Steamworks + Lua Sandbox

[Haydenmango]

Does Lua Sandboxing disable Steamworks? It seems like it does and that is unfortunate because there is no way for people to take screenshots in Workshop Games unless they use some other software.

[Josh]

No, it's just that the Leadwerks app has the Steam overlay disabled, and I think that transfers to any child processes.

[Haydenmango]

Ah, that makes sense. Is there anyways to enable screenshots in workshop games?

I think context:Screenshot() only works with lua sandbox disabled so that won't do.

[macklebee]

I think context:Screenshot() only works with lua sandbox disabled so that won't do.

huh? why do you think that? In any case, context:Screenshot() works whether sandboxing is disabled or not.

[Josh]

It's something I've thought about. Not sure how to solve it yet, but I would like people to be able to post screenshots from games they play.

 

huh? why do you think that? In any case, context:Screenshot() works whether sandboxing is disabled or not.

I hope not. Sandbox mode should not be allowed to write any files.

[macklebee]

I hope not. Sandbox mode should not be allowed to write any files.

It does. I've been using it that way for a while when not using external lua libraries. It's how I have been taking screenshots when just messing around with shaders.

[Josh]

Actually, it will work but that's okay. I don't know why, but I implemented it a little differently.

[macklebee]

Actually, it will work but that's okay. I don't know why, but I implemented it a little differently.

Well then Haydenmango's issue is resolved! yay!

[Haydenmango]

I keep getting this error -

 

Writing screenshot "C:\Users\Hayden\AppData\Local/HalloweenProject/Screenshots/screenshot1.tga"...

Failed to write screenshot "C:\Users\Hayden\AppData\Local/HalloweenProject/Screenshots/screenshot1.tga".

 

am I doing something wrong?

 

my code is just this -

 

if self.window:KeyHit(Key.I) then

self.context:Screenshot()

end

 

EDIT --

Talked to macklebee about the issue and it was just that my "Hayden" folder was locked.

So I changed the path like so -

 

self.context:Screenshot("c:screenshot.tga")

 

and everything works.

[Josh]

Ah, its actually the folder create function that's being blocked.

[macklebee]

Ah, its actually the folder create function that's being blocked.

And since my Screenshots folder already exists, it creates the screenshots with no issues. weird.

[Josh]

You know what I should do is automatically add the screenshot to your Steam library. Then when the game ends, that little screenshot dialog will open.