Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Lua IDE - Decoda
Decoda is a professional Lua
integrated development environment
(
IDE
) that was re-
leased as open source by Unknown Worlds Entertainment, makers of Natural Selection 2
Decoda takes a unique approach to Lua script debugging, which makes integrating with an
application far superior to other Lua debuggers. Instead of using a networked-based ap-
proach where an internal Lua virtual machine must be configured to support debugging,
Decoda uses the debug symbol files produced by Visual Studio in order to support Lua de-
bugging. The key advantage of this approach is that it supports Lua debugging without re-
quiring any changes to the original application. This key difference in Decoda allows for
easy debug support in the sandbox's embedded Lua virtual machines.
