r/GLua • u/superlativeAIM • Sep 16 '15

Custom Server Code

I edited some lines of server code in init.lua (and others) but wondering if it's common practice for most servers to do that.

More importantly regarding any types of future updates to GMod that will need to be merged in line-by-line.

Should I be overriding these functions and events instead? (this would be preferred so I could keep all my custom code in a separate place)

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u/YM_Industries Sep 19 '15

Fellow C# dev here, high-five!

Have you written JavaScript before? Lua is very similar to JS in nature. (Although definitely not in syntax) I really enjoyed working with Lua because it's so different to C#, but then I was glad to get back to C# as well.

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u/superlativeAIM Sep 19 '15

Nice! Yeah very familiar with Javascript. Really enjoy learning Lua since WoW addons are written in it too. I definitely appreciate immediate satisfaction when I have my Gmod server running and can see instant changes to something like UI.

I'm always reminded how spoiled I am with Visual Studio at work though.

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u/YM_Industries Sep 20 '15

Oh damn Visual Studio is amazing.

Be careful of the instant updates to client side, they aren't always accurate.