BeamNG Lua

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  1. bigcrazycarboy

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    Hey guys, I have a question. I know and understand Lua pretty well now (at least the Lua used in ROBLOX) and it seems like when I transfer to BeamNG Lua, it is a whole new language. I just figured you could go script.Parent and that would be the folder the Lua file is in, but it seems like it's not. Anybody mind explaining what is going on?:confused:
     
    #1 bigcrazycarboy, Jun 21, 2015
  2. StinchinStein

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    Lua is lua.. Roblox lua is the same as BeamNG lua. How is it different in your case?
     
    #2 StinchinStein, Jun 21, 2015
  3. bigcrazycarboy

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    ROBLOX Lua operates in a single workspace, rather than in different folders around your computer. in ROBLOX, it is like writing a script in the World Editor of BeamNG, just locating different things in the tree. (i,e. you could say script.Parent.Part.CanCollide = false)
     
    #3 bigcrazycarboy, Jun 21, 2015
  4. StinchinStein

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    Okay so, what's the problem here then? Not being able to access other files from the main file?
     
    #4 StinchinStein, Jun 21, 2015
  5. bigcrazycarboy

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    Pretty much, yes. I don't know how to
    make my own values and have the functions happen.
     
    #5 bigcrazycarboy, Jun 21, 2015
  6. tdev

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    You can do that in beamng as well: scenetree.<object>.property = 123

    What you are speaking about is how the API looks like to the game. This is very different. The underlying language (Lua) is the same :)
     
    #6 tdev, Jun 21, 2015
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  7. bigcrazycarboy

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    Oh
     
    #7 bigcrazycarboy, Jun 21, 2015
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