Time Nick Message 17:31 Traxie21_ Does anyone here know how to use file.io very well? Or another way to store persistant data for a time? 17:31 PilzAdam yep 17:32 Traxie21_ Can you give me a quick run-through? 17:32 Traxie21_ I'm not too good with lua :3 17:32 PilzAdam what do you want to save? 17:33 Traxie21_ basicly, [1stname][2ndname][time] 17:33 Traxie21_ but it has to store more than one value of that, and delete it after about 30 seconds 17:33 Traxie21_ I'm making a sorely needed messaging mod 17:34 PilzAdam general reference: http://www.lua.org/pil/21.html 17:34 PilzAdam https://github.com/PilzAdam/beds/blob/master/init.lua#L145 17:34 PilzAdam this is from my beds mod 17:34 PilzAdam it saves the beds_player_spawns table in a file 17:35 PilzAdam here is the saving: https://github.com/PilzAdam/beds/blob/master/init.lua#L174 17:35 PilzAdam (the first link was reading) 17:35 Traxie21_ I looked at the homes mod, but it didnt make much sense 17:36 PilzAdam you basically do: local file = io.open("file", "w") 17:36 PilzAdam then check for file: if file then 17:36 Traxie21_ ok 17:36 PilzAdam and then write your table into it: file:write(minetest.serialize(your_table)) 17:36 PilzAdam file:close() 17:37 Traxie21_ so this right? beds_player_spawns = minetest.deserialize(file:read("*all")) 17:37 PilzAdam and to read it open it with io.open("file", "r") 17:37 PilzAdam and local read_table = minetest.deserialize(file:read("*all")) 17:37 Traxie21_ what line is that in your code? 17:38 PilzAdam line 174 to178 is saving, and 145 to 150 is reading 17:38 Traxie21_ k 17:39 PilzAdam saving more than one table in a file is more complicated 17:39 Traxie21_ hmm 17:39 Traxie21_ dosn't your mod save one bed per player? 17:40 PilzAdam my mod saves the spawn positon indexed by the name 17:40 PilzAdam but the contents of the table are not relevant for saving 17:41 Traxie21_ could you pastebin an example of a file created by beds? 17:41 PilzAdam https://github.com/celeron55/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt#L996 17:41 PilzAdam it looks like this 17:43 PilzAdam files in this format are not well readable by humans 17:43 Traxie21_ Wait, imma install your beds mod and start it up 17:43 PilzAdam you have to sleep one night in the bed 17:44 Traxie21_ k 17:45 Traxie21_ brb 17:47 Traxie21_ how does one get in a bed >_> 17:48 PilzAdam rightclick (requires latest dev version of minetest) 17:48 PilzAdam or use the 0 17:48 PilzAdam .4.4 version 17:48 Traxie21_ I have 0.4.4 17:48 Traxie21_ ooh ok 17:48 PilzAdam (see forum topic) 17:49 Traxie21_ this game is working as hard as possible to make this take as long as possible >.< 17:51 Traxie21_ erm 17:51 Traxie21_ I slept 2 nights in the same bed 17:51 Traxie21_ Where's the file? 17:51 PilzAdam in your worl directory 17:52 PilzAdam *world 17:52 Traxie21_ Ah 17:52 Traxie21_ TYVM 17:52 Traxie21_ ok, it makes a bit more sense now 17:53 PilzAdam here: https://gist.github.com/4540471 17:53 PilzAdam I made some quick helper functions 17:53 PilzAdam (untested) 17:54 PilzAdam it should help you understand the system 17:55 Traxie21_ ok :D 17:55 Traxie21_ I think i got the basics down, just wondering how one would put the param in the second value for write 17:55 Traxie21_ messages_list[player:get_player_name()] = param() 17:55 PilzAdam you can save every table like this 17:55 Traxie21_ im only good with PHP :3 17:56 Traxie21_ Is the syntax for param right? 