createResource

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This function creates an new, empty resource. This creates a directory matching the name you specify on disk, then creates an empty meta.xml file with a <meta> element in it.

Syntax

 createResource ( )

Code Examples

server

This example creates a new resource named what the player specified. The command is "/new-resource ".

function createNewResource ( source, command, resourceName ) -- Define the source and add a resourceName argument.
  if ( resourceName ) then -- Check if they entered a resource name, and if they did...
    local resourceName = tostring ( resourceName ) -- Convert the name into a string.
    local newResource = createResource ( resourceName ) -- Create the new resource.
      if ( newResource ) then -- Check if the resource has been created, if so then...
        outputChatBox ( "New resource created succcessfully.", source, 255, 0, 0 ) -- Output it's done.
      else -- If the resource wasn't made successfully then...
        outputChatBox ( "An un-expected error occured.", source, 255, 0, 0 ) -- Output it failed.
      end
  else -- If they didn't enter a resource name...
    outputChatBox ( "Please specify a name for your new resource.", source, 255, 0, 0 ) -- Tell them to specify a name.
  end
end
addCommandHandler ( "new-resource", createNewResource ) -- Make it trigger when somebody types "/new-resource <name>".

createResource

Syntax

Code Examples

See Also

Resource Functions

Resource Events

Resource Elements

Reference