MetaTable game applications?

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#1

I know how meta tables work but what are some real game applications that there used for?

#2

I’m pretty sure they can be used in many different types of games, but there’s only one type of instance I’m aware of. This is in fps games.

I think its object based, or scope based, as its easier to create functions or methods for certain objects?

for example you can have a do loop for a scope, with a set of functions, and instead of writing out a full path to the function you can just do table:func().

local scope = {}

do
    local self = scope
    --idk what you do here tbh, I haven't used metatables in long time
end

I’m not really sure though…

#3

This has nothing to do with metatables. Perhaps you’re thinking of the colon syntax that is often used when constructing functions:

function Object:Method(argument)
    self.X = self.X + argument
end

(which still has nothing to do with metatables)

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#4

I only use metatables when implementing inheritance into an object-oriented system. I covered this in another reply:

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