How to add elements permanently to TPT
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Gelix:
I was woundering if can add my own elements that dont disapear when you close the game?
Yes, you need to use a file named autorun.lua in the same folder as the TPT exe. I would strongly advise you to use this nice script manager:
https://powdertoy.co.uk/Discussions/Thread/View.html?Thread=19400
With it, you can download/install scripts and enable/disable scripts from within game (note that disabling a script requires the game to restart).
To use your own scripts with this, you just need to put lua files in the scripts folder, then enable them from the in-game Lua button GUI.
Edited 2 times by ChargedCreeper. Last: 12th Mar 2016 -
Elements can be added in two ways:
1) Lua scripts
Those have to be loaded every time the game starts, but they work across most (if not all) mods and won't have to be maintained as intensely. These, I assume, are what you've done thus far.
2) C++ elements
These elements are straight in the source code of the EXE file itself. For this you need to use a different and more difficult programming language and your elements will only be usable with your mod's EXE file. For those, you can check out an example element here:
http://boxmein.net/tpt/tptelements/editor.html#c++
And if you read the Coding tutorial here:
https://powdertoy.co.uk/Wiki/W/Coding-tutorial.html
Check out the source code for all other elements in the default game here:
https://github.com/simtr/The-Powder-Toy/tree/master/src/simulation/elements
