minetest.get content id

This page contains unofficial, low-quality Lua API documentation and is likely to be outdated or wrong. Do not rely on it! For the official and up-to-date documentation, see Lua API Documentation.

This page has been proposed for deletion for the following reason: "Contains unofficial and potentially outdated, redundant and inconsistent Lua API information" If you don't think that this page should be deleted, please explain why on the talk page.

Syntax

minetest.get_content_id(name)

Description

Returns an integer: the internal content ID of name

Example

local c_air = minetest.get_content_id"air"
print("Air has the content id: " .. tostring(c_air))

local manip = minetest.get_voxel_manip()
local emin, emax = manip:read_from_map(minp, maxp)
local area = VoxelArea:new({MinEdge=emin, MaxEdge=emax})
local data = manip:get_data()
for z = minp.z, maxp.z do
   for y = minp.y, maxp.y do
      local vi = data:index(minp.x, y, z)
      for x = minp.x, maxp.x do
         --remove all nodes in the area - set to air
         data[vi] = c_air
         vi = vi + 1
      end
   end
end
manip:set_data(data)
manip:write_to_map()
manip:update_map()

Function required by VoxelManip.