Issue using lua code to add menu entries

[wysiwyg]

Hi folks - just a quick technical question related to using *.lua files to add and modify the sidebar and detailmonitor. I'm fairly new to modding so most of what I've tried so far has been copying what other modders have done.

So, I create a .lua file and place it in the .\ui\addons\mainmenu folder along with a .xml file that looks like:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<diff xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <add sel="/addon[@name='mainmenu']/dependency" pos="before">
    <file name="mainmenu_mt_mymenu.lua" />
  </add>
</diff>

Now when I run the mod I'm getting debug output that says the file i/o can't find the 'mainmenu_mt_mymenu.lua' file.

However, when I add the lua file into a .cat file called subst_01.cat and the xml file into ext_01.cat (how mods are packaged for the workshop) everything works just fine.

Is there a way I can work on the mod without having to keep adding the updated files to a catalog?

Cheers
Wysi

[Phipsz]

You only have to add the .lua to the catalog for testing, at least that worked for me so far but yeah, it's a bit annoying to have to put the lua into the catalog all the time, makes testing a really lengthy task...

[YorrickVander]

you dont need t do that at all. For testing the lua can live in the same directory tree from the XR root dir. You only put it in subst_01 for releasing

[UniTrader]

alternatively put your test files directly into the XR root folder instead of your extension and add « -prefersinglefiles » to the startup parameters of XR but i discourage using this method for release versions of Mods ^^

[wysiwyg]

Nice one folks - thanks for the help

Wysi

[bm01]

For my mod I did that:
<file name="../../../extensions/Automated_Emergency_Jump/ui/addons/mainmenu/Automated_Emergency_Jump.lua"/>
Seems to work even in the .cat file, nobody told me it doesn't