scripting: lua script auto-reloading

Cargo.lock

@@ -836,6 +836,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "simd-adler32",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "file-id"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6584280525fb2059cba3db2c04abf947a1a29a45ddae89f3870f8281704fafc9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "filetime"
 version = "0.2.23"
@@ -1587,6 +1596,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "infer",
  "mime",
  "notify",
+ "notify-debouncer-full",
  "percent-encoding",
  "thiserror",
  "tracing",
@@ -1831,6 +1841,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "notify-debouncer-full"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49f5dab59c348b9b50cf7f261960a20e389feb2713636399cd9082cd4b536154"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "file-id",
+ "log",
+ "notify",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nu-ansi-term"
 version = "0.46.0"

examples/testbed/scripts/test.lua

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function on_update()
     --print("Lua's update function was called")
 
     world:view(function (t)
-        print("Found entity at " .. tostring(t))
+        --print("Found entity at a really cool place: " .. tostring(t))
         t.translation = t.translation + Vec3.new(0, 0.0008, 0)
 
         return t

examples/testbed/src/main.rs

@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ async fn main() {
         let world = game.world();
         let mut res_man = world.get_resource_mut::<ResourceManager>();
         let script = res_man.request::<LuaScript>("scripts/test.lua").unwrap();
+        res_man.watch("scripts/test.lua", false).unwrap();
         drop(res_man);
 
         let script = Script::new("test.lua", script);

lyra-game/src/render/light/mod.rs

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ pub use spotlight::*;
 
 use std::{collections::{VecDeque, HashMap}, marker::PhantomData};
 
-use tracing::debug;
-
 use std::mem;
 
 use crate::math::Transform;
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ impl LightUniformBuffers {
             if !self.point_lights.has_light(entity) || light_epoch == world_tick || transform_epoch == world_tick {
                 let uniform = PointLightUniform::from_bundle(&point_light, &transform);
                 self.point_lights.update_or_add(&mut self.lights_uniform.point_lights, entity, uniform);
-                debug!("Updated point light");
+                //debug!("Updated point light");
             }
         }
 

lyra-resource/Cargo.toml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ image = "0.24.7"
 infer = { version = "0.15.0", default-features = false }
 mime = "0.3.17"
 notify = "6.1.1"
+notify-debouncer-full = "0.3.1"
 #notify = { version = "6.1.1", default-features = false, features = [ "fsevent-sys", "macos_fsevent" ]} # disables crossbeam-channel
 percent-encoding = "2.3.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.48"

lyra-resource/src/lib.rs

@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ pub mod material;
 pub use material::*;
 
 pub(crate) mod util;
+
+pub use crossbeam::channel as channel;
+pub use notify;

lyra-resource/src/resource.rs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Resource<T> {
     pub(crate) version: usize,
     pub(crate) state: ResourceState,
     uuid: Uuid,
+    pub(crate) is_watched: bool,
 }
 
 /// A handle to a resource. 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ impl<T> ResHandle<T> {
             version: 0,
             state: ResourceState::Ready,
             uuid: Uuid::new_v4(),
+            is_watched: false,
         };
 
         Self {
@@ -61,7 +63,13 @@ impl<T> ResHandle<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns a boolean indicated if this resource is loaded
+    /// Returns a boolean indicating if this resource's path is being watched.
+    pub fn is_watched(&self) -> bool {
+        let d = self.data.read().expect("Resource mutex was poisoned!");
+        d.is_watched
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a boolean indicating if this resource is loaded
     pub fn is_loaded(&self) -> bool {
         let d = self.data.read().expect("Resource mutex was poisoned!");
         d.state == ResourceState::Ready

lyra-resource/src/resource_manager.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-use std::{sync::{Arc, RwLock}, collections::{HashMap, VecDeque}, any::Any, thread::{Thread, JoinHandle}, rc::Rc, path::Path, ops::Deref};
+use std::{sync::{Arc, RwLock}, collections::HashMap, any::Any, path::Path, time::Duration};
 
-use crossbeam::channel::{Receiver, Sender};
+use crossbeam::channel::Receiver;
 use notify::{Watcher, RecommendedWatcher};
+use notify_debouncer_full::{DebouncedEvent, FileIdMap};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::{resource::ResHandle, loader::{ResourceLoader, LoaderError, image::ImageLoader, model::ModelLoader}};
@@ -11,10 +12,11 @@ pub trait ResourceStorage: Send + Sync + Any + 'static {
     fn as_any_mut(&mut self) -> &mut dyn Any;
     fn as_arc_any(self: Arc<Self>) -> Arc<dyn Any + Send + Sync>;
     fn as_box_any(self: Box<Self>) -> Box<dyn Any + Send + Sync>;
+    fn set_watched(&self, watched: bool);
 }
 
 /// Implements this trait for anything that fits the type bounds
-impl<T: Send + Sync + 'static> ResourceStorage for T {
+impl<T: Send + Sync + 'static> ResourceStorage for ResHandle<T> {
     fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any {
         self
     }
@@ -30,6 +32,11 @@ impl<T: Send + Sync + 'static> ResourceStorage for T {
     fn as_box_any(self: Box<Self>) -> Box<dyn Any + Send + Sync> {
         self
     }
+
+    fn set_watched(&self, watched: bool) {
+        let mut w = self.data.write().unwrap();
+        w.is_watched = watched;
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
@@ -55,8 +62,8 @@ impl From<LoaderError> for RequestError {
 
