OpenMW Lua scripting

Warning

OpenMW Lua scripting is in early stage of development. Also note that OpenMW Lua is not compatible with MWSE.

Table of Contents

• Overview of Lua scripting
  • Language and sandboxing
  • Basic concepts
  • How to run a script
  • Lua scripts naming policy
  • Format of .omwscripts
  • Hot reloading
  • Lua console
  • Script structure
  • Engine handlers
  • onSave and onLoad
  • API packages
  • Script interfaces
  • Event system
  • Timers
  • Using IDE for Lua scripting
• Lua API reference
  • Engine handlers reference
  • User interface reference
  • Built-in AI packages
  • Built-in Setting Renderers
  • Built-in events
  • Package openmw.util
  • Package openmw.storage
  • Package openmw.core
  • Package openmw.types
  • Package openmw.async
  • Package openmw.world
  • Package openmw.self
  • Package openmw.nearby
  • Package openmw.input
  • Package openmw.ui
  • Package openmw.camera
  • Package openmw.postprocessing
  • Package openmw.debug
  • Package openmw_aux.calendar
  • Package openmw_aux.util
  • Package openmw_aux.time
  • Package openmw_aux.ui
  • Interface Activation
  • Interface AI
  • Interface Camera
  • Interface Controls
  • Interface MWUI
  • Interface Settings
  • Iterable types
  • Interfaces of built-in scripts
• Teal
  • What is Teal?
  • Using the type checker
  • IDE support