constant.lua missing in world folder

Posted by Uchida on Sat 28 Jan 2023 06:20 PM — 6 posts, 17,026 views.

Uchida Sat 28 Jan 2023 06:20 PM #0

Suddenly i am getting few error messages in mush like this

Compile error
World:
Immediate execution
[string "Trigger: counter"]:1: ')' expected near '<eof>' and when i

and when i restarted mush. I get error saying line 7, constant.lua was not found. (not loaded.)

please help!

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sat 28 Jan 2023 11:12 PM #1

It looks to me like you have a coding error in your trigger, the one labelled "Counter". Perhaps if you post that trigger we could help you more.

For advice on how to copy aliases, timers or triggers from within MUSHclient, and paste them into a forum message, please see Copying XML.

Uchida Sun 29 Jan 2023 04:50 AM #2

Hi Nick!

I have deleted the trigger "counter" and it no longer have the error but i still get the constant.lua is missing from the world folder error when i start mushclient. i tried looking for my backup but i did not find the constant.lua anywhere.

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sun 29 Jan 2023 05:07 AM #3

Are you sure it isn't "constants.lua"?

Lua plugins may require that file. Do you have any plugins?

Uchida Sun 29 Jan 2023 06:51 AM #4

hi ! yes it is constants.lua in the worlds folder.

here is the snipe of the error.
https://imgur.com/a/XOVIGFB

yes, i am using plugins. are you meaning there is a certain plugin that requires this constants.lua file?

thanks!

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sun 29 Jan 2023 09:16 PM #5

Yes, probably a plugin. Please copy/paste the code below into a file called "show_loaded.lua" and put that file into the "lua" folder in your MUSHclient installation.


-- show_loaded.lua

--[[ 

Shows each plugin as it is loaded.

To enable this, add to:

  File menu -> Global Preferences -> Lua -> Preliminary Code 

  ... this line:
   
require "show_loaded"
  

--]]

if GetPluginID () == "" then
  ColourNote ("gray", "", "Initializing main world script ...")
else
  ColourNote ("gray", "", string.format ("Loading plugin '%s' (%s) version %0.2f ...",
    GetPluginInfo ( GetPluginID (), 7),
    GetPluginInfo ( GetPluginID (), 1),
    GetPluginInfo ( GetPluginID (), 19)))
end -- if

Now go to File menu -> Global Preferences -> Lua -> "Preliminary Code ..." and add the line:


require "show_loaded"

As each plugin is loaded you will see a message, and when the error occurs that will be the plugin that is causing it.