mods that hopefully work for a TechAge-based pack

mods/techage_modpack/networks/observer.lua

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+--[[
+
+	Networks
+	========
+
+	Copyright (C) 2021 Joachim Stolberg
+
+	AGPL v3
+	See LICENSE.txt for more information
+
+	Node observer for debugging/testing purposes
+
+]]--
+
+-- for lazy programmers
+local S2P = minetest.string_to_pos
+local P2S = function(pos) if pos then return minetest.pos_to_string(pos) end end
+local M = minetest.get_meta
+local N = tubelib2.get_node_lvm
+
+local ObservePos = nil
+
+function networks.register_observe_pos(pos)
+	ObservePos = pos
+end
+
+function networks.node_observer(tag, pos, tbl1, tbl2)
+	if ObservePos and pos and vector.equals(pos, ObservePos) then
+		print("##### Node_observer (" .. (minetest.get_gametime() % 100) .. "): '" .. N(pos).name .. "' - " .. tag)
+		print("tbl1", dump(tbl1), "\ntbl2", dump(tbl2))
+	end
+end