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     9 Lua is an easy to learn scripting language that's implemented using open source libraries. If you'd like to learn more about Lua, have a look at [http://www.lua.org Lua's official homepage]. Even though its easy to learn syntax this wiki page won't explain all basics of using Lua, e.g. declaring variables or using control structures. There are tons of step-by-step tutorials and documentation available on the internet. Just throw "Lua" into your favourite search engine and give it a try.

     9 Lua is an easy to learn scripting language that's implemented using open source libraries. If you'd like to learn more about Lua, have a look at [http://www.lua.org Lua's official homepage]. Even though its easy to learn syntax this wiki page won't explain all basics of using Lua, e.g. declaring variables or using control structures. There are tons of step-by-step tutorials and documentation available on the internet. Just throw "Lua" into your favourite search engine and give it a try.

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    12 How Hedgewars handles Lua scripts As of Version 0.9.13 Hedgewars supports Lua scripts for two similar tasks: Define tutorial missions or provide special map behaviour for precreated maps.

    12 How Hedgewars handles Lua scripts As of Version 0.9.13 Hedgewars supports Lua scripts for two similar tasks: Define tutorial missions or provide special map behaviour for precreated maps.

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    15 === Tutorial missions ===

    19 === Tutorial missions ===

    16 Tutorial missions are located within text files inside "share/hedgewars/Data/Missions/Training". The game will list all files with the lua extension inside this directory in the Training selection screen. You'll find some premade example scripts within this directory that contain several comments on the script lines and what they do.

    20 Tutorial missions are located within text files inside "share/hedgewars/Data/Missions/Training". The game will list all files with the lua extension inside this directory in the Training selection screen. You'll find some premade example scripts within this directory that contain several comments on the script lines and what they do.

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