Camas/mods/show_wielded_item/init.lua

-- Based on 4itemnames mod by 4aiman

local wield = {}
local wieldindex = {}
local huds = {}
local dtimes = {}
local dlimit = 3  -- HUD element will be hidden after this many seconds

local hudbars_mod = minetest.get_modpath("hudbars")

local function set_hud(player)
	if not player:is_player() then return end
	local player_name = player:get_player_name() 
	-- Fixed offset in config file
	local fixed = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("show_wielded_item_y_offset"))
	local off
	if fixed and fixed ~= -1 then
		-- Manual offset
		off = {x=0, y=-fixed}
	else
		-- Default offset
		off = {x=0, y=-133}

		if hudbars_mod then
			-- Tweak offset if hudbars mod was found

			local rows = math.floor((#hb.get_hudbar_identifiers()-1) / 2) + 1
			local vmargin = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("hudbars_vmargin")) or 24
			off.y = -76 - vmargin*rows
		end

		-- Dirty trick to avoid collision with Minetest's status text (e.g. “Volume changed to 0%”)
		if off.y >= -167 and off.y <= -156 then
			off.y = -181
		end
	end

	huds[player_name] = player:hud_add({
		hud_elem_type = "text",
		position = {x=0.5, y=1},
		offset = off,
		alignment = {x=0, y=0},
		number = 0xFFFFFF ,
		text = "",
		z_index = 100,
	})
end

minetest.register_on_joinplayer(function(player)
	set_hud(player)

	local name = player:get_player_name()
	wield[name] = player:get_wielded_item():get_name()
	wieldindex[name] = player:get_wield_index()
end)

minetest.register_on_leaveplayer(function(player)
	local name = player:get_player_name()
	wield[name] = nil
	wieldindex[name] = nil
end)

minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
	for _, player in pairs(minetest.get_connected_players()) do
		local player_name = player:get_player_name()
		local wstack = player:get_wielded_item()
		local wname = wstack:get_name()
		local windex = player:get_wield_index()

		if dtimes[player_name] and dtimes[player_name] < dlimit then
			dtimes[player_name] = dtimes[player_name] + dtime
			if dtimes[player_name] > dlimit and huds[player_name] then
				player:hud_change(huds[player_name], 'text', "")
			end
		end

		-- Update HUD when wielded item or wielded index changed
		if wname ~= wield[player_name] or windex ~= wieldindex[player_name] then
			wieldindex[player_name] = windex
			wield[player_name] = wname
			dtimes[player_name] = 0

			if huds[player_name] then 

				local def = minetest.registered_items[wname]
				local meta = wstack:get_meta()

				--[[ Get description. Order of preference:
				* description from metadata
				* description from item definition
				* itemstring ]]
				local desc = meta:get_string("description")
				if (desc == nil or desc == "") and def then
					desc = def.description
				end
				if desc == nil or desc == "" then
					desc = wname
				end
				-- Cut off item description after first newline
				local firstnewline = string.find(desc, "\n")
				if firstnewline then
					desc = string.sub(desc, 1, firstnewline-1)
				end
				player:hud_change(huds[player_name], 'text', desc)
			end
		end
	end
end)