Luanti version

5.9.0-debug
5.10.0-debug
5.11.0-debug
5.12.0-debug
5.13.0-debug
5.14.0-debug

Built using clang 21.1.7

Operating system and version

Fedora Workstation 43

CPU model

Intel i7 4770k

GPU model

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Active renderer

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Summary

The API documentation states the following:

• "": The player's hand, which is in use whenever the player wields no item.
  • Its range and tool capabilities are also used as a fallback for the wielded item.
  • It can be overridden to change those properties:
    • globally using core.override_item
    • per-player using the special "hand" inventory list

I read this as I should be able to set the "range" key on the empty hand to override the range per player. Tests in versions 5.9 (introduction of item_meta_range feature) and upward indicate that this never worked.

Steps to reproduce

A quick test with vanilla MTG + worldedit to run commands, creative mode disabled:

//lua local inv = core.get_player_by_name("singleplayer"):get_inventory() inv:set_size("hand", 1) local stack = inv:get_stack("hand", 1) stack:get_meta():set_float("range", 40) inv:set_stack("hand", 1, stack)

The effect is naught, nothing changes. The range remains at default.

I hope I'm not doing anything obvious wrong there.