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Base name for the default 'world' module, without platform postfix or extensions. | |||
<kua>set module 'game'</kua> | <kua>set module 'game'</kua> | ||
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Name of the world native library to load. | Name of the world native library to load. | ||
'World' in this context means a graphically or otherwise conceptually interactive environment, and is apart from any regular 2D UI environment, or may have no direct user interfaces. | 'World' in this context means a graphically or otherwise conceptually interactive environment, and is apart from any regular 2D UI environment, or may have no direct user interfaces. | ||
A world library typically loads when the 'world' loads and provides support for managing discrete world components how they interact and can act as a sink and/or source for messaging with other systems. | A world library typically loads when the 'world' loads and provides support for managing discrete world components how they interact and can act as a sink and/or source for messaging with other systems. | ||
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World is loaded separately through configuration, and lives on its own managed by the engine 'World' module. A library may create and manage sets of entities and control how they interact and provide other services. | |||
During world load, the world may manage which native libraries if any get loaded. A library may also cause a different world to load. Also, no library may load at all. | |||
; Library load name and path: | ; Library load name and path: | ||