VCMP Lua Plugin

As the name suggests, this plugin provides a scripting API for VCMP in Lua (yay!). Please check out the WIKI to learn about the structure of the plugin (its quite easy!)

Purpose of this project

The purpose of this project is mainly that I love Lua, and I also love C++, therefore to keep my practice in C++ I decided to work on this plugin with one of my favorite scripting languages (Lua).

The Lua config file

In your server directory you should place a luaconfig.ini file which will allow you to specify some settings the plugin can use. Some of these settings are optional while some (like specifying atleast 1 script file) is compulsory.

The file structure is as of right now very simple:

[config]
# Sets experimental mode ON (1) or OFF (0) | Intended for beta-testing and development only. Do not rely for stability
#experimental=1
# Sets the log level, See the Logger page on Wiki for more information
loglevel=0
# Sets the log file. This log file will be used to create daily logs and it will log everything logged by Logger class, regardless of level
logfile=DailyLogs.logs

[modules]
# This is the modules section, here you can opt in to use external modules that the plugin provides. They can be listed and toggled by setting them to a boolean

#moduleName=[true/false]
lanes=false

[scripts]
# This is the scripts section, here you can specify all your script files that you want to run.

# script=path/to/file.lua
script=lua/script.lua

Building the Plugin

Windows

To build on Windows, download the repository and run the win-build.bat file located in the premake folder. This will generate a Visual Studio 2022 solution file in the main folder. Open it with Visual Studio and compile using the appropriate configuration:

• Release32 + Win32 → produces LuaPlugin_x32.dll
• Release + x64 → produces LuaPlugin_x64.dll

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Linux

1. Install Required Dependencies

Run the following command to install the base build tools and libraries:

sudo apt install -y build-essential gcc g++ make gcc-multilib g++-multilib \
  libc6-dev libc6-dev-i386 zlib1g-dev zlib1g:i386 \
  libncurses6:i386 libtinfo6:i386 libssl-dev rpm

Then, install libpq-dev according to your target architecture:

⚠️ Important: libpq-dev and libpq-dev:i386 conflict with each other. Install only the one that matches your desired target before compiling.

• For x86 (32-bit):

  sudo apt install -y libpq-dev:i386

• For x64 (64-bit):

  sudo apt install -y libpq-dev

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2. Install Premake5

cd ~
wget https://github.com/premake/premake-core/releases/download/v5.0.0-beta8/premake-5.0.0-beta8-linux.tar.gz
tar -xzf premake-5.0.0-beta8-linux.tar.gz
sudo mv premake5 /usr/local/bin/premake5
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/premake5

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3. Clone and Build the Repository

Clone the repository and navigate into the plugin directory. Then run the appropriate command based on your target architecture:

• For x86 (32-bit) (requires libpq-dev:i386):

  premake5 gmake && make config=release32

• For x64 (64-bit) (requires libpq-dev):

  premake5 gmake && make config=release