pos2..", target_node: "..target_node)
	print("DEBUG:ellipsoid2 radius", radius)
	
	-- position = { x, y, z }
	local hollow_inner_radius = {
		x = radius.x - 1,
		y = radius.y - 1,
		z = radius.z - 1
	}
	
	-- Fetch the nodes in the specified area
	local manip, area = worldedit.manip_helpers.init(pos1, pos2)
	local data = manip:get_data()
	
	local node_id = minetest.get_content_id(target_node)
	
	local count = 0 -- The number of nodes replaced
	
	for z = pos2.z, pos1.z, -1 do
		for y = pos2.y, pos1.y, -1 do
			for x = pos2.x, pos1.x, -1 do
				
				local pos_relative = wea.Vector3.new(x, y, z):subtract(pos1)
					:subtract(volume_half)
				
				print("DEBUG pos1", pos1, "pos2", pos2, "volume_half", volume_half, "pos_relative", pos_relative)
				
				-- If we're inside the ellipse, then fill it in
				local comp = pos_relative:divide(radius)
				local ellipsoid_dist = comp:length_squared()
				if ellipsoid_dist <= 1 then
					local place_ok = not hollow;
					
					if not place_ok then
						-- It must be hollow! Do some additional calculations.
						local hx_comp = x/hollow_inner_radius.x
						local hy_comp = y/hollow_inner_radius.y
						local hz_comp = z/hollow_inner_radius.z
						
						-- It's only ok to place it if it's outside our inner ellipse
						place_ok = hx_comp*hx_comp + hy_comp*hy_comp + hz_comp*hz_comp >= 1
					end
					
					if place_ok then
						data[area:index(x, y, z)] = node_id
						count = count + 1
					end
				end
				
			end
		end
	end
	
	
	-- Save the modified nodes back to disk & return
	worldedit.manip_helpers.finish(manip, data)
	
	return count
end