[SOLVED] Confused on where to start

cocos2d-x
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I have a completed cocos2d-iphone game. I’m looking to port to Android. I’ve heard good things about Lua, but I’m struggling to find out what the current state of Lua support is in cocos2d-x. I’ve downloaded the cocos2d-x package and followed the installation instructions. cpp-tests is building successfully. I’ve looked around for the IDE called Code but it looks like that is no longer the best choice. I’ve seen forum posts that suggest I should download the cocos package and that will include Cocos Studio which supports Lua development. Is that right? Is that what people use? Should I delete what I’ve already downloaded?

I also cannot find Lua API documentation, only C++ JS. It makes me wonder whether Lua is a serious option.

Any advice much appreciated.

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Yes, we support Lua.

if cpp-tests is building, you should be able to create a new lua project and start. Use this chapter for help with that.

Code IDE is EOL’d. Use a text editor that suits you.

Cocos Studio is EOL’d. You can five Cocos Creator a try.

The Cocos package is still available for download, but not yet updated to v3.11.

Our API Ref can help too. Lua and CPP API docs are combined.

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Thanks slackmoehrle. Hadn’t realised the API Ref included Lua. That’s handy.

Shame to have to go back to a text editor and comand-line build, though. One thing nice about working with cocos2d-iphone was that Xcode wrote 90% of my code: I’d type a few characters and Xcode would guess the rest usually correctly.

And what about debugging. Is there anything that will step through the Lau code and or the cocos2d-x library C++ code?

A bit confused that you say I could try Cocos Creator: is that not just for JS development? Are you saying I might be better off using JS?

Are there definite plans to updarte the Cocos package to c3.11? Would that mean that Cocos Studio, although EOL’d, will be usuable with v3.11?

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You can use Xcode to edit and compile your Lua, C++ or JavaScript project. I think most use a text editor since it is a bit more intuitive for JavaScript and Lua than Xcode.

I think you can place breakpoints for Lua in Xcode. I’m not 100% positive here.

Maybe, up to you. Creator is have Lua and C++ added to it.

There are not definite plans to upgrade Cocos to v3.11. We are discussing it.

Nope, Studio is tied to v3.10. I don’t even know if it works at all with v3.11.

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Thanks again slackmoehrle

Ah, great. Also, as I mostly develop on Windows, I’m experimenting with VS 2013. I seem to be able to build with that too, but I cannot see the lua files listed within the project. Mac development is less convenient for me, but I could use Xcode if that is a better choice for Lua.

But not in VS2013?

Oh excellent news: any approximate ETA?

Oh okay. I guess there is no point given the plan to extend Creator