[Lua] FXManifest not importing classes like it's supposed to?

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Hey, I’m developing a custom framework, but I’m stuck at this weird stuff.

My fxmanifest.lua file looks like the following:

server_scripts {
  ...
  'framework/server/classes/*.lua',
  ...
  'server/*.lua'
}

Which imports three classes:

  1. Items
  2. Jobs
  3. Player
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Then, proceeding to server/base.lua I create a new thread with these inside:

ZMan.Instantiate(1) -- From Player class
ZMan.AddItem("1", "2") -- From Items class

It works fine for Instantiate but not for AddItem

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Any code needed I’ll provide, thanks in advance.

2

Did you create an instance of the player class first in base.lua?

local player = SomeFunctionFromPlayerThatReturnsObject(someIdentifier)

You should show your player.lua source and the full source from base.lua that shows declaring the instance/object and how you’re using it.

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3

The error message states that AddItem is not defined.
Try to run

print(json.encode(ZMan))

you should get a bigger output. Search and check if and why AddItem is missing.

4

I’ve done that already, I know what the message states, and when doing that the output doesn’t contain AddItem, which literally leads me to the same place. It was known it was nil, I wrote it in the OP. Anyways I want to know why it is nil.

5

Alright, my bad then. In this case we need to have a look at the definition.

Since the player.lua seem to work and you think items.lua is not imported correctly add a simple print somewhere in this file, just to make sure its printed.

6

Ok, never thought of that for some reason, did it and it is being imported, and in the way it’s supposed to. It prints what I wrote before base.lua is imported.

So the issue persists on something else, and I can’t figure out what.

Here’s full source:

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Hello @ShahZaM,

thanks for the code. So the issue is simple. You override your own code.

	'framework/server/classes/items.lua',
	'framework/server/classes/jobs.lua',
	'framework/server/classes/player.lua',

Its loaded in this order with player beeing last and items first.
Both items and palyer.lua define a variable called ZMan and therefore override it. The last instance player.lua can use its functions correctly.

To fix this you need to define a global variable called ZMan und assign the functions and STUFF directly with
ZMan.player = {}
and so on.
I created a pull request for you which changes what I described here.

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Hello, I’ve tried your solution, no success still.


9

Alright, my bad pushing untested code. right above your screenshot there should be an parsing error related to the affected files. While changing the structure I missed to remove the commas (,) seperating the entries in your previours structure. I removed them and this time checked with running your code. Its working, however my database is missing some entries for items so I only see alot of errors. Anyway The PR is updated.

10

Yeah I was avoiding pulling the request, but I did it now, thanks :slight_smile: