Lua, game state and game loop

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Published on 2010-04-21T18:41:39Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 18:43 UTC
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Call main.lua script at each game loop iteration - is it good or bad design? How does it affect on the performance (relatively)?
Maintain game state from a. C++ host-program or b. from Lua scripts or c. from both and synchronise them?

(Previous question on the topic: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2674462/lua-and-c-separation-of-duties)

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