Best Way To Learn Lua?

[Alyhide]

Hello, I am wondering the best way to learn Lua.
Should I learn it from the tutorials on OtLand?
Or learn it strait from Lua.org?

Please Give Me Answers

 

[IMac]

wat u gonna use it for?just ots or?

 

[Alyhide]

wat u gonna use it for?just ots or?

Well I would use it for anything, I'm just trying to learn sort of all around lua

 

[IMac]

lua.org then

 

[Alyhide]

lua.org then

Okay, but how exactly should I learn it? Should I just read it or what?

 

[_Arthur]

Just examine scripts that are posted on OtLand, and explore your libs.

It's how I learned, really.

 

[IMac]

Just examine scripts that are posted on OtLand, and explore your libs.

It's how I learned, really.

he wants to learn all around not just ot

@up yea and try making something

 

[Doggynub]

I have learned from a lua book cant remeber its name now tho,which is pretty much lua.org

Ah ya remebered : Programming_in_Lua_2ed

 

[Darkhaos]

Other: Studing other codes.. making your own codes with pieces of other codes..

 

[JoSePh15_]

I really wanna know that answer too!

 

[Lessaire]

A bit more serious?

GameDev -- An Introduction to Lua
IBM -- Embeddable scripting with Lua

Eclipse M3
LuaEclipse
LuaProfiler

Colandus tutorials

 

[zakius]

other: get ANY lua script cerated using yourlevel + 1 or 2, analize it and learn

 

[Hermes]

First of all you have to understand LUA syntax and basics. Then you just have to try : D. You can make even the most stupid and useless scripts (like messages when player steps on a tile or whatever) and then try to extend them with more advanced lua structures like arrays, functions or loops.

You won't learn anything until you understand it.

Btw. LUA is really nice language! I wrote even scripts that helped me in school : P like:

function k(masa, wydluzenie)
	local t = {m = masa / 1000, x = wydluzenie / 100, g = 9.81}
	return ((t.m*t.g)/t.x)
end
local tabela = {
	[1] = {50, 9.5},
	[2] = {100, 19.5},
	[3] = {150, 29.5},
	[4] = {200, 39.5}
}
for i = 1, #tabela do
	print(i .. ": " .. k(tabela[i][1], tabela[i][2]))
end

(it's for physics - calculating spring constant)

 

[Zonet]

First of all, take a look here.

http://otland.net/f481/beginner-tutorial-15400/
Then go on lua.org and learn other things.

 

[devianceone]

Learn the LUA syntax, then start with the basics. Go through the entire lua+tfs function list and try each one that sounds useful. If you dont know how they work, look up the function on otland search and find somebody using it in another script. Once you know how what most functions do and what is possible with lua+tfs, put a couple functions togather like storages and experience, or walking on a tile and teleporting. If you really want to learn how to script, its not a simple process for someone with no programming experience and it will take a long time.

 

[richux]

I would say, lua.org/google and otland

 

[Sentielo]

Is there a package out on otland, where are basic lua script at?
Meaning I can edit + try to understand and make them by myself + try to expand them?

 

[JDB]

I have learned from a lua book cant remeber its name now tho,which is pretty much lua.org

Ah ya remebered : Programming_in_Lua_2ed

This is the worst and slowest way to learn. Only read if something new changes.

Other: Studing other codes.. making your own codes with pieces of other codes..

This is how I learned. Just experimenting. Fast and easy!

 

[cesar10]

The Best Experience Is OWN EXPERIENCE
try mixing stuff or dunno maby make scripts check error on console [it almost allways says the answer] correct it do other and tada xD


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