Locked doors #267

Dirkfried commented 2026年02月06日 16:10:17 +01:00

Could you add locked (variants of) doors and item frames to the game? (Maybe with the same lock pick mechanism.)
This would be very convenient for multiplayer servers.

(Also about the comparison to MTG: there are steel doors that are protected.)

And would the right way to prevent lock picking be to set locks_picked_time=0 ?

Could you add locked (variants of) doors and item frames to the game? (Maybe with the same lock pick mechanism.) This would be very convenient for multiplayer servers. (Also about the comparison to MTG: there are steel doors that are protected.) And would the right way to prevent lock picking be to set locks_picked_time=0 ?

Wuzzy commented 2026年02月06日 17:03:36 +01:00

Given there’s a dedicated lock item, adding lock support for more things makes sense. I'm not sure how far I want to take this.

Currently, locks are only weak protection for multiplayer servers because they're vulnerable to lockpicking.

Eventually I plan to spawn more locked chests in the world so the lockpick becomes more useful.

If you want strong protection, use a protection mod. Repixture implements the Luanti protection API (core.is_protected, etc.) quite well (I hope). Protection should work for any "complex" nodes in the game and prevent being changed by non-owners of the protection zone. If you find any such nodes where protection does not work or it can be bypassed, this is a bug (please report).

But this doesn’t work for doors, which intentionally ignore protection. So yeah, locked doors make sense. Also has the neat side effect that you can also use them to block villagers.

As for item frames, this is more esoteric. I think an item frames already obey protection. I'm not sure if I want to support locking to them as well. It's awkward theme-wise. A locked item showcase makes more sense to me.

Overall, I just think the whole locking system needs a major overhaul in general. But this is low-priority.

And would the right way to prevent lock picking be to set locks_picked_time=0 ?

No. But maybe I could add a setting that disables lockpicking for player-owned nodes.

Given there’s a dedicated lock item, adding lock support for more things makes sense. I'm not sure how far I want to take this. Currently, locks are only weak protection for multiplayer servers because they're vulnerable to lockpicking. Eventually I plan to spawn more locked chests in the world so the lockpick becomes more useful. If you want strong protection, use a protection mod. Repixture implements the Luanti protection API (`core.is_protected`, etc.) quite well (I hope). Protection should work for any "complex" nodes in the game and prevent being changed by non-owners of the protection zone. If you find any such nodes where protection does not work or it can be bypassed, this is a bug (please report). But this doesn’t work for doors, which intentionally ignore protection. So yeah, locked doors make sense. Also has the neat side effect that you can also use them to block villagers. As for item frames, this is more esoteric. I think an item frames already obey protection. I'm not sure if I want to support locking to them as well. It's awkward theme-wise. A locked item showcase makes more sense to me. Overall, I just think the whole locking system needs a major overhaul in general. But this is low-priority. > And would the right way to prevent lock picking be to set locks_picked_time=0 ? No. But maybe I could add a setting that disables lockpicking for player-owned nodes.

Dirkfried commented 2026年02月06日 18:06:36 +01:00

Ok, it seems that the protection was not clear to me.
I now tested it in a protected area (with the areas mod): Another player can open normal chests but right-clicking on item frames or the item showcase as well as punching a locked chest with a lock pick leads to nothing happening except for an "Is protected by..." message :-)

So my feature request reduces to only locked doors.

Ok, it seems that the protection was not clear to me. I now tested it in a protected area (with the areas mod): Another player can open normal chests but right-clicking on item frames or the item showcase as well as punching a locked chest with a lock pick leads to nothing happening except for an "Is protected by..." message :-) So my feature request reduces to only locked doors.