Posted: 11/1/2013 3:54 AM
Post subject: Easy question about LUA scripting
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Tterraj42
Joined: 11/1/2013
Posts: 13
Trying to make my script load a save state when it starts. Looking at the notes here: https://code.google.com/p/vba-rerecording/wiki/LuaScriptingFunctions I tried this: local asdf savestate.create(1) savestate.load(asdf) Which gave me this: ..\VisualBoyAdvance\lua\mmbn 3 blue flashman.lua:40: object not a savestate object Very new to TAS and LUA. What obvious mistake am I making? Thanks, Tterraj42
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Posted: 11/1/2013 2:04 PM
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TASeditor
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Maybe you should put savestate.save(asdf) into your script.
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Posted: 11/1/2013 3:14 PM
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Tterraj42
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TASeditor wrote:
Maybe you should put savestate.save(asdf) into your script.
But the save state already exists, and I want the script to load it.
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Posted: 11/1/2013 4:24 PM
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I think what exists is an empty object. You assign the value to it by saving something.
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Posted: 11/1/2013 4:26 PM
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DeHackEd
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I think there's an = sign missing It's being interpreted as 
local asdf;
savestate.create(1);
savestate.load(asdf)
since semicolons are optional in lua
Posted: 11/1/2013 4:40 PM
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Bobo_the_King
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The following has never failed me: 
Language: lua
state1=savestate.create()
savestate.save(state1)

--[[
a bunch of code
emu.frameadvance()
some more code
]]--

savestate.load(state1)
It has some differences with your code. Try copying and pasting it and working from that framework. Report back if you figure out what the problem was. (My money is on the equals sign, as DeHackEd mentioned, provided that you copied your code accurately.)
Posted: 11/1/2013 7:36 PM
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BadPotato
Joined: 1/26/2009
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Usualy this code should work with emulator based on fceux lua engine, but for some reason it doesn't work with vba-rr. 
mySavestate = savestate.create(1); 
savestate.load(mySavestate);
Posted: 11/2/2013 10:07 AM
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FractalFusion
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VBA's Lua savestating is messed up, unfortunately. Don't use it. - savestate.create() only works in VBA when there is nothing in the brackets (e.g. savestate.create(1) doesn't work). - Savestates created by Lua in VBA may cause desyncs.