GmodLuaCompiler

A small C++ program which takes the Lua API from Garry's Mod and uses it compile Lua Files. This can be used to turn lua files into lua bytecode. It's compatible with x86/x64 versions of Windows and Linux. This is required lately because Garry's Mod now uses different versions of LuaJit across the different platforms.

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Running

Windows x86

Copy the following binaries from GMod to the directory of gmodluacompilerx86.exe

• lua_shared.dll
• tier0.dll
• vstdlib.dll

Windows x64

Copy the following binaries from GMod to the directory of gmodluacompilerx64.exe

• lua_shared.dll
• tier0.dll
• vstdlib.dll

Linux x86

Copy the following binaries from GMod to the directory of gmodluacompiler

• lua_shared_srv.so
• lua_shared.so
• libvstdlib_srv.so
• libvstdlib_s.so
• libvstdlib.so
• libsteam_api.so
• libtier0_srv.so

Linux x64

Copy the following binaries from GMod to the directory of gmodluacompiler

• lua_shared.so
• libvstdlib.so
• libtier0.so
• libsteam_api.so

All of them

After the dependencies are in the same directory, just run gmodluacompiler with the parameters you want. On Linux e.g. ./gmodluacompiler "toparse.lua", on Windows e.g. gmodluacompiler.exe "toparse.lua"

Troubleshooting

If it crashes with a MessageBox on startup install the VC++ 2019 redists from microsoft https://www.microsoft.com/.

Compiling

If you wish to compile this yourself:

Windows

• Run premake5 vs2019
• Open project/gmodluacompiler.sln
• Compile it using MSVC/MSVS

Linux

• Run premake5 gmake
• Run cd project
• Run make help
• Run make help config=release_x86 (Or whatever platform your heart desires)

Credits

• Leystryku (me)
  • Creating this project
• Garry's Mod & Valve
  • lua_shared and tier0 etc libraries
• Everyday A/S or HandsomeMatt
  • Inspirating me to recreate gluac because it was overcomplicated (sigscans+symbols,dependencies,...) & not portable enough