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    From Grease@1:103/705 to All on Mon Oct 21 17:20:00 2019
    Setting up different doors, and going through the js doors in xtrn. When
    doinfg a setup in SCFG when adding the file name, there is sometimes an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?) before the xxxxx.js filename. What is
    the difference between the two?

    Grease


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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Grease on Mon Oct 21 21:31:20 2019
    Re: Stupid question
    By: Grease to All on Mon Oct 21 2019 05:20 pm

    Setting up different doors, and going through the js doors in xtrn. When doinfg a setup in SCFG when adding the file name, there is sometimes an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?) before the xxxxx.js filename. What is the difference between the two?

    '*' is for executing a Baja or JavaScript module.
    '?' is for executing a JavaScript module (only).

    http://wiki.synchro.net/config:cmdline

    digital man

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  • From Grease@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Tue Oct 22 11:00:00 2019
    Digital Man wrote to Grease <=-

    '*' is for executing a Baja or JavaScript module.
    '?' is for executing a JavaScript module (only).

    Thank you. So basically use the * for everything? Or are some particular?
    Is it just one of those thing you just have to try when loading?

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Grease on Tue Oct 22 15:46:48 2019
    Re: Re: Stupid question
    By: Grease to Digital Man on Tue Oct 22 2019 11:00 am

    Digital Man wrote to Grease <=-

    '*' is for executing a Baja or JavaScript module.
    '?' is for executing a JavaScript module (only).

    Thank you. So basically use the * for everything? Or are some particular?
    Is it just one of those thing you just have to try when loading?

    You can usually use '*' for loading any module. The only reason to use '?' over '*' if you do NOT want the fallback from .js to .bin file if/when the .js file doesn't exist.

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