Lua files can’t have a .lua extension (Feature Request: allow this)

I am using MoonSharp to have Lua scripts in my game. (Normally these would end in .lua …)
In order to load a script (as TextAsset), it must be renamed to end in .txt.
This means that external editors can’t recognize the file as Lua, and you lose syntax highlighting.

As an additional enhancement, it would be nice to specify additional extensions to be treated as TextAsset. I have specialized data files that are not Lua or JSON, and it would be convenient to give them their own file extension, not .txt.

 

Yeah this has long been a thorn in my side. Ideally we would get a menu where we could map any file extension to any asset type. Then we could easily set things up as we want. Some common ones:

• .lua -> Text
• .json -> Text
• .xml -> Text
• .mygamedata -> Text

etc..

 

Can you load the lua files at runtime from StreamingAssets instead of using them as a TextAsset? If so you should be able to keep the .lua extension.