Lua Errors...

[Tmanyo]

So today this just out of the blue started to happen. All of the mods I have installed for singleplayer use show lua errors in the debug and won't let me get on the game. I think it is false and the game is full of it. I am certainly not fixing them all. Please help, I am using Minetest 0.4.12.

[TenPlus1]

It would help if you list the mods you are using...

[rubenwardy]

And also give the errors you receive.

[Tmanyo]

So I notice at the bottom of the Error from Lua message they all say (a boolean value)... Here is the debug text from 3 of the many mods that no longer work, btw none of them seem to work, all have the same LUA error.

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Irrlicht log: Irrlicht Engine version 1.8.1
Irrlicht log: Professional Edition  (Build 9200)
Irrlicht log: Using renderer: OpenGL 3.3.0
Irrlicht log: Quadro NVS 290/PCIe/SSE2: NVIDIA Corporation
Irrlicht log: OpenGL driver version is 1.2 or better.
Irrlicht log: GLSL version: 3.3
Irrlicht log: Resizing window (800 600)
20:14:53: ERROR[main]: Invalid character ' ' found in setting name
20:14:53: ERROR[main]: Invalid character ' ' found in setting name
20:14:53: ERROR[main]: The following mods could not be found: "minetest_lift_add
on_master" "minetestliftaddonmaster" "streetcars"
20:14:53: ERROR[main]: ========== ERROR FROM LUA ===========
20:14:53: ERROR[main]: Failed to load and run script from
20:14:53: ERROR[main]: C:\minetest-0.4.12\bin\..\mods\areas\init.lua:
20:14:53: ERROR[main]: C:\minetest-0.4.12\bin\..\builtin\common\strict.lua:18: a
ttempt to index global 'debug' (a boolean value)
20:14:53: ERROR[main]: ======= END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
20:14:53: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run C:\minetest-0.4.12\bin\..\
mods\areas\init.lua
20:14:53: ERROR[main]: ModError: ModError: Failed to load and run C:\minetest-0.
4.12\bin\..\mods\areas\init.lua
20:15:33: ERROR[main]: Invalid character ' ' found in setting name
20:15:33: ERROR[main]: Invalid character ' ' found in setting name
20:15:33: ERROR[main]: The following mods could not be found: "minetest_lift_add
on_master" "minetestliftaddonmaster" "streetcars"
20:15:33: ERROR[main]: ========== ERROR FROM LUA ===========
20:15:33: ERROR[main]: Failed to load and run script from
20:15:33: ERROR[main]: C:\minetest-0.4.12\bin\..\mods\worldedit\worldedit\init.l
ua:
20:15:33: ERROR[main]: C:\minetest-0.4.12\bin\..\builtin\common\strict.lua:43: a
ttempt to index global 'debug' (a boolean value)
20:15:33: ERROR[main]: ======= END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
20:15:33: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run C:\minetest-0.4.12\bin\..\
mods\worldedit\worldedit\init.lua
20:15:33: ERROR[main]: ModError: ModError: Failed to load and run C:\minetest-0.
4.12\bin\..\mods\worldedit\worldedit\init.lua
20:16:08: ERROR[main]: Invalid character ' ' found in setting name
20:16:08: ERROR[main]: Invalid character ' ' found in setting name
20:16:08: ERROR[main]: The following mods could not be found: "minetest_lift_add
on_master" "minetestliftaddonmaster" "streetcars"
20:16:09: ERROR[main]: ========== ERROR FROM LUA ===========
20:16:09: ERROR[main]: Failed to load and run script from
20:16:09: ERROR[main]: C:\minetest-0.4.12\bin\..\mods\minetest-mod-modmenu-maste
r\modmenu\init.lua:
20:16:09: ERROR[main]: C:\minetest-0.4.12\bin\..\builtin\common\strict.lua:18: a
ttempt to index global 'debug' (a boolean value)
20:16:09: ERROR[main]: ======= END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
20:16:09: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run C:\minetest-0.4.12\bin\..\
mods\minetest-mod-modmenu-master\modmenu\init.lua
20:16:09: ERROR[main]: ModError: ModError: Failed to load and run C:\minetest-0.
4.12\bin\..\mods\minetest-mod-modmenu-master\modmenu\init.lua

List of the Mods I use:

Areas
Carts
currency
digilines
emerald
mesecar
mesecons
mod_menu
minetest zcg master
moreblocks
moreores
streets
travelnet
unified inventory
Vanessa E's home decor mod pack
wardrobe
World Edit

Mods I created:
Skyscraper Material
Sparklenode

All of these have the same LUA error, and that is basically all of them that I have...

[blert2112]

Unless you are lucky enough to be using a quantum computer nothing happens "out of the blue", there is always a cause. From the output it looks like one or more of your mod folders is named incorrectly. For instance: "minetest-mod-modmenu-master" should probably be named simply "modmenu". Sometimes when you download a mod, especially from a github repo (github automatically tags the download zip with a "-branchname"), the folder needs to be renamed. Some people also name their repos with "minetest-mod-" to try and keep their repos organized. This extra stuff needs to be removed from the folder name. See the "installing mods" sticky thread for more. As a kind of rule-of-thumb... if the downloaded package is named something like "minetest-mod-super_cool_stuff-master" you rename the folder to get rid of all the stuff separated by dashes "-" and keep the stuff separated by underscores "_", so this example mod should just be in a folder named "super_cool_stuff".

[Tmanyo]

Well it started 3 days ago. It worked the day before and I know because I needed to test my new mod... It all worked at that time.

[rubenwardy]

That isn't the problem that causes the crash, the problem is that one of your mods overrides / sets the variable "debug" when it shouldn't.

Use "local debug = true" etc instead of "debug = true". Mods should only set global variables which match their own mod namespace. (Ie: mod foobar should only set the global foobar)

[Tmanyo]

How do I find what Mod is causing the problem?

**Edit - Found out what it was, A new mod I just installed, it was the Lifts mod.