From 728f68791c562e9a19fe1da79831ddd51f7fa7b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: a-bad-dev <244852891+a-bad-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:48:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Teleport players through the barrier rather than removing it

---
 mods/game/maps/init.lua | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mods/game/maps/init.lua b/mods/game/maps/init.lua
index e79a033..8314d9a 100644
--- a/mods/game/maps/init.lua
+++ b/mods/game/maps/init.lua
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@ function place_map(map)
 	return map_data
 end
 
-function remove_barrier(x, y, z)
-	for node_x = 1, x - 2 do
-		for node_z = 1, z - 2 do
-			core.set_node({x = node_x, y = y - 1, z = node_z}, {name = "air"}) -- account for the fact that lua counts starting at 1... i think.... whatever, it works \_('_')_/
-		end
+function remove_barrier(x, y, z) -- name and arguments kept for backwards compat
+	for _, player in pairs(core.get_connected_players()) do
+		local pos = player:get_pos()
+		player:set_pos({x=pos.x, y=map_data.barrier_level - 3.5, z=pos.z})
 	end
 	assert(loadstring(map_data.scripts.on_barrier_remove or ""))()
 	return ""