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Overload C++ functions in lua [closed]

I have had a look around but I believe this to be impossible due to compile time of c++. However is it possible to have a class registered in lua and c++ that has a overload update function which I ...
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C++ formatted serialization [closed]

I've decided it's time to implement serialization in my simple engine but this has caused me many headaches for the past couple of days/weeks. My engine uses an entity/component based approach similar ...
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How can you implement Lua into your game? [closed]

I am trying to implement Lua into my game, but am having trouble. Say I have a weapon class, which is just a hollow shell, lacking real functions. I was thinking of creating an onFire function, which ...
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How should I manage the AI using lua scripts?

My game is in C++ and I want to make AI being managed by lua scripts, but I have no idea how should the scripts look like and the integration in C++. Should the script be like if ...
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animate anything animation class [closed]

I'm working on my lua/C++ based game/game engine and I'm currently up to implementing animation. I want to have animation class that animate whatever object it is given, so that I can animate ...
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Opening URL in browser using C++ with cocos2d-x in iOS [closed]

I'm banging my brain against the wonderful lib xport that is cocos2d-x from the original cocos2d iOS library. What I want to ask is how to open a web link in the safari browser? I don' know how to ...
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Scripting language with class instance support

I have come across the need to use a scripting engine for my C++ game, but after experimenting with many languages since the last few days, nothing has truly stood out as the obvious choice for a ...
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Calling C++ functions in Lua

I'd like to use Lua to write some scripts which should allow me, given the state of certain variables of a specific instance, to determine a number to be assigned to a variable of that instance. Let ...
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Game State Management using Lua

I want to be able to (only) define game states using Lua script, but I'm not sure how I should do it. Here's what I have in mind currently: For each state, I will create a .lua file that contains a ...
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Component based entity system API naming problems

My engine uses a component-based entity system internally, and I want to bind it to Lua for scripting. Now, I want to save people who write scripts for it typing work. In C++, to set the position of ...
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What shall I choose between CoronaSDK or AirPlay?

1st Question is I want to write a board game for iOS and Android so I'm coming up with CoronaSDK and AirPlay. Since I have a mac, development platform is not an issue but the problem is which one ...
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Accessing C++ class members with LuaPlus

I've implemented LuaPlus in my engine eventmanager successfully and really like the flexibility I gained. But I'm still not exactly where I want to be, because I can't link my c++ classes to a Lua ...
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What is the recommended library for using Lua from C++?

I am currently planning how to integrate Lua scripting in my 2D Game Engine, and i would like to go straight to the most adequate solution for having C++ classes and objects exposed. I've read this ...
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Entity system in Lua, communication with C++ and level editor. Need advice

I have a 2D basic editor written in Qt, and I'm in the process of adding entities. I want the editor to be able to receive RTTI information from entities to change properties, create some logic being ...
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Huge slowdown when running Lua as statically linked lib versus stand alone interpreter

I'm developing some algorithms in Lua which are run mostly in Lua (few calls to C++) and I'm noticing a huge slowdown when I'm running them from my app rather than the default Lua interpreter. The ...
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How do I build games with scripted actors?

The idea I have an idea for a game. A few games, actually, that can built on top of the same general design. There is a game world that the player and the other actors exist in. The player can get ...
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Defining GUI control event responses using Lua in C++

I'm using Irrlicht(C++) for a 3D engine, and it has a built in GUI system. The GUI events are something like this: switch(eventtype) case button_pressed:     stuff case ...