Naev Lua API

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• commodity
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• pilot
• pilotoutfit
• planet
• player
• rnd
• safelanes
• shader
• ship
• shiplog
• system
• tex
• time
• tk
• transform
• var
• vec2
• equipopt.optimize
• portrait
• pp_shaders
• prng
• proximity
• swapship

Module naev

Naev generic Lua bindings.

Functions

version ()	Gets the version of Naev and the save game.
versionTest (v1, v2)	Tests two semver version strings.
lastplayed ()	Gets how many days it has been since the player last played Naev.
ticks ()	Gets the seconds since the program started running.
clock ()	Gets the approximate CPU processing time.
keyGet (keyname)	Gets a human-readable name for the key bound to a function.
keyEnable (keyname[, enable=false])	Disables or enables a specific keybinding.
keyEnableAll ()	Enables all inputs.
keyDisableAll ()	Disables all inputs.
eventStart (evtname)	Starts an event, does not start check conditions.
missionStart (misnname)	Starts a mission, does no check start conditions.
isSimulation ()	Gets whether or not the universe is being simulated or not.
conf ()	Gets the configuration information.
cache ()	Gets the global Lua runtime cache.

Functions

version ()

Gets the version of Naev and the save game.

Returns:

1. string The version of the game.
2. string Version of current loaded save or nil if not loaded.

Usage:

game_version, save_version = naev.version()

versionTest (v1, v2)

Tests two semver version strings.

Parameters:

• v1 string Version 1 to test.
• v2 string Version 2 to test.

Returns:

number Positive if v1 is newer or negative if v2 is newer.

lastplayed ()

Gets how many days it has been since the player last played Naev.

Returns:

number Number of days since the player last played.

ticks ()

Gets the seconds since the program started running.

Useful for doing timing on Lua functions.

Returns:

number The seconds since the application started running.

clock ()

Gets the approximate CPU processing time.

Returns:

number Seconds elapsed since start of the process.

keyGet (keyname)

Gets a human-readable name for the key bound to a function.

Parameters:

• keyname string Name of the keybinding to get value of. Valid values are listed in src/input.c: keybind_info.

Usage:

bindname = naev.keyGet( "accel" )

keyEnable (keyname[, enable=false])

Disables or enables a specific keybinding.

Use with caution, this can make the player get stuck.

Parameters:

• keyname string Name of the key to disable (for example "accel").
• enable boolean Whether to enable or disable. (default false)

Usage:

naev.keyEnable( "accel", false ) -- Disables the acceleration key

keyEnableAll ()

Enables all inputs.

Usage:

naev.keyEnableAll() -- Enables all inputs

keyDisableAll ()

Disables all inputs.

Usage:

naev.keyDisableAll() -- Disables all inputs

eventStart (evtname)

Starts an event, does not start check conditions.

Parameters:

• evtname string Name of the event to start.

Returns:

boolean true on success.

Usage:

naev.eventStart( "Some Event" )

missionStart (misnname)

Starts a mission, does no check start conditions.

Parameters:

• misnname string Name of the mission to start.

Returns:

boolean true on success.

Usage:

naev.missionStart( "Some Mission" )

isSimulation ()

Gets whether or not the universe is being simulated or not.

Returns:

boolean true if the world is being simulated.

conf ()

Gets the configuration information.

Returns:

table Table of configuration values as they appear in the configuration file.

cache ()

Gets the global Lua runtime cache. This is shared among all environments and is cleared when the game is closed.

Returns:

table The Lua global cache.

Usage:

c = naev.cache()