kingmatt2
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| 25 Jan 2014 10:58 PM |
Sorry for any spelling errors im on mobile
1. Is Lua on any other game engines 2. Will it ever be a full programming language for real games? 3. What are the differences between other languages, other than format. |
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magnalite
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| 25 Jan 2014 11:01 PM |
1) Yes, most notably Source (gmod) and Love2D. 2) Depends what you mean by that but most likely no. 3) Lua is an interpreted whereas languages like C are compiled. Google to find the differences. |
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kingmatt2
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| 25 Jan 2014 11:05 PM |
| For number 3 i meant Java, Javascript,C,ect... and i meant whats the.diffrence other than format. |
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magnalite
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| 25 Jan 2014 11:09 PM |
| Too many difference to state and there is no point unless you say two ones you want to directly compare or you generalize too much. |
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kingmatt2
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| 25 Jan 2014 11:13 PM |
Okay. Java and javascript. Not how it is typed. What it can do. |
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| 25 Jan 2014 11:19 PM |
1. Is Lua on any other game engines -> Yes
2. Will it ever be a full programming language for real games? -> Err, it is a programming language. Saying Lua isn't a "full programming language" is like saying Ruby or Python aren't.
3. What are the differences between other languages, other than format. -> Plenty.
~LuaWeaver; Programmer, gamer, developer. |
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kingmatt2
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| 25 Jan 2014 11:21 PM |
What i meant by #2 is will it be used to create full scale games, and will b e known elsewhere tjan here. |
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lordrambo
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| 25 Jan 2014 11:26 PM |
| Lua is already pretty known in the game development world. Also, for game engines, I like CryEngine. |
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| 25 Jan 2014 11:27 PM |
"What i meant by #2 is will it be used to create full scale games"
No -- Lua is too slow to make a full-scaled game. It can be used to make games that don't require a lot of power, but a game such as CoD/Battlefield will never be able to be programed in Lua. |
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| 25 Jan 2014 11:32 PM |
For #2, ALL, I repeat, ALL Turing-Complete languages can make games. Heck, even BrainF can make games.
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| 26 Jan 2014 03:09 AM |
| LUA It's A Kid Programing Language not Real, Its just 2 Prepare U For Wen U're about 15, Then U Move to Python But U Gotta use C++ And Java if U want 2 Know howt o User Computres :) |
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