script dependancy check

[greenops011]

Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this, but here we go.

 

I'm basically getting started on learning LUA scripting, and am trying to use an old roleplay gamemode to learn. one thing I am wondering is is there a way to find out if one particular lua script depends on another?

 

Basically if I were to take an lua script from one section of the game mode, modify it, and test it stand-alone, I don't want to break the script, so what I'd like to try to do is use notepad++ to search for a particular string (like if the lua file calls a second lua file). Does anyone know what the code I would need to look for is?

[FernandoMTA]

The 2 most common ways of interacting with other resource scripts is:

- calling exported functions like: exports.resourceName:functionName or exports["resourceName"]:functionName

- calling events, you should look for which were added in other resources: triggerEvent, triggerServerEvent, etc

Edited June 1, 2022 by FernandoMTA

[IIYAMA]

@greenops011

If the developer sets another resource as a dependency, then the <include /> tag should  have been used in the meta.xml.

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Meta.xml

If not, then indeed as Fernando explains, the functions you should look for.

[greenops011]

awesome, thanks guys. that was really helpful