Globals and Require behaviour

[migi0027]

Hi,

 

this is currently my first time developing a mod for DST, currently I'm trying to figure out how DST handles global variables when including (require) files.

 

This is my issue:

=> modmain.lua...CMod_Header = function (name)    ....endrequire("generic_luck")=> scripts/generic_luck.luaCMod_Header("Generic Luck")

So I create the function CMod_header in the global table, and then require the file generic_luck.lua inside the folder scripts/. At this moment I would expect CMod_Header to be available in the global table, but this is not the case. 

 

Does DST handle the global table differently when including (require) files?

 

What possible workarounds are there?

[ZupaleX]

This is not working like that.

 

in a nutshell, require will give you access to functions defined in what you "require", or give you the current copy of the table returned by the file you "required".

 

So basically, writing what you did gave you access in your modmain.lua to functions defined in generic_luck.lua

Edited December 22, 2015 by ZupaleX

[migi0027]

Ahh, I see. The require behaviour is slightly different from what I remember, my bad.

[Mobbstar]

What you are talking about is available as modimport("filepath.lua")

All local variables need to be declared in the seperate file again, though.

 

For reference, check out the cute survival plushies mod.