[GAME][IN DEVELOMENT] - Project FrostFire

[Codestar]

So it turns out that gmlua might not support coroutines, which as essential to my engine. it's what allows me to pause in lua scripts rather than running the whole thing at once. I use it for multiple things such as dialog, which in lua would look like

exec_script()
set_dialog_sprite('nicolas_mugshot_1,1,0')
say('herp')
say('derp')
end

now if i were to just run the script the dialog on the screen would be derp. but with coroutines, I can pause on a specific point if needed and resume by doing an action, like pressing z.

function say(text)
lock(Player)
lock(npc)
lock(inventory)
lock(enemies)

SetMessageText(text)
pause_script()
end

then in gm to resume I would just call the function resume script. Now though, I'm thinking when gmlua hits a coroutine pause it just stops execution altogether, which sucks because if i called that function again it would always start from the top of the script.

SO... now that I might not be able to use the main thing i build my engine over, I'm stuck with only a few options.

1. write a new engine from the ground up in c++/allegro.
2. use kofel's old source code and try to fix the library and build a new dll.
3. upgrade to gm7 and try to do coroutines with the new gmlua dll.(which probably won't work either)
4. buy an xna membership and give that a go.