Let's talk about LUA! [QA.Win.64.882.Date.11.08.19]

Based on the google doc and the latest round of tweets, here's my understanding of the current state of the Lua API (as of the time of this posting .. i'm sure it will continue to evolve).

 

My first whack at a useful script:

function Update()
end

ConsoleLog( "Initializing" )

interestedStats = {
275, 304, 366, 411, 427,
428, 429, 430, 5, 6,
92, 233, 406, 70, 93,
15, 18, 40, 410, 435,
84, 17, 181, 327, 328,
329, 330, 331, 332, 333,
334, 335, 336, 434, 10,
11, 129, 130, 131, 322,
323, 405, 451, 97, 98,
317, 318, 319, 48, 49,
58, 61, 62
}

linespace = 18

function OnGUI()
for i, statNumber in ipairs( interestedStats ) do
GUILabel( 60, 50 + i * linespace, 390, linespace * 1.4,
string.format( "%50s = %6.3f", GetStatNameByNumber( statNumber ), GetStatValueByNumber( statNumber ) ) );
end
end
​

It dumps a bunch of stats down the left side of the screen. It would be nice to have a mono-spaced font so my attempt at formatting worked.

Also, the "linespace" may need to be adjusted, depending on a person's font size.

 

One thing that's nice to see are my virtue values .... I had no Idea I was that high on Love. Apparently I lack in Courage, though. Not sure why ...

One thing that I'm curious about ... I'm wearing a full set of Epic Leather, but my "LightArmorSetBonus" is 0. If I assume that's a boolean value, it seems it should be 1.

 

I'm pretty sure it will be. Remember this is a VARY pre-alpha addition. There's still a lot to do, in this phase alone. It wasn't due to be in-game, really, until the end of the year.

 

LOL, I bet they didn't intend to expose the virtue stats.

 

Those are part of normal "/stats" command output. So they are available for Lua.

• VirtueCourage
• VirtueLove
• VirtueTruth

 

If you look at the output that /stats gives then you'll note that all three of those are -1. This was done explicitly because the devs didn't want people minmaxing them.

 

Yeah, it feels like getting the actual values for the virtues might be unintended; they are definitely not -1.

 

Oh, I thought ( for some reason ) that -1 was just my QA character. Lua API really does return the actually values.

Nice

If you have "Lua" folder next to game exe file, with "bootstrap.lua" file in it, this is the code that shows the virtues.

function OnGUI()
GUILabel(100,500,200,100, GetStatNameByNumber(317) .. ": " ..GetStatValueByNumber(317))
GUILabel(100,520,200,100, GetStatNameByNumber(318) .. ": " ..GetStatValueByNumber(318))
GUILabel(100,540,200,100, GetStatNameByNumber(319) .. ": " ..GetStatValueByNumber(319))
end

 

Let's not forget the /loctrack command . This command already puts a constant UI box on-screen that shows your /loc coordinates constantly.

I'm sure a smart programmer will eventually be able to use or modify this existing element.