[BUG] Error creating variables based on Lua table indexes

[DriFtyZ]

Hello, i am trying to create a vehicle loader script that loads all the vehicle models from a Lua table instead of adding them manually one by one but i am getting "error unexpected symbol near .."
Now i know my syntax is wrong in line 18 and 20 where i try to create a variable based from the name index on the Lua table but i don't know how to accomplish it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
 

local vehiclesFileNames = {    
    AE86                = 589,
    ToyotaSupra         = 559,
    ToyotaAltezza   	= 402,
    Datsun240Z	        = 475,
    Nissan180SX 		= 602,   
	SilviaS13	        = 401,
    SilviaS14	        = 576,
    SilviaS15	        = 474,
    Skyline2000	        = 535,
    SkylineR32	        = 555,
    SkylineR34          = 562,
    SkylineGTR 		    = 558,
}

function loadVehicleFiles()
    for name, id in ipairs(vehiclesFileNames) do
        local name..txd = engineLoadTXD ( "Cars/"..name.."/"..name..".txd")
        engineImportTXD ( name..txd, id )
        local name..dff = engineLoadDFF ( "Cars/"..name.."/"..name..".dff")
        engineReplaceModel ( name..dff, id )
        outputDebugString("name = "..name.."  |  id = "..id..".")
    end
end

addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, loadVehicleFiles())

 

[Zango]

You can't create a local variables dynamically, those need to be typed. You can however do it with global variables like this, because you can access them in a table

_G[name.."dff"] = engineLoadTXD ( "Cars/"..name.."/"..name..".txd")

Also you need to use pairs for that loop to work.

And on line 26, you need to use the function name.

I suggest doing it this way in your own table

local vehiclesFileNames = {    
    AE86                = 589,
    ToyotaSupra         = 559,
    ToyotaAltezza   	= 402,
    Datsun240Z	        = 475,
    Nissan180SX 		= 602,   
	SilviaS13	        = 401,
    SilviaS14	        = 576,
    SilviaS15	        = 474,
    Skyline2000	        = 535,
    SkylineR32	        = 555,
    SkylineR34          = 562,
    SkylineGTR 		    = 558,
}
local vehiclesData = {}

function loadVehicleFiles()
    for name, id in pairs(vehiclesFileNames) do
        local txd = engineLoadTXD ( "Cars/"..name.."/"..name..".txd")
        engineImportTXD ( txd, id )
        local dff = engineLoadDFF ( "Cars/"..name.."/"..name..".dff")
        engineReplaceModel ( dff, id )
        outputDebugString("name = "..name.."  |  id = "..id..".")
		
        vehiclesData[name] = {}
        vehiclesData[name].txd = txd
        vehiclesData[name].dff = dff
    end
end
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, loadVehicleFiles)

 

 

[DriFtyZ]

On 06/11/2019 at 03:38, Zango said:

You can't create a local variables dynamically, those need to be typed. You can however do it with global variables like this, because you can access them in a table

_G[name.."dff"] = engineLoadTXD ( "Cars/"..name.."/"..name..".txd")

Also you need to use pairs for that loop to work.

And on line 26, you need to use the function name.

I suggest doing it this way in your own table

local vehiclesFileNames = {    
    AE86                = 589,
    ToyotaSupra         = 559,
    ToyotaAltezza   	= 402,
    Datsun240Z	        = 475,
    Nissan180SX 		= 602,   
	SilviaS13	        = 401,
    SilviaS14	        = 576,
    SilviaS15	        = 474,
    Skyline2000	        = 535,
    SkylineR32	        = 555,
    SkylineR34          = 562,
    SkylineGTR 		    = 558,
}
local vehiclesData = {}

function loadVehicleFiles()
    for name, id in pairs(vehiclesFileNames) do
        local txd = engineLoadTXD ( "Cars/"..name.."/"..name..".txd")
        engineImportTXD ( txd, id )
        local dff = engineLoadDFF ( "Cars/"..name.."/"..name..".dff")
        engineReplaceModel ( dff, id )
        outputDebugString("name = "..name.."  |  id = "..id..".")
		
        vehiclesData[name] = {}
        vehiclesData[name].txd = txd
        vehiclesData[name].dff = dff
    end
end
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, loadVehicleFiles)

 

 

thanks for the answer i realized the variables in pairs get replaced every time so i just named them dff and txd also my second fault was for using ipairs when i wanted both indexes of the table so changing ipairs to pairs worked and now the script is working good.