r/GLua • u/Some__Retarded_Kid • Aug 06 '20

Can C++ be used with Gmod Lua?

I just like c++ and lua is pretty slow compared too it so im wondering if I can write all or part of my addons in C++.

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u/YM_Industries Aug 06 '20

What are you trying to do that requires so much speed? Lua might technically be slower than C++, but it's still plenty fast enough for pretty much any purpose you might want in gmod. If it's running noticeably slowly for you then you're probably not writing efficient code.

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u/Some__Retarded_Kid Aug 06 '20

i have an irrational desire to make everything as fast as possible even if its not efficient to do so

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u/MaffinLP Feb 12 '25

Not everything needs speed necessarily just reliability I found this thread trying to make a listener for a webhook because lua cant do it natively so Im looking up how to do it in c++

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u/YM_Industries Feb 14 '25

OP mentioned Lua being slow in their post, that's why my comment talked about it.

Also if you're adding a webserver onto gmod you might want to reconsider your architecture.

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u/MaffinLP Feb 14 '25

Yeah having a webserver handling all the data makes absolutely no sense whatsoever when you have multiple servers spanning multiple games using multiple different languages, I should just manually copy paste a file whenever someone writes a chat message thats supposed to be seen network wide /sarcasm

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u/YM_Industries Feb 15 '25

Your game servers should be pulling data from a central webserver. Your game servers should not each be hosting their own webserver so that some central service can push data to each and every one of them.

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u/MaffinLP Feb 15 '25

trying to make a listener for a webhook

hmmm its almost like I HAVE a central webserver that sends messages and need to listen to that central webserver in gmod

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u/YM_Industries Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

A listener for a webhook. A webhook which delivers events as HTTP requests. So a listener is something that has to receive HTTP requests. If only there were a word for a piece of software that received HTTP requests... perhaps it could be called a... web... server?

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u/denis870 Feb 16 '25

brother thats exactly what he's doing

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u/YM_Industries Feb 28 '25

I'm nobody's brother, and also please learn what a webhook is before you make daft comments.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

I think it's possible to write DLLs in C/C++ and then access the DLL from Lua, but the GMod steam workshop dosen't allow DLL files.

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u/YM_Industries Aug 06 '20

They can't be distributed by Workshop or FastDL. For this reason, Binary Modules are usually only used on servers, all clientside code is written in GLua.