What's New in LUA Modding - Revision history

SkyCorp at 05:14, 18 July 2023

2023-07-18T05:14:44Z

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			This page documents the changes modders should be aware of in LUA modding in the new engine versus the old Flash/AS3 based engine:

	== Inputting LUA ==		== Inputting LUA ==
	You no longer need to manually compile LUA into bytecode and then base64 it! Now you simply [https://www.freeformatter.com/json-escape.html escape] the lua source code and drop it in.		You no longer need to manually compile LUA into bytecode and then base64 it! Now you simply [https://www.freeformatter.com/json-escape.html escape] the lua source code and drop it in.

SkyCorp at 05:13, 18 July 2023

2023-07-18T05:13:47Z

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	"lua": "-- Description is called when an object's description is shown to the\r\n-- player or otherwise requested. The object should return a string\r\n-- containing the description.\r\n\r\nfunction description()\r\n\r\n -- Create a descriptive string\r\n local descriptiveText = \"The gem shines programatically as you look at it.\";\r\n\r\n -- Return it\r\n return descriptiveText;\r\n\r\nend"		"lua": "-- Description is called when an object's description is shown to the\r\n-- player or otherwise requested. The object should return a string\r\n-- containing the description.\r\n\r\nfunction description()\r\n\r\n -- Create a descriptive string\r\n local descriptiveText = \"The gem shines programatically as you look at it.\";\r\n\r\n -- Return it\r\n return descriptiveText;\r\n\r\nend"
	}		}
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>Because of this change, I've disabled the lua field in the mod upload/edit page to avoid needless duplication.

	== Access to more utility functions/classes ==		== Access to more utility functions/classes ==
			A number of new classes are available, check out the [[:Category:LUA Class Reference\|API reference]].

			== Optional parameters ==
			A few functions have since been updated to support optional parameters, like silent TFs.

SkyCorp: /* Inputting LUA */

2023-07-18T05:09:51Z

Inputting LUA

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	== Inputting LUA ==		== Inputting LUA ==
	You no longer need to manually compile LUA into bytecode and then base64 it! Now you simply escape the lua source code and drop it in.		You no longer need to manually compile LUA into bytecode and then base64 it! Now you simply [https://www.freeformatter.com/json-escape.html escape] the lua source code and drop it in.

	Note the field changed from 'luac' (compiled lua) to just 'lua'		Note the field changed from 'luac' (compiled lua) to just 'lua'
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	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	And now mod json:		And now mod json in new engine:

	<syntaxhighlight lang="json" highlight="11">		<syntaxhighlight lang="json" highlight="11">

SkyCorp at 05:08, 18 July 2023

2023-07-18T05:08:09Z

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	Previously mod json in AS3:		Previously mod json in AS3:

	<syntaxhighlight lang="json">		<syntaxhighlight lang="json" highlight="11">
	{		{
	"type": "ENTITY",		"type": "ENTITY",
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	And now mod json:		And now mod json:

	<syntaxhighlight lang="json">		<syntaxhighlight lang="json" highlight="11">
	{		{
	"type": "ENTITY",		"type": "ENTITY",

SkyCorp at 05:06, 18 July 2023

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 === Example ===
-Previously in AS3:
+Previously mod json in AS3:
-xxx
+<syntaxhighlight lang="json">
-And now:
+And now mod json:
-yyy
+<syntaxhighlight lang="json">
 == Access to more utility functions/classes ==

SkyCorp at 05:04, 18 July 2023

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-Inputting LUA
+== Inputting LUA ==
 You no longer need to manually compile LUA into bytecode and then base64 it!  Now you simply escape the lua source code and drop it in.
 Note the field changed from 'luac' (compiled lua) to just 'lua'

SkyCorp: Created page with "Inputting LUA You no longer need to manually compile LUA into bytecode and then base64 it! Now you simply escape the lua source code and drop it in. Note the field changed f..."

2023-07-18T05:02:23Z

Created page with "Inputting LUA You no longer need to manually compile LUA into bytecode and then base64 it! Now you simply escape the lua source code and drop it in. Note the field changed f..."

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Inputting LUA
You no longer need to manually compile LUA into bytecode and then base64 it! Now you simply escape the lua source code and drop it in.

Note the field changed from 'luac' (compiled lua) to just 'lua'