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| − | {{Languages|Powder Toy Lua API}}
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| − | The Powder Toy Lua API is a set of objects and functions that allow control over most aspects of the game, including graphics, element interactions, and interfaces.
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| − | If you are new to the Lua programming language, you should familiarize yourself with how to code in Lua. A great beginner's tutorial is available [https://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html here]
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| − | boxmein made a massive reference to most parts of the API, including some that are not added to this wiki yet. Regardless, this reference is extremely outdated and hasn't been updated in years.
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| − | You can find it [https://web.archive.org/web/20201023090302/https://www.boxmein.net/tpt/tptelements/reference/lua-reference.html here].
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| − | The API is split into several categories
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| − | ; [[Lua_API:Interface|Interface]]
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| − | : Includes UI components such as buttons, labels and checkboxes, access to the very primitive window manager and input events
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| − | ; [[Lua_API:Renderer|Renderer]]
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| − | : Methods and constants for interacting with the display mode
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| − | ; [[Lua_API:Elements|Elements]]
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| − | : Methods and constants for modifying and creating elements
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| − | ; [[Lua_API:Simulation|Simulation]]
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| − | : Methods for modifying the state of the simulation
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| − | ; [[Lua_API:Graphics|Graphics]]
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| − | : Methods for drawing simple shapes and text on screen.
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| − | ; [[Lua_API:File_System|File System]]
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| − | : Functions for creating, deleting, modifying and enumerating files and folders.
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| − | ; [[Lua_API:Platform|Platform]]
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| − | : Functions for doing OS-level things like opening URLs or interacting with the clipboard.
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| − | ; [[Lua_API:Event|Event]]
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| − | : Listen for events, such as mouseclicks or key presses.
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| − | ; [http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/ Socket]
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| − | : Built-in LuaSocket library available as the <code>socket</code> global.
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| − | ; [[Lua_API:HTTP|HTTP]]
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| − | : Provides access to basic HTTP functionality in the form of request objects.
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| − | ; [[Lua_API:Bit|Bit]]
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| − | : Doesn't actually provide any interaction with the game, but provides some functions for performing bitwise operations on integer numbers.
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| − | ; [[Lua|Legacy]]
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| − | : Old Lua API with the tpt.* prefix
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| − | [[Category:Lua]]
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