17:56 PilzAdam Lua tables can more than the arrays of other languages 17:56 PilzAdam depends on what param is 17:57 Traxie21_ wait... how do I pass two params.... God, I know nothing 17:57 PilzAdam what is do you want to save? 17:57 PilzAdam -is 17:57 Traxie21_ playername1, playername 2 17:58 PilzAdam then you can just create a table {playername1, playername2} and save it like this 17:58 PilzAdam s/like this/with the system explained above/ 17:59 Traxie21_ I could, but playername2 is a param, and playername 1 is get_player_name() 17:59 PilzAdam can you show me some of your code? 17:59 Traxie21_ I'm trying to do /msg [name] [message] 18:00 Traxie21_ wait... why do I have to save both names.... 18:01 PilzAdam like this? http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=2704 18:01 Traxie21_ http://pastebin.com/Rqgh6sHF 18:01 Traxie21_ NUUUU 18:01 Traxie21_ Someone beat me to it >:I 18:01 PilzAdam there are like thousands of version of this command in the forum 18:02 Traxie21_ :I 18:02 Traxie21_ I dont look very far do I 18:02 Traxie21_ is there a /tpa mod? 18:02 PilzAdam what? 18:04 Traxie21_ Teleport requests 18:04 PilzAdam dunno 18:04 Traxie21_ I was working on that, but ran into the file.io problem as well 18:04 PilzAdam you dont have to save things like this in files 18:05 Traxie21_ Is there a way to create persistant variables that can only be used by certian players? 18:05 Traxie21_ Vanessa said she thought file.io was the only way 18:05 PilzAdam VanessaE is wrong 18:05 Traxie21_ Dun dun DUUUUNN 18:06 Traxie21_ ill talk later, I gtg 18:06 Traxie21_ thanks for your help 18:06 PilzAdam np 18:06 Traxie21_ One day I might be able to print hello world 18:06 PilzAdam print("Hello Traxie21_") 18:06 Traxie21_ I know, I was being sarcastic 18:07 Traxie21_ I know very little about Lua syntax 18:07 PilzAdam http://www.lua.org/pil/ 18:09 * Traxie21_ will go find some time to read that :3 18:09 Traxie21_ bai 18:09 Traxie21_ thanks again 18:10 VanessaE er, I didn't say file.io was the only way to do what she wants. 18:10 VanessaE I was it was "a" way. 18:11 VanessaE (she? he? dunno) 18:11 PilzAdam it 18:11 VanessaE heh 19:37 Traxie21 hehe 19:38 Traxie21 Wait 19:38 Traxie21 WOOT 19:38 Traxie21 Plitz, its writing the file properly now :D 19:42 Traxie21 I could use some help figuring out how to read it properly though 19:43 PilzAdam you dont need to write them to a file 19:44 PilzAdam just save them in a varaible you declare outside any function in your script 19:47 Traxie21 static var? 19:47 PilzAdam Lua doesnt have static variables, you can see every variable that isnt declared in a function as "static" 19:48 Traxie21 k 19:48 Traxie21 the issue is, I have to have a variable for each player combination.... 19:48 PilzAdam use a 2D table 19:49 PilzAdam {{player1,player2}, {player1, player3}, ...} 19:49 Traxie21 okok, im reading the PIL tutorial... you forced me to it with your fancy terminology XD 19:50 PilzAdam I actually try to use a not Lua specific terminlogy (mixed with Java, C) 19:50 PilzAdam gtg now; bye 19:50 Traxie21 bai 20:02 Traxie21 Is there anyone here who could tell me what I'm doing wrong in a bit of code? 20:09 Jordach you can continue if you want 20:11 Traxie21 Jordach 20:11 Jordach hm 20:11 Traxie21 Could you help me find a syntax error? 20:11 * Jordach doesnt know lua, but tries to help 20:11 Traxie21 I'm stuck with a simple syntax error... 20:11 Jordach look for the line where it occurs 20:12 Traxie21 luac: prog.lua:23: unexpected symbol near '}' 20:12 Traxie21 http://pastebin.com/Rqgh6sHF 20:12 Traxie21 llooks like a quick fix, but I know almost no lua 20:14 Jordach add a comma to the end of line 20 to look like this: tpr_list[param] = player, 20:15 Jordach lua is an asshole if you dont add commas 20:15 Traxie21 that didnt do it 20:15 Jordach hmm 20:15 Traxie21 Now it says that the comma was unaccepted 20:15 Traxie21 Unexpected symbol near "end" on line 21 20:16 Jordach ehm 20:18 Traxie21 imma try to make the code more readable by not using the same vars for different things XD 20:27 Traxie21 asked for help on forums