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SkyCorp: new lua steps

2023-07-14T02:01:55Z

new lua steps

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	end		end

	~~-- The below lines are commented out. Uncommenting them can be helpful for~~
	~~-- testing the program in lua command line. Comment or delete them before~~
	~~-- compiling the program for in-game usage, though!~~

	~~--for i=1,10 do~~
	~~-- io.write(description() .. "\n");~~
	~~--end~~
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	Try running it through command line lua to check for syntax & logic errors.		Try running it through command line lua to check for syntax & logic errors.

	After ~~luac'ing and base64'ing~~ the program, you'll have some ~~base64 luac~~ code ~~for~~ the new json definition.		After escaping the program, you'll have some lua code to paste into the new json definition.

	== JSON Definition ==		== JSON Definition ==
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	"programString": true		"programString": true
	},		},
	"~~luac~~": "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"		"lua": "function description()\r\n\r\n -- Create a blank string to store the color in\r\n local colorString = \"\";\r\n\r\n -- Get a random integer in the range of 1-3\r\n local randomNumber = math.random(1,3);\r\n\r\n -- Set color string to a different color based on the random number\r\n if randomNumber == 1 then\r\n colorString = \"red\"\r\n elseif randomNumber == 2 then\r\n colorString = \"green\"\r\n elseif randomNumber == 3 then\r\n colorString = \"blue\"\r\n else\r\n colorString = \"unknown\" -- As the number should be 1, 2, or 3, should not reach here\r\n end\r\n\r\n -- Return a string with (possibly) a different color each time\r\n return \"The gem shines brightly, reflecting \" .. colorString .. \" into your eyes.\";\r\n\r\nend\r\n\r\n-- The below lines are commented out. Uncommenting them can be helpful for\r\n-- testing the program in lua command line. Comment or delete them before\r\n-- compiling the program for in-game usage, though!\r\n\r\n--for i=1,10 do\r\n-- io.write(description() .. \"\\n\");\r\n--end"
	}		}
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

SkyCorp at 05:17, 21 December 2017

2017-12-21T05:17:25Z

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 The code is extended as follows -- take a read through the comments.
-CODE
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
 == JSON Definition ==
-After luac'ing and base64'ing the program, we get some base64 luac code which the JSON can be updated with:
+The new lua code can be inserted:
-JSON
+<syntaxhighlight lang="json">
 == Running ==
 Now each time the gem is looked at, a different color is returned (well, up to three colors anyway).

SkyCorp at 05:12, 21 December 2017

2017-12-21T05:12:55Z

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	.		Previously we created a gem that would display a description using LUA. Since we're using LUA to power the description, this allows us to do more than just return the same thing every time.

			In this tutorial, we'll extend our test gem to reflect a different color of light each time the user looks at it.

			== LUA Code ==
			The code is extended as follows -- take a read through the comments.

			CODE

			== JSON Definition ==
			After luac'ing and base64'ing the program, we get some base64 luac code which the JSON can be updated with:

			JSON

			== Running ==
			Now each time the gem is looked at, a different color is returned (well, up to three colors anyway).

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2017-12-21T05:06:51Z

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