Why do I have to change MissionScripting.lua after each update?

[sirrah]

This question will probably painfully show that I don't have any knowledge of how lua files work... but I'm gonna ask it anyway :P

 

A lot of mission makers nowadays make use of the sanitation method to give players the ability to save their progress. I mean adding these dashes:

 

--sanitizeModule('os')

--sanitizeModule('io')

--sanitizeModule('lfs')

require = nil

loadlib = nil

 

in the:

MissionScripting.lua file

 

Why is it that after each DCS update, this gets corrected/overwritten?

 

I think I've been placing these dashes here for over a year now and I never had it cause any issues. Why doesn't ED place these dashes here by default?

[Hardcard]

I believe that these Lua modules are sanitized by default for security reasons.

 

 

It's up to users to decide whether they trust the scripts that require de-sanitation.

[Grimes]

Anything in the install folder of the game that you change will be "fixed" whenever you update the game. The updater does a check of files, realizes that file isn't 100% what it was expecting, and downloads the correct version.

[msalama]

The installer wouldn't work correctly if you didn't have to change it after an update.