Leadwerks 4.6: Cannot get hook to work with Map:Load()

[DEFAULTSAAS]

Hello, I'm trying to use the hook on Map:Load() to call a Lua function every time an entity is loaded.

However, the documentation describes the hook as a "pointer to a function that will be called for each loaded entity in the scene", but I do not know how to get a pointer for a Lua function, as it seems Lua doesn't have pointers.

 

I do have the professional version of Leadwerks, and am familiar with C++, thus is there some interaction with C++ and Lua that I'm missing?

[Josh]

Hi,

A point to a Lua function is just the function name:

function loadhook(progress)
  Print(progress)
end

LoadMap("Maps/test.map", "loadhook")

In Ultra, the Lua binding system I am using provides more control, and the Lua function itself can be passed to functions.

[DEFAULTSAAS]

That works great, thanks!

I look forward to the release of Ultra.