Modules file path in tic-80

[spooneystone]

Hi all,

I am quite new to coding lua, so looking to get advice on this problem before i report it in issues.

When implementing a module i get this error

However, i have the lua files in the same directory, see here

Why is it rooted to that directory?
and can i change it?

If i place the test.lua in that directory, then it works as it should.

Any help or idea would be great.

[joshgoebel]

Multiple files are not supported, your source must all live in a single large file. Alternatively you may want to look into bundlers: https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80/wiki/tools#bundling

[nesbox]

It works for only local scripts only and it won't work if you try to export your game.

[joshgoebel]

This seems very strange to me. Should we remove/hide that lua functionality in a future release?

[nesbox]

Yes, we have to disable lua imports somehow...

[joshgoebel]

Is import a keyword of the language vs a function we can just override?

[nesbox]

loadfile() and dofile() are already disabled here https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80/blob/main/src/api/lua.c#L1488
also, you can use require ... to import module which is not disabled