Scripting help

[MrSns]

Hey guys,

Im new to scripting and just looking for a bit of help. (your obviously going to realise im new after reading my question haha)

So anyway, i have been reading through the tutorials on the mtawiki and im having a bit of trouble. Im not to sure how to structure my scripting and generaly what to do, i get the idea and i know that i can use the Server Functions List page which is really helpful. But yeh I followed the tutorial and i got to trying to make a command. That worked fine but i just want to know is there anything i should be doing in regards to how i structure my scripting, do i need a main() function? Please note i have no previous scripting experience although i have read through some other language tutorials such as VB

Thanks guys.

here is my current script (one from the tut page)

  
function joinHandler() 
    local x = 1959.55 
    local y = -1714.46 
    local z = 20 
    spawnPlayer(source, x, y, z) 
    fadeCamera(source, true) 
    setCameraTarget(source, source) 
    outputChatBox("Welcome to My Server", source) 
end 
addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), joinHandler) 
  
function createVehicleForPlayer(thePlayer, command, vehicleModel) 
    local x,y,z = getElementPosition(thePlayer) 
    x = x + 5 
    local createdVehicle = createVehicle(tonumber(vehicleModel),x,y,z) 
     
    if (createdVehicle == false) then 
         
            outputChatBox("Vehicle Creation Failed.", thePlayer) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("createvehicle", createVehicleForPlayer) 

[eAi]

No, Lua Doesn't have a 'main' function as other lower-level languages tend to. The MTA onResourceStart event is somewhat equivalent, or you can place code outside any function and that will be run when the script is loaded.