Maratis forum - Access to files outside the games .npk

Re: Access to files outside the games .npk

dummy@example.com (anael) — Sat, 11 May 2013 08:57:04 +0000

I'll try to add a function to get the game directory from script.

Re: Access to files outside the games .npk

dummy@example.com (Sponk) — Sat, 11 May 2013 08:30:22 +0000

==> -- NB: The text file must be located in the same directory as binaries, ie :
That would explain why it couldn't find the file

Thanks for your advice

Sponk

Re: Access to files outside the games .npk

dummy@example.com (com3D) — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:36:24 +0000

Here is a complete example with a few tips on file locations:

function settingsFromFile()

-- NB: The text file must be located in the same directory as binaries, ie :
-- "/Maratis/Bin" for unpublished projects
-- "/MyProject/published" for published projects

file = io.open("Settings.txt", "r") -- open file in read ("r") mode

if file then -- catch IO errors

settings = {} -- create an array containing all file's lines (each one is a parameter)
for line in file:lines() do table.insert(settings, line) end

-- Set parameters
force = settings[1]

file:close() -- close file

end

settingsFromFile()

-- scene update
if onKeyDown("B") then addCentralForce(Player, {0, 0, force}, "local") end

Re: Access to files outside the games .npk

dummy@example.com (anael) — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:27:48 +0000

I guess you can use "file = io.open(filename, "r")" to read a file,
as for the path I'm not sure as I never tested it, it's a standard lua library that handle it and not Maratis.

Access to files outside the games .npk

dummy@example.com (Sponk) — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:10:53 +0000

Hello community,

I want to read a configuration file from outside the npk via lua into my game.

First: Is that possible?
Second: How do have to do that?

Sponk