Elysian Shadows

i have the .lib files now but also a dll not a static linked library

You know what? I'm going to clear my computer of anything that has to do with lua and start all over again... Now if someone could write a short and sweet guide on how they installed it, or show me where they learned to, that would be great. For now I am going to download Lua 5.1.4 source code.

Cole S. wrote:You know what? I'm going to clear my computer of anything that has to do with lua and start all over again... Now if someone could write a short and sweet guide on how they installed it, or show me where they learned to, that would be great. For now I am going to download Lua 5.1.4 source code.

did you just ask a rhetorical question?

Lol, I had to look up the definition for rhetorical (i'm 13) but yeah i kind of am!

Cole S. wrote:For now I am going to download Lua 5.1.4 source code.

Really? That could have been your problem. If you intend to just use Lua, then you should get the bin package.

can i redistribute the bin package?

read this http://gamedevgeek.com/tutorials/gettin ... -with-lua/

i downloaded a binary but now when i try to run a sample script i get a blank line in the exe, here is the code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;
extern "C" {
#include "lua.h"
#include "lualib.h"
#include "lauxlib.h"
}

int main()
{
lua_State *L = lua_open();

// load the libs
luaL_openlibs(L);

//run a Lua script here
luaL_dofile(L,"hello.lua");

lua_close(L);

return 0;
}

i seriously dont know why this is even a thread.

Cole, use the [code] and [/code] tags, would you? As for lua, it's not something I can help you with, besides, um, does your .lua file that you do there, does it actually, yknow, print?

We can't help you if we don't have the source of the lua test file. For all we know, it's doing its thang.

Thx for the help u guys it's working now.

Glad you got it working.