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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Kamil_, Mar 17, 2013.

  1. Kamil_

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    So you said there will be Lua in the game, which I great because I know it, but I wanted to find out what we could do with it.

    Will there be lua on vehicles or just maps?
    Can we make lua dashboards?
    Will we be able to control beams/nodes, for example the command beam length, or adjusting beam strengths, radius on the go?
    Finally, how will we make these lua scripts, will it be included in the .truck(or whatever) file for vehicles and in the map files, or what will it be?


    EDIT: Excuse me if this should be in Q&A, I thought that's where I was.
     
    #1 Kamil_, Mar 17, 2013
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  2. iheartmods

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    NOT OFFICIAL; just guesses

    Yes on Vehicles, probably on maps too because you can have a lua code work as a trigger (seen that in games before..)

    LUA dashes..ask Gabe, (I don't think he codes but I could be wrong) that would be very cool though

    I think the beam editing things will be covered in an in-game editor

    Lua scripts are created via the LUA editor (DL here to play http://www.lua.org/download.html )

    Cheers :D
     
    #2 iheartmods, Mar 17, 2013
  3. Kamil_

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    i thought the same.
    I know how to make lua scripts, but I wanted to know how they would be ran.
     
    #3 Kamil_, Mar 17, 2013
  4. iheartmods

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    C++ coding allows scripts in a designated location to be run/used if it's compatible with the program
     
    #4 iheartmods, Mar 17, 2013
  5. gabester

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    You can do almost anything with Lua so far. There's Lua that runs on spawn, Lua that runs whenever a beam breaks, Lua that runs every graphics frame, and Lua that runs every physics frame, and you have access to almost anything you can think of. You can break beams, change beam properties, change node properties, apply forces to a node, play a sound, create a particle, etc.

    All of the drivetrain code and all of the wheel/tire models are entirely in Lua.
     
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  6. VeyronEB

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    I can only imagine the possibilities can't wait to see what will be possible.
     
    #6 VeyronEB, Mar 18, 2013
  7. Kamil_

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    AWESOME

    It's going to be event driven right?

    I can't wait to get my hands on Lua :D
     
    #7 Kamil_, Mar 18, 2013
  8. logoster

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    so basicly we could make an 100% working convertible WITH hydraulics?!?!?!?!?!?!?! AWESOME!!!!!!
     
    #8 logoster, Mar 29, 2013
  9. iheartmods

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    Technically, yes
     
    #9 iheartmods, Mar 29, 2013
  10. Mythbuster

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    You don't really need LUA to make make a convertible with hydraulics, at least as long as command-beams are gonna come with BeamNG it shouldn't be hard at all. Hydraulics were possible in RoR(many people are doing it) and I already had a soft-top roof working in RoR too, since my Cadillac in BeamNG is gonna have one too I wanted to experiment with it, and it was really easy to do it. Just need 2 command beams(well, beams that extend/retract at the push of a button), and a lot of normal beams and about 40-ish nodes to make up all the hinges on the frame of the convertible top(as long as you build it like a real convertible roof it will work exactly like one). Shouldn't need any LUA for that. Hard-top is even easier obviously, as you just have 2 surfaces with a hinge between them, basically. If you want, Here are some pics of that experimental roof...


    Looking forward to experimenting with LUA though, even though I'm not that good at coding.
     
    #10 Mythbuster, Mar 30, 2013
  11. iheartmods

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    I think we'll all learn as we tinker lol
     
    #11 iheartmods, Mar 31, 2013
  12. Kamil_

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    Well I think with Lua you can make something like a "macro" that opens and closes the roof with a single touch of a button so that you dont have to operate the 2 hydraulics
     
    #12 Kamil_, Mar 31, 2013
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