"A Fine Mint" issue. LUA

[PierceQuantum]

I am having a error stating the pickUpCoin function given is not defined.
Here is the function provided
function pickUpCoin()
local coin = self:findNearestItem()
if coin then
self:moveXY(coin.pos.x, coin.pos.y)
end
end
Not sure if this is a Error on my part or not.

[Harry_the_Wanderer]

@PierceQuantum I don’t have the time right now to figure out why but here is a forum post talking about the issue:

Vital Powers and Functions in Lua

My code does not work. In the lua version of this level, functions are not documented yet and the sample code has not been translated to lua. This aside, I have attempted to figure out how to use functions from external sources. the issues i am having are that my character does not respond at all. Apparently I don’t know how to call functions in lua. Here is my code, can any more experienced players and coders tell me what i’m doing wrong? local function pickUpNearestCoin() local items = se…

Basically set all functions up as local for now as in:

local function someFunction () 
    -- Your LUA code here
end

and then call them by using a local variable assignment such as:

while true do
    local a = someFunction()
end

And your code will start to work!

When I get more time I will look into why, and if there is a better way to do this.

-HW

LUA reference manual: https://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html
RTFM if you can (Read the Fine Manual)

[Harry_the_Wanderer]

@PierceQuantum another post provided by @Serg

Beginning Code doesn't declare functions?

Hello! I looked into this issue and can confirm there was a problem with it. But not anymore! I fixed it! I apologize for the confusion, I think I was the designer who added the Lua code but, because I’m not too familiar with it, I typed it incorrectly. Functions are just like variable and need to be scoped properly. What you were doing: function hero:findAndAttackEnemy() was scoping this function directly to the hero, so you’d always have access to it. Not a bad strategy, but, there is a b…

I will look into my local unix install. If I remember correctly I had LUA running as a scripting engine for a console AI bot to handle different situations in an old game. Maybe a few months on this though.

- - May the code be with you…