how to change where the lua is located?

[twt_thunder]

Hey I am working on my mod modernfront, based on ETpub 1.0.0

And I wondered how to make the lua api look for a folder inside the modfolder called luascripts as in ETnam mod??

What do I change to make it work?

[Zelly]

package.path and package.cpath

local mod_path = string.gsub( et.trap_Cvar_Get("fs_basepath"),"\\","/") .. "/" .. et.trap_Cvar_Get("fs_game") .. "/"
package.path = package.path .. ";" .. mod_path .. "luascripts/?.lua"

That is what it looks like in lua. I think this is what you want. (Changing it in in the c api, may be different though im not sure)

[twt_thunder]

package.path and package.cpath

local mod_path = string.gsub( et.trap_Cvar_Get("fs_basepath"),"\\","/") .. "/" .. et.trap_Cvar_Get("fs_game") .. "/"
package.path = package.path .. ";" .. mod_path .. "luascripts/?.lua"

That is what it looks like in lua. I think this is what you want. (Changing it in in the c api, may be different though im not sure)

probably but I belive there is more to it, so I will wait for a coder to answear me .. I am no coder so I need to know both wich file to change and what to change

[twt_thunder]

ok, I see I wont get more help here.. Thx for your help @zelly

[gaoesa]

In ETPub based Lua modules, the scripts are read in the

qboolean G_LuaInit()

function at g_lua.c. I think that is the place to make the modifications. I would suggest adding a cvar for the directory, similar to g_mapConfigs and g_mapScriptDirectory cvars.

[twt_thunder]

thx @gaoesa , no I actually want to lock it to that directory.. would be much easier for server admins

[twt_thunder]

I did this in g_lua.c:

// set LUA_PATH and LUA_CPATH
	trap_Cvar_VariableStringBuffer( "fs_basepath", basepath, sizeof( basepath ) );
	trap_Cvar_VariableStringBuffer( "fs_homepath", homepath, sizeof( homepath ) );
	trap_Cvar_VariableStringBuffer( "fs_game", gamepath, sizeof( gamepath ) );

	luaPath = va( "%s%s%s%s?.lua;%s%s%s%slualibs%s/luascripts/?.lua",
		homepath, LUA_DIRSEP, gamepath, LUA_DIRSEP,
		homepath, LUA_DIRSEP, gamepath, LUA_DIRSEP, LUA_DIRSEP );

	luaCPath = va( "%s%s%s%slualibs%s?.%s",
		homepath, LUA_DIRSEP, gamepath, LUA_DIRSEP, LUA_DIRSEP, EXTENSION );

	// add fs_basepath if different from fs_homepath
	if( Q_stricmp( basepath, homepath ) ) {
		luaPath = va( "%s%s%s%s?.lua;%s%s%s%slualibs%s/luascripts/?.lua;%s",
			basepath, LUA_DIRSEP, gamepath, LUA_DIRSEP,
			basepath, LUA_DIRSEP, gamepath, LUA_DIRSEP, LUA_DIRSEP, luaPath );

		luaCPath = va( "%s%s%s%slualibs%s?.%s;%s",
			basepath, LUA_DIRSEP, gamepath, LUA_DIRSEP, LUA_DIRSEP, EXTENSION,
			luaCPath );
	}

but it still doesnt find the scripts

 

just say:

lua_api:no scripts loaded

 

argh, driving me nuts!!

[twt_thunder]

ok, it still loads it from modfolder.. so it must be something else

[Dragonji]

Just have a look at how it's done in g_mapConfigs and g_mapScriptDirectory cases 

Edited February 18, 2015 by Dragonji

[twt_thunder]

problem solved by Jenkins, now it even autoloads lua from luascripts folder

 

cant be easier than that

just need to find out the limit of luas

[Dragonji]

Does it load everything what's placed there? I don't think it's wanted behaviour.

[twt_thunder]

Does it load everything what's placed there? I don't think it's wanted behaviour.

why not, its very easy for an serveradmin then?!

[Dragonji]

I personally would like to have control over loaded Luas so I can only load mods I really want, not all mods from the specific directory. It works this way in every single ET modification.

[ETsneak]

Either way, would be nice to have a lua folder to have the lua modules all in a folder instead of loose in the mod directory

[twt_thunder]

I personally would like to have control over loaded Luas so I can only load mods I really want, not all mods from the specific directory. It works this way in every single ET modification.

I know, but why have lua mods in that folder if you not gonna use them^^

[Dragonji]

Hmm, testing purposes?

[Purple]

Hmm, testing purposes?

unsafe to start, and with mods like lesm and upcoming ones this could be a huge problem, just for the simple fact its loading everysingle lua file over and over and we don't want this

[Purple]

probably but I belive there is more to it, so I will wait for a coder to answear me .. I am no coder so I need to know both wich file to change and what to change

just because he doesn't have the coder tag doesn't mean he can't code

[Zelly]

To be fair, he was asking about the C API part which I don't know about

 

But yes, if it loads all lua files recursively that would be bad for projects like myn.

[twt_thunder]

unsafe to start, and with mods like lesm and upcoming ones this could be a huge problem, just for the simple fact its loading everysingle lua file over and over and we don't want this

why is it unsafe to start?

 

To be fair, he was asking about the C API part which I don't know about

 

But yes, if it loads all lua files recursively that would be bad for projects like myn.

I didnt think this far, but I am not sure your project is needed on this mod yet

 

just because he doesn't have the coder tag doesn't mean he can't code

 

I am absolutely no coder, but even I start to find my way around on smaller things, first code I did as actually worked was to change path on the binocs so it loads the new one...lol

[Zelly]

why is it unsafe to start?

 

I didnt think this far, but I am not sure your project is needed on this mod yet

We just mean, if the core lua that has the et_CallBacks in it requires a extra lua module.

Example:

etdir/silent/luascripts/main.lua <-- File that has et callbacks etc. that we want loaded, it also had a line like require "util.json" or something similar.

etdir/silent/luascripts/util/json.lua <--- File that we wouldn't want to be loaded to ET

 

Obviously we wouldn't want et to load json.lua, as there would be no et callbacks in it and it would be loaded via main.lua already.

 

In other words it doesn't apply only to my project. Usually it is just one file but not always.

Edited February 21, 2015 by Zelly

[twt_thunder]

We just mean, if the core lua that has the et_CallBacks in it requires a extra lua module.

Example:

etdir/silent/luascripts/main.lua <-- File that has et callbacks etc. that we want loaded, it also had a line like require "util.json" or something similar.

etdir/silent/luascripts/util/json.lua <--- File that we wouldn't want to be loaded to ET

 

Obviously we wouldn't want et to load json.lua, as there would be no et callbacks in it and it would be loaded via main.lua already.

 

In other words it doesn't apply only to my project. Usually it is just one file but not always.

Aaah, ok that makes sense....well back to development then..

It was just a thought to make things easier for admins, but I do quite get it.

Thanx for a good explanation