IF (a mod is present) THEN

[DDDX]

Hi guys!

Have not yet seen this before in a map script.
How would one go around letting the map script know there's a specific mod activated, in a form of a if-then (or similar)?
I want to make values in a map script dependant on mods that are used with it, but to do that I need to make the map aware if the mod is being used or not.
Any maps that do this already, from whom I can get it?

Thank you.

[Uveso]

Found this in simInit.lua:

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LOG('Active mods in sim: ', repr(__active_mods))

This was in Blueprint.lua:

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    if not mods then
        mods = __active_mods or import('/lua/mods.lua').GetGameMods()
    end


Also found somewhere:

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for index, moddata in __active_mods do
      LOG( 'Active Mod - Directory='..( moddata.location ) )
end

Usefull to see the data inside a table:

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LOG( repr( moddata ) )

[DDDX]

Thanx. Tried implementing it but I am lacking the knowhow as to what goes where.
Sofar:
Added the LOG code to the siminit.lua,
made this Blueprints.lua inside 'hook/lua/system (BlueprintS plural, right?).

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do
        if not mods then
        mods = __active_mods or import('/lua/mods.lua').GetGameMods()
        end

        for index, moddata in __active_mods do
      LOG( 'Active Mod - Directory='..( moddata.location ) )
      end

end

Next, made

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for index, moddata in __active_mods do
           if moddata == "Survival Mayhem&BO balance" then ..etc

yeah I got no idea how to get it working :/
Sorry to yet again rely on your coding skills instead of mine, Uveso.

[speed2]

Well you have to edit the map script. The mods are saved in the global variable __active_mods as Uveso posted.

You can access it like this for example (map script):

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local ScenarioUtils = import('/lua/sim/ScenarioUtilities.lua')
   
function OnPopulate()
    ScenarioUtils.InitializeArmies()
    local mods = __active_mods
    LOG('Map Script ... active mods in sim: ', repr(__active_mods))
end
   
function OnStart()
end

[DDDX]

Ty Speed2, I figured I lacked the link to the map script.
Off to try and make it function.

[DDDX]

Nope. I'm too noobish a coder for this.
I tried, honest I did.

My Blueprints.lua cause the map to load super fast and blank, looks like this (inside /hook/lua/system)

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do
        if not mods then
        mods = __active_mods or import('/lua/mods.lua').GetGameMods()
        end

        for index, moddata in __active_mods do
      LOG( 'Active Mod - Directory='..( moddata.location ) )
      end

end

That's the whole Blueprints.lua, did not need one till now.

Added this code into the OnPopulate function of the survival map script file

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   local mods = __active_mods
    LOG('Map Script ... active mods in sim: ', repr(__active_mods))

Then tried referencing it with

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      for index, moddata in __active_mods do
           if moddata == 'Survival Mayhem&BO balance' then

Uff...I know it's probably simple...ish, but I'm stuck at 'nope'.

Tthe Blueprints.lua is the culprit for the whole thing not working at all, I guess I need to add something else in it.

[speed2]

I thought you were trying to work with mods in the map script. In that case you don't need to hook or edit any files.

Just change the script to what I posted above and it will work (for sim mods).

[DDDX]

Ty for the reply.

Can't.
Either it needs something more, or I made the if-then segment wrong (look above).

[speed2]

Use this map script and it will work, I've tested it.

Well you have to edit the map script. The mods are saved in the global variable __active_mods as Uveso posted.

You can access it like this for example (map script):

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local ScenarioUtils = import('/lua/sim/ScenarioUtilities.lua')
   
function OnPopulate()
    ScenarioUtils.InitializeArmies()
    local mods = __active_mods
    LOG('Map Script ... active mods in sim: ', repr(__active_mods))
end
   
function OnStart()
end

[DDDX]

I did, as soon as you posted it the first time. Like this:

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function OnPopulate()
   LOG("----- Survival MOD: OnPopulate()");

   -- start the armies
   ScenarioUtils.InitializeArmies();

   -- prepare all the survival stuff
   Survival_InitGame();

   -- which mods are active?
   local mods = __active_mods
    LOG('Map Script ... active mods in sim: ', repr(__active_mods))

end

-- function OnStart()
-- end

This is my map's OnPopulate function, and this is the OnStart

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function OnStart(self)

   LOG("----- Survival MOD: Initializing game start sequence...");

   -- start the survival tick
   ForkThread(Survival_Tick);

end

And this is what I hope to use to call the mod up, if it is used or not.

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      for index, moddata in __active_mods do
           if moddata == 'Survival Mayhem&BO balance' then

It does nothing, as if the condition is not met. Don't know why.