Scripting Introduction - Revision history

Dom: Updated spawn coordinates so the player is not beneath the ground.

2024-05-17T12:38:19Z

Updated spawn coordinates so the player is not beneath the ground.

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	Note that in the ''<script />'' tag above, the .lua file is not under another directory. Therefore we'll create the file in the same folder as meta.xml. Now you can copy and paste the following code into script.lua:		Note that in the ''<script />'' tag above, the .lua file is not under another directory. Therefore we'll create the file in the same folder as meta.xml. Now you can copy and paste the following code into script.lua:
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	local spawnX, spawnY, spawnZ = ~~1959~~.55, -~~1714~~.46, 10		local spawnX, spawnY, spawnZ = 1948.875, -1713.143, 13.547
	function joinHandler()		function joinHandler()
	spawnPlayer(source, spawnX, spawnY, spawnZ)		spawnPlayer(source, spawnX, spawnY, spawnZ)

Limedev: Added link to MTA:SA Developers: Mobile.

2024-05-15T15:00:18Z

Added link to MTA:SA Developers: Mobile.

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	Everything that has to do with scripting happens in resources, what a resource does defines if it is a gamemode, a map, or anything else. MTA comes with resources that you can optionally use in your gamemodes, such as map limits to keep playings within a playing area or death-pickups to create weapon pickups.		Everything that has to do with scripting happens in resources, what a resource does defines if it is a gamemode, a map, or anything else. MTA comes with resources that you can optionally use in your gamemodes, such as map limits to keep playings within a playing area or death-pickups to create weapon pickups.
	{{tip\|Your first step to begin Lua scripting should be using a Lua editor. This makes scripting much easier. We recommend [https://code.visualstudio.com/ Visual Studio Code], [http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm Notepad++] or [https://www.sublimetext.com/ Sublime Text]}}		{{tip\|Your first step to begin Lua scripting should be using a Lua editor. This makes scripting much easier. We recommend [https://code.visualstudio.com/ Visual Studio Code], [http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm Notepad++] or [https://www.sublimetext.com/ Sublime Text]. There is also an unofficial Android mobile app [[MTA:SA_Developers:_Mobile\|MTA:SA Developers: Mobile]] that you can try out.}}

	==Creating a working script==		==Creating a working script==

Tracer: Removed "Scripting Introduction Urdu" from "See also" category

2024-03-09T17:27:51Z

Removed "Scripting Introduction Urdu" from "See also" category

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	* [[Advanced Topics]]		* [[Advanced Topics]]
	* [[Script_security\|Script security]]		* [[Script_security\|Script security]]
	* [[Scripting Introduction Urdu]]

Tracer: Added polish reference

2022-05-29T10:11:02Z

Added polish reference

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	* [[Script_security\|Script security]]		* [[Script_security\|Script security]]
	* [[Scripting Introduction Urdu]]		* [[Scripting Introduction Urdu]]


	[[hu:Bevezetés a scriptelésbe]]		[[hu:Bevezetés a scriptelésbe]]
	[[es:Introducción a la Programación]]		[[es:Introducción a la Programación]]
	[[it:Introduzione allo scripting]]		[[it:Introduzione allo scripting]]
	[[nl:Scripting_introductie]]		[[nl:Scripting_introductie]]
			[[pl:Scripting Introduction]]
	[[pt-br:Introdução ao Scripting]]		[[pt-br:Introdução ao Scripting]]
	[[ru:Scripting Introduction]]		[[ru:Scripting Introduction]]

Haxardous at 12:19, 4 July 2020

2020-07-04T12:19:39Z

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Qaisjp: Remove MTA editor because it's dead and ancient, remove LuaEdit because it hasn't been update in a decade, remove sublime text because it's a paid product

2020-01-29T21:58:41Z

Remove MTA editor because it's dead and ancient, remove LuaEdit because it hasn't been update in a decade, remove sublime text because it's a paid product

