Mission and scenario, can we use LUA ?

Frag2000 · May 23, 2023

Hi guys,

I am a professional software developers and got deeply interested in BeamNG recently. I played around with the flowchart editor but I find it a bit overwhelming. Briefly, from my point of view it would be easier for me to code in LUA directly.

I know that there help around while using LUA with cars, but can use LUA to write scenarios and mission instead of the flowgraph? If yes, would there be references somewhere or a simple mission we could look at? I did not find much help

I found this, but these classes are not covering much. Is there any code I could look at for all vehicle/maps/envrionment properties?

https://wiki.beamng.com/Lua_Reference-2.html#mainLevel.lua

Thanks

Gamergull · May 23, 2023

Yes, it is indeed possible. You can use the old scenario system to create gameplay with custom Lua. The old system isn't really supported or documented these days, but it still works nicely.

I attached a sample scenario that you can play and inspect. Place the .zip file here:
Code:
<user-folder>/mods/repo/
You can also extract it and place the resulting folder here:
Code:
<user-folder>/mods/unpacked/
Then, you can easily edit it. You can try the scenario from the Scenarios menu.

As for the Lua reference... it is rather incomplete. Often, you can find what you want by searching or inspecting the existing Lua modules.

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