Getting Started

Scripting is only available in the native client.

Access the scripts folder by pressing CTRL + L to open the Lua menu. Then select the scripts folder button.

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Watch this video for an intro to scripting and the native client editor.

Lua

Lua is the scripting language used in Atomontage. A good resource to learn Lua is Learn Lua in 5 minutes

Lua Basics

Lua keeps things simple. There are only a handful of types, everything else is built on top and chats with our APIs:

• nil → absence of a value
• boolean → true or false
• number → all numbers (integers + floats)
• string → text values
• table → the only data structure (works as arrays, dictionaries, or objects)
• function → first-class functions you can assign, pass around, and call

Examples

local x = 10           -- number
local name = "Cortex"    -- string
local isActive = true  -- boolean
local nothing = nil    -- nil
local list = {1, 2, 3} -- table as array
local user = {name = "Data", age = 25} -- table as dictionary

function greet(person)
  print("Hello " .. person)
end

greet(user.name) -- Hello Data