_G is nil for UI addons that are not coreaddons

[aftokinito]

Title.

Is this a known bug? And if so, can we get an ETA for it to be fixed?

[aftokinito]

https://www.egosoft.com:8443/jira/browse/X4-41

[aftokinito]

Hello there, how's the morning coffee going Egosoft? Ready to fix some absolutely blocking, critical and annoying bug that prevents modders from fixing your utterly broken game and make it profitable? Let's get to it then!

[jmattspartacus2]

Just curious, what is _G in the context you're mentioning? I've only recently started modding and doing anything more than short little programming projects, so forgive me if it's an obvious question.

[aftokinito]

Just curious, what is _G in the context you're mentioning? I've only recently started modding and doing anything more than short little programming projects, so forgive me if it's an obvious question.

https://www.lua.org/pil/14.html

Which means that since _G is nill, no constants are defined so nothing (require, pairs, ipairs, etc) works.

[jmattspartacus2]

That makes a lot more sense, I've not used a lot of LUA yet, thanks for answering!

[aftokinito]

C'mon Egosoft, fix this already...

[MegaJohnny]

I wonder if this is to stop UI modding dead until they can release documentation, or something? :/

[aftokinito]

I wonder if this is to stop UI modding dead until they can release documentation, or something? :/

HÁ. Egosoft releasing documentation, that was a funny joke. No, it's broken I suppose because they forgot to include the environment when using module().

[DeadZone]

Hopefully it's sorted soon

[ErdeFB]

+1

I need the ability to modify the GUI since I am visually impaired. Sure the UI scaling alone does a lot so thank you Egosoft for that, but I still have some quality of life plans. Please if you could prioritize this I and a few friends of mine who are in the same boat would be very thankful!

[aftokinito]

Just bumping to make sure Egosoft devs are forced to see this when scrolling through the subforum.
If they're gonna ignore this important bug at least they'll have to see it.

[Konradius]

+1

I need the ability to modify the GUI since I am visually impaired. Sure the UI scaling alone does a lot so thank you Egosoft for that, but I still have some quality of life plans. Please if you could prioritize this I and a few friends of mine who are in the same boat would be very thankful!

Be aware that up scaling the GUI might disappear some buttons like the confirmation for building stations...

[SamuraiWasp]

Would help if anybody wants to try to fix the issues with ultrawide in a mod ...

[aftokinito]

This is still not fixed...

[Unclejack]

This issue seems to persist still.

However, as the title suggests it seems possible to "mod" existing .lua files by just completely overwriting them using the native egosoft folder structure, but this is definitely a more "dirty" approach.

[aftokinito]

The Jira isuse is getting spammed by russian viagra bots. AAA grade bug tracking.

[DeadMor0z]

The Jira isuse is getting spammed by russian viagra bots. AAA grade bug tracking.

Well, it's not a bout viagra, but quick loans and shoes. But yes, this is annoying.

[AlienM1nd]

Now even viewing the ticket about the broken UI modding is broke.

"This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to specify that Firefox may only connect to it securely. As a result, it is not possible to add an exception for this certificate."

lmao

[AlienM1nd]

Now the ticket can be viewed again, but its lots of Klingons selling shoes..
and it's not fixed.