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	Everything that has to do with scripting happens in resources, what a resource does defines if it is a gamemode, a map or anything else. MTA comes with resources that you can optionally use in your gamemodes, such as maplimits to keep playings within a playing area or deathpickups to create weapon pickups.		Everything that has to do with scripting happens in resources, what a resource does defines if it is a gamemode, a map or anything else. MTA comes with resources that you can optionally use in your gamemodes, such as maplimits to keep playings within a playing area or deathpickups to create weapon pickups.
	{{tip\|Your first step to begin Lua scripting should be using an Lua editor. This makes scripting much easier. We recommend [https://code.visualstudio.com/ Visual Studio Code]~~, [http://www.sublimetext.com/ Sublime Text],~~ [http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm Notepad++] ~~or [http://luaedit.sourceforge.net/ LuaEdit]. There is also an unofficial [[MTASE\|MTA Script Editor]] (in work-in-progress state) that you can test out.~~}}		{{tip\|Your first step to begin Lua scripting should be using an Lua editor. This makes scripting much easier. We recommend [https://code.visualstudio.com/ Visual Studio Code] or [http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm Notepad++]}}

	==Creating a working script==		==Creating a working script==

Tails: added recommended type="server" to script tags

2019-09-11T10:02:29Z

added recommended type="server" to script tags

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	<meta>		<meta>
	<info author="YourName" type="gamemode" name="My Server" description="My first MTA server" />		<info author="YourName" type="gamemode" name="My Server" description="My first MTA server" />
	<script src="script.lua" />		<script src="script.lua" type="server" />
	</meta>		</meta>
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
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	<meta>		<meta>
	<info author="Someguy" description="admin commands" />		<info author="Someguy" description="admin commands" />
	<script src="commands.lua" />		<script src="commands.lua" type="server" />
	<script src="client.lua" type="client" />		<script src="client.lua" type="client" />
	</meta>		</meta>
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	<meta>		<meta>
	<info author="Someguy" description="Counterstrike remake" type="gamemode" />		<info author="Someguy" description="Counterstrike remake" type="gamemode" />
	<script src="counterstrike.lua" />		<script src="counterstrike.lua" type="server" />
	<script src="buymenu.lua" type="client" />		<script src="buymenu.lua" type="client" />
	</meta>		</meta>
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	<info author="Someguy" description="Counterstrike airport map" type="map" gamemodes="counterstrike" />		<info author="Someguy" description="Counterstrike airport map" type="map" gamemodes="counterstrike" />
	<map src="airport.map" />		<map src="airport.map" />
	<script src="airport.lua" />		<script src="airport.lua" type="server" />
	</meta>		</meta>
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

Surge at 12:45, 8 November 2018

2018-11-08T12:45:28Z

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	* [[Script_security\|Script security]]		* [[Script_security\|Script security]]
	* [[Scripting Introduction Urdu]]		* [[Scripting Introduction Urdu]]
			[[hu:Bevezetés a scriptelésbe]]
	[[es:Introducción a la Programación]]		[[es:Introducción a la Programación]]
	[[it:Introduzione allo scripting]]		[[it:Introduzione allo scripting]]
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	[[pt-br:Introdução ao Scripting]]		[[pt-br:Introdução ao Scripting]]
	[[ru:Scripting Introduction]]		[[ru:Scripting Introduction]]
	~~[[hu:Scripting Intorduction]]~~
	[[ar:مقدمه_في_البرمجه]]		[[ar:مقدمه_في_البرمجه]]
	[[zh-cn:脚本编写介绍]]		[[zh-cn:脚本编写介绍]]
	[[Category:Tutorials]]		[[Category:Tutorials]]

Myonlake: Undo revision 58209 by WolfPiotrK2 (talk)

2018-08-16T12:48:36Z

Undo revision 58209 by WolfPiotrK2 (talk)

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WolfPiotrK2: Replaced content with "Image:mtapl.jpg"

2018-08-16T12:45:36Z

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