blockgame/mods/bg_api/fall_fix.lua

local entity = minetest.registered_entities["__builtin:falling_node"]



local old_try_place = entity.try_place
local after_land_callbacks = {}

entity.try_place = function (self, bcp, bcn)
	local result = old_try_place(self, bcp, bcn)
	-- `result` will be true if the falling node landed successfully (afaict from reading `/builtin/game/falling.lua` in the minetest source).
	if result then
		-- `bcp` is actually the node 0.7 nodes (rounded) below the falling_node entity.
		-- the vector addition here makes it be the position where the entity itself landed.
		-- if it landed on something layered, this new position might be air when the callbacks are called.
		local pos = bcp + vector.new(0, 1, 0)
		for _, callback in pairs(after_land_callbacks) do
			callback(pos, bcn, self)
		end
	end
	return result
end

function blockgame.register_after_falling_node_lands (callback)
	table.insert(after_land_callbacks, callback)
end

blockgame.register_after_falling_node_lands(function (pos, node)
	local def = minetest.registered_nodes[node.name]

	if type(def.after_land) == "function" then
		def.after_land(pos, node)
	end
end)



local old_on_step = entity.on_step
local on_step_callbacks = {}

entity.on_step = function (self, dtime, moveresult)
	local result = old_on_step(self, dtime, moveresult)
	for _, callback in pairs(on_step_callbacks) do
		callback(self, dtime, moveresult)
	end
	return result
end

function blockgame.register_on_falling_node_step (callback)
	table.insert(on_step_callbacks, callback)
end

-- keep track of velocity a falling_node had before landing
-- so that code hooked into the landing can check "how fast was this moving?"
blockgame.register_on_falling_node_step(function (entity, delta_time, move_result)
	local velocity = entity.object:get_velocity()

	-- let `previous_velocity` be (0, 0, 0) at the very first step
	if not entity.fall_velocity then
		entity.fall_velocity = vector.new(0, 0, 0)
	end

	-- keep track of moving velocity, not still velocity
	if velocity and (vector.length(velocity) ~= 0) then
		entity.fall_velocity = vector.copy(velocity)
	end

end)



-- make falling nodes collide with `walkable = false` nodes if they are also `supports_falling = true`.
blockgame.register_on_falling_node_step(function (entity, delta_time, move_result)
	local pos = entity.object:get_pos()
	if not pos then return end

	local below = pos:offset(0, -0.7, 0) -- same offset as in `/builtin/game/falling.lua`

	local node = minetest.get_node(below)
	if node == "air" then return end
	
	local def = minetest.registered_nodes[node.name]
	if not def then return end

	if def.walkable or not def.supports_falling then return end

	local success = entity:try_place(below, node)

	if not success then
		local drops = minetest.get_node_drops(entity.node, "")
		for _, item in pairs(drops) do
			minetest.add_item(pos, item)
		end
	end
	entity.object:remove()
end)

local old_check = minetest.check_single_for_falling
function minetest.check_single_for_falling (pos, ...)
	local node = minetest.get_node(pos:offset(0, -1, 0))
	local def = minetest.registered_nodes[node.name]
	if def and def.supports_falling then return false end
	return old_check(pos, ...)
end