From 5759a6f80f01e2342ff6c4fe7ef22d169ecf4ddf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lion Kortlepel <development@kortlepel.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 01:20:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] attempt #2

---
 src/TLuaEngine.cpp | 4 ++++
 src/TLuaFile.cpp   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/TLuaEngine.cpp b/src/TLuaEngine.cpp
index 2c9c5e7..d0929c9 100644
--- a/src/TLuaEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/TLuaEngine.cpp
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@
 
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
+// necessary as lua relies on global state
+TLuaEngine* TheEngine;
+
 TLuaEngine::TLuaEngine(TServer& Server, TTCPServer& TCPServer, TUDPServer& UDPServer)
     : mTCPServer(TCPServer)
     , mUDPServer(UDPServer)
     , mServer(Server) {
+    TheEngine = this;
     if (!fs::exists(Application::Settings.Resource)) {
         fs::create_directory(Application::Settings.Resource);
     }
diff --git a/src/TLuaFile.cpp b/src/TLuaFile.cpp
index 8b6ef32..4cba073 100644
--- a/src/TLuaFile.cpp
+++ b/src/TLuaFile.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ void SendError(TLuaEngine& Engine, lua_State* L, const std::string& msg);
 std::any CallFunction(TLuaFile* lua, const std::string& FuncName, std::shared_ptr<TLuaArg> Arg);
 std::any TriggerLuaEvent(TLuaEngine& Engine, const std::string& Event, bool local, TLuaFile* Caller, std::shared_ptr<TLuaArg> arg, bool Wait);
 
-static TLuaEngine* TheEngine { nullptr };
+extern TLuaEngine* TheEngine;
 
 static TLuaEngine& Engine() {
     Assert(TheEngine);