Can now change the balance of players while they are offline, and emeraldbank.add_emeralds also takes a string of the playername to select the player.

commands.lua

@@ -71,26 +71,26 @@ core.register_chatcommand("emeralds", {
     privs = {server=true},
     func = function(name, param)
         local playername, stringnum = param:match("([^ ]+) (.+)")
-        local player
         local num = tonumber(stringnum)
         if playername and num then
-            player = core.get_player_by_name(playername)
-        end
-        if player and num then
-            emeraldbank.add_emeralds(player, num)
-            atm.read_account(playername)
-            minetest.chat_send_player(name, S("@1 has now @2 emeralds in bank account",
-            playername, atm.balance[playername]))
-            return true
+            local success = emeraldbank.add_emeralds(playername, num)
+            if success then
+                atm.read_account(playername)
+                minetest.chat_send_player(name, S("@1 has now @2 emeralds in bank account",
+                playername, atm.balance[playername]))
+                return true
+            else
+                minetest.chat_send_player(name, S("Player @1 not found or not online.", playername))
+                return false
+            end
         else
-            -- Notify the command issuer that the player is not found or not online
-            minetest.chat_send_player(name, S("Player @1 not found or not online.", playername))
+            -- Notify the command issuer that the input is invalid
+            minetest.chat_send_player(name, S("Invalid input. Please specify a player and a number."))
             return false
         end
     end
 })
 
-
 -- experimental upgrade command
 core.register_chatcommand("upgrade", {
      description = S("Admin Command! Upgrade a shop"),

functions.lua

@@ -26,22 +26,36 @@ function emeraldbank.get_emeralds(name)
 	return atm.balance[name]
 end
 
+-- Accepts a player object or player name as input now
 function emeraldbank.add_emeralds(player, num)
-   if not player then return false end
-   local meta = player:get_meta()
-   local name = player:get_player_name()
-   atm.read_account(name)
-   if num then
-      if atm.balance[name] then
-	 atm.balance[name] = math.floor(atm.balance[name] + num)
-      else
-	 atm.balance[name] = num
-      end
-      mcl_title.set(player, "actionbar", {text=S("Emeralds in Bank: @1", atm.balance[name]), color="yellow"})
-      atm.save_account(name)
-      return true
-   end
-   return false
+    if not player then return false end
+
+    local name
+    if type(player) == "string" then
+        name = player
+    else
+        name = player:get_player_name()
+    end
+
+    atm.read_account(name)
+
+    -- Check if atm.balance[name] exists
+    if atm.balance[name] == nil then
+        return false
+    end
+
+    if num then
+        atm.balance[name] = math.floor(atm.balance[name] + num)
+
+        -- Update actionbar only if 'player' is a player object
+        if type(player) ~= "string" then
+            mcl_title.set(player, "actionbar", {text=S("Emeralds in Bank: @1", atm.balance[name]), color="yellow"})
+        end
+
+        atm.save_account(name)
+        return true
+    end
+    return false
 end
 
 function emeraldbank.update_accounts()
@@ -139,39 +153,39 @@ function emeraldbank.upgrade_shop(pos)
    local old_inv = old_meta:get_inventory()
    local old_list = old_inv:get_list("stock")
    local old_stack = old_inv:get_stack("stock", 1)
-   
+
    -- set the new shop node
    core.swap_node(pos, {name = "fancy_vend:player_vendor"})
-   
+
    -- setup the new shop node
    -- Set variables for access later (for various checks, etc.)
-   
+
    pos.y = pos.y + 1
    -- local above_node = minetest.get_node(pos).name
-   
+
    -- -- If node above is air or the display node, and it is not protected, attempt to place the vendor. If vendor sucessfully places, place display node above, otherwise alert the user
    -- if (minetest.registered_nodes[above_node].buildable_to or above_node == "fancy_vend:display_node") and not minetest.is_protected(pos, owner) then
    --    if above_node ~= "fancy_vend:display_node" then
    -- 	 minetest.set_node(pos, minetest.registered_nodes["fancy_vend:display_node"])
    --    end
-   
+
    -- Set owner
    local owner = old_meta:get_string("owner") or ""
    local meta = minetest.get_meta(pos)
    meta:set_string("owner", owner)
-   
+
    -- Set default meta
    meta:set_string("log", minetest.serialize({"Vendor placed by "..owner,}))
    emeraldbank.reset_vendor_settings(pos)
    emeraldbank.refresh_vendor(pos)
-   
+
    if minetest.get_modpath("pipeworks") then
       pipeworks.after_place(pos)
    end
-   
+
    -- copy old metadata in new node
    core.get_meta(pos):from_table(old_meta_table)
-   
+
    -- new node
    local node = core.get_node(pos)
    local meta = core.get_meta(pos)
@@ -192,8 +206,8 @@ function emeraldbank.upgrade_shop(pos)
    -- inv:set_size("wanted_item", 1*1)
    -- inv:set_size("given_item", 1*1)
    -- inv:set_stack("main", i, old_stack)
-   
-   
+
+
    emeraldbank.set_vendor_settings(pos, settings)
    emeraldbank.refresh_vendor(pos)
 end