GE Lua Documentation

initSettings

Definition

-- @/lua/ge/extensions/core/settings/settings.lua:400

local function initSettings(reason)
 -- fix the options up and combine the keys and values into the dict
  for k,v in pairs(options) do
    if v.keys and v.values and not v.dict then
      v.dict = {}
      for i = 0, tableSizeC(v.keys) - 1 do
        v.dict[v.keys[i]] = v.values[i]
      end
    end
  end

  -- build option helpers
  extensions.load({"core_settings_graphic","core_settings_audio","core_settings_rally"})
  tableMerge(options, core_settings_graphic.buildOptionHelpers())
  tableMerge(options, core_settings_audio.buildOptionHelpers())
  tableMerge(options, core_settings_rally.buildOptionHelpers())
  -- add C++ propagation wherever possible
  for k,v in pairs(M.impl.defaults) do
    if CppSettings[k] ~= nil then -- check if C++ side cares about this setting
      options[k] = options[k] or {}
      if options[k].set == nil then
        -- no setter is defined, add one that propagates the value to C++ side
        options[k].set = function(value)
          if type(CppSettings[k]) == type(value) then
            CppSettings[k] = value
          else
            log("E", "", string.format("Unable to parse setting '%s': it should be a %s, but is a %s. The ignored value is: %s", k, type(CppSettings[k]), type(value), dumps(value)))
          end
        end
      else
        -- a setter was already defined, cannot add a setter to propagate value to C++ side
        log("E", "", string.format("Unable to propagate setting '%s' to C++ side, since it already has a custom setter in LUA side: this is likely a conflict of intentions that requires bugfixing", k))
      end
    end
  end

  -- load the persistency file at least
  local data = loadSettingValues()
  tableMerge(values, data)

  core_settings_graphic.onInitSettings(values)
end

Callers

local function initSettings()
  settings.outputDir = "VSL"

  initStatsRecord()
  initSettings()
  guihooks.trigger("LoadedVehicleStatsLogger")

function init(reason)
  settings.initSettings(reason)

  -- Initialize settings
  self:initSettings()

-- init settings with the loop manager so they cant be changed during the loop
function C:initSettings()
  self.resetBudget = settings.getValue('rallyLoopResetBudget')