Globle Var step 1

source.lua

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ itemRotated = {}
 entityRemoved = {}
 entityCache = {}
 guis = {frames={},buttons={}}
+defaults = {test={1,2,3},test2='test',test3=5}
 
 warningAllowed = nil
 timeForRegular = 180
@@ -58,6 +59,13 @@ function callAdmin(msg)
 	end
 end
 
+function initVar()
+	local g = nil
+	if game.players[1].gui.left.hidden then g = game.players[1].gui.left.hidden.caption else g = game.players[1].gui.left.add{type='frame',name='hidden',caption=table.tostring(defaults)}.caption end
+	gTable = loadstring('return '..g)()
+	game.print(g)
+end
+
 function autoMessage()
 	game.print('There are '..#game.connected_players..' players online')
 	game.print('This map has been on for '..ticktohour(game.tick)..' Hours and '..(ticktominutes(game.tick)-60*ticktohour(game.tick))..' Minutes')
@@ -68,6 +76,44 @@ function autoMessage()
 	game.print('To see these links again goto: Readme > Server Info')
 end
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+---------------------------Table Functions----------------------------------------------
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function table.val_to_str ( v )
+  if "string" == type( v ) then
+    v = string.gsub( v, "\n", "\\n" )
+    if string.match( string.gsub(v,"[^'\"]",""), '^"+$' ) then
+      return "'" .. v .. "'"
+    end
+    return '"' .. string.gsub(v,'"', '\\"' ) .. '"'
+  else
+    return "table" == type( v ) and table.tostring( v ) or
+      tostring( v )
+  end
+end
+
+function table.key_to_str ( k )
+  if "string" == type( k ) and string.match( k, "^[_%a][_%a%d]*$" ) then
+    return k
+  else
+    return "[" .. table.val_to_str( k ) .. "]"
+  end
+end
+
+function table.tostring( tbl )
+  local result, done = {}, {}
+  for k, v in ipairs( tbl ) do
+    table.insert( result, table.val_to_str( v ) )
+    done[ k ] = true
+  end
+  for k, v in pairs( tbl ) do
+    if not done[ k ] then
+      table.insert( result,
+        table.key_to_str( k ) .. "=" .. table.val_to_str( v ) )
+    end
+  end
+  return "{" .. table.concat( result, "," ) .. "}"
+end
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------Gui Functions------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function addFrame(frame)
@@ -160,6 +206,7 @@ script.on_event(defines.events.on_player_respawned, function(event)
 end)
 
 script.on_event(defines.events.on_player_joined_game, function(event)
+	initVar()
   local player = game.players[event.player_index]
   player.print({"", "Welcome"})
   if player.gui.left.PlayerList ~= nil then