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Looking To Learn Basic Lua
May 14 2008, 3:21 am
By: Joshgt2  

May 14 2008, 3:21 am Joshgt2 Post #1



I know this is going to be a really noobie question that I'm asking, but does anyone have a nice 'free' site, article, online book, or collection of tutorials on how someone can begin to learn some Lua coding for use a little bit later on in life. Why am I doing this? I want to make a nice fully customized server in Half Life 2's mod of Garry's Mod 10... I love playing that game and I am soon going to be learning Lua in college but I figured that why can't I get a head start on some things? Any help is well appreciated!!



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May 15 2008, 6:21 am candle12345 Post #2



Learn it in Gmod and off their forums.
Seriously, that's how I got a basic grip on Lua, it's a good start, especially if you plan on taking a proper course later.



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May 15 2008, 6:54 am The Starport Post #3



I learned lua in about a week and mastered gmod's stupid variation of it in a month. But then again, I've already had programming experience with other languages, so that timeline might not apply to you.



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May 15 2008, 10:51 am Joshgt2 Post #4



Quote from candle12345
Learn it in Gmod and off their forums.
Seriously, that's how I got a basic grip on Lua, it's a good start, especially if you plan on taking a proper course later.
How would I learn it in GMod? I will go check out the GMod forums to see what they offer me but I don't see how I could learn this by playing in GMod...



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May 15 2008, 1:44 pm candle12345 Post #5



Mess around with other peoples scripts, figure out what they do. Be creative, make something from scratch, or change something til it looks good.



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May 15 2008, 7:10 pm Cole Post #6



Quote from Joshgt2
Quote from candle12345
Learn it in Gmod and off their forums.
Seriously, that's how I got a basic grip on Lua, it's a good start, especially if you plan on taking a proper course later.
How would I learn it in GMod? I will go check out the GMod forums to see what they offer me but I don't see how I could learn this by playing in GMod...
Use google to find a tutorial. Something as simple as "Tutorial Gmod Lua". Make some basic scripts and test them out in Gmod as you go through the Tutorial. Don't just read the tutorial, make scripts while reading the tutorial, that way you get hands on experience.



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