Actually completed previous commit (created working code)

equivalent_exchange/emcs.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-["default:"] = {
-	-- Nodes --
+local emcs = {
+	["default"] = {
 		stone = 2,
 		cobble = 1,
 		desert_stone = 1,
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 		mossycobble = 1,
 		mese=75978,
 		obsidian = 64,
-	-- Craft Items --
 		stick = 2,
 		paper = 96,
 		book = 288,
@@ -72,11 +71,23 @@
 		mese_crystal_fragment = 25,
 		clay_brick = 16,
 	}
+}
+--	block = {
+--		["default:"] = {
+--		}
+--	}
 
-for modname, itemlist in pairs(emctable) do
+
+
+for modname, itemlist in emcs do
 	for itemname, emcvalue in pairs(itemlist) do
-		minetest.override_item(modname..itemname, {
-			description = minetest.registered_items[modname..itemname].description.."\nEMC: "..emcvalue,
+		minetest.override_item(modname..":"..itemname, {
+			-- Weird bug or whatever
+			-- From IRC <kaeza>
+			-- are you running that at load time or runtime?
+			-- if the latter, you can't redefine items at runtime.
+			-- if the former, that may be a bug in the engine
+			-- description = minetest.registered_items[itemname].description.."\nEMC = "..tostring(emcvalue),
 		    emc = emcvalue,
 		})
 	end