 /// A struct that
 pub struct ResourceWatcher {
-    watcher: Arc<RwLock<dyn notify::Watcher>>,
+    debouncer: Arc<RwLock<notify_debouncer_full::Debouncer<RecommendedWatcher, FileIdMap>>>,
-    events_recv: Receiver<notify::Result<notify::Event>>,
+    events_recv: Receiver<Result<Vec<DebouncedEvent>, Vec<notify::Error>>>,
 }
 
 pub struct ResourceManager {
@@ -176,32 +183,40 @@ impl ResourceManager {
     }
 
     /// Start watching a path for changes. Returns a mspc channel that will send events
-    pub fn watch(&mut self, path: &str, recursive: bool) -> notify::Result<Receiver<notify::Result<notify::Event>>> {        
+    pub fn watch(&mut self, path: &str, recursive: bool) -> notify::Result<Receiver<Result<Vec<DebouncedEvent>, Vec<notify::Error>>>> {
         let (send, recv) = crossbeam::channel::bounded(15);
-        let mut watcher = RecommendedWatcher::new(send, notify::Config::default())?;
+        let mut watcher = notify_debouncer_full::new_debouncer(Duration::from_millis(1000), None, send)?;
 
         let recurse_mode = match recursive {
             true => notify::RecursiveMode::Recursive,
             false => notify::RecursiveMode::NonRecursive,
         };
-        watcher.watch(path.as_ref(), recurse_mode)?;
+        watcher.watcher().watch(path.as_ref(), recurse_mode)?;
 
         let watcher = Arc::new(RwLock::new(watcher));
         let watcher = ResourceWatcher {
-            watcher,
+            debouncer: watcher,
             events_recv: recv.clone(),
         };
 
         self.watchers.insert(path.to_string(), watcher);
 
+        let res = self.resources.get(&path.to_string())
+            .expect("The path that was watched has not been loaded as a resource yet");
+        res.set_watched(true);
+
         Ok(recv)
     }
 
     /// Stops watching a path
     pub fn stop_watching(&mut self, path: &str) -> notify::Result<()> {
         if let Some(watcher) = self.watchers.get(path) {
-            let mut watcher = watcher.watcher.write().unwrap();
+            let mut watcher = watcher.debouncer.write().unwrap();
-            watcher.unwatch(Path::new(path))?;
+            watcher.watcher().unwatch(Path::new(path))?;
+
+            // unwrap is safe since only loaded resources can be watched
+            let res = self.resources.get(&path.to_string()).unwrap();
+            res.set_watched(false);
         }
 
         Ok(())
@@ -209,7 +224,7 @@ impl ResourceManager {
 
     /// Returns a mspc receiver for watcher events of a specific path. The path must already
     /// be watched with [`ResourceManager::watch`] for this to return `Some`.
-    pub fn watcher_event_recv(&self, path: &str) -> Option<Receiver<notify::Result<notify::Event>>> {
+    pub fn watcher_event_recv(&self, path: &str) -> Option<Receiver<Result<Vec<DebouncedEvent>, Vec<notify::Error>>>> {
         self.watchers.get(&path.to_string())
             .map(|w| w.events_recv.clone())
     }
@@ -242,8 +257,9 @@ impl ResourceManager {
             let res_lock = &resource.data;
             let mut res_lock = res_lock.write().unwrap();
             let version = res_lock.version;
-            // safe since loaded was JUST loaded, it will be unlocked and not poisoned
+            
-            *res_lock = loaded;
+            res_lock.data = loaded.data;
+            res_lock.state = loaded.state;
             res_lock.version = version + 1;
         }
 
@@ -336,9 +352,6 @@ mod tests {
         
         std::fs::write(image_path, image_bytes).unwrap();
         
-        println!("Event kind: {:?}", event.kind);
+        assert!(event.iter().any(|ev| ev.kind.is_remove() || ev.kind.is_modify()));
-        
-        // for some reason, 
-        assert!(event.kind.is_remove() || event.kind.is_modify());
     }
 }

lyra-scripting/src/host.rs

@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ pub trait ScriptApiProvider {
     type ScriptContext;
 
     /// Prepare the ECS world for this api. Things like registering types with the type registry happen here.
-    fn prepare_world(&mut self, world: &mut World) {}
+    fn prepare_world(&mut self, world: &mut World) {
+        let _ = world; // remove compiler warning
+    }
 
     /// Exposes an API in the provided script context.
     fn expose_api(&mut self, ctx: &mut Self::ScriptContext) -> Result<(), ScriptError>;
@@ -120,4 +122,12 @@ impl<T> ScriptContexts<T> {
     pub fn has_context(&self, script_id: u64) -> bool {
         self.contexts.contains_key(&script_id)
     }
+
+    pub fn remove_context(&mut self, script_id: u64) -> Option<T> {
+        self.contexts.remove(&script_id)
+    }
+
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.contexts.len()
+    }
 }

lyra-scripting/src/lua/mod.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 pub mod dynamic_iter;
+use anyhow::anyhow;
 pub use dynamic_iter::*;
 
 pub mod world;
-use lyra_game::{plugin::Plugin, game::GameStages};
+use lyra_game::{game::GameStages, plugin::Plugin};
 use lyra_resource::ResourceManager;
 use tracing::{debug, error, trace};
 pub use world::*;
@@ -19,32 +20,47 @@ pub mod wrappers;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test;
 
-use std::{ptr::NonNull, sync::Mutex, any::TypeId};
+use std::{any::TypeId, ptr::NonNull, sync::Mutex};
 
-use lyra_ecs::{DynamicBundle, World, query::{ResMut, View, Entities}};
+use lyra_ecs::{
-use lyra_reflect::{Reflect, FromType, RegisteredType, TypeRegistry};
+    query::{Entities, ResMut, View},
+    DynamicBundle, World,
+};
+use lyra_reflect::{FromType, Reflect, TypeRegistry};
 
-use mlua::{Lua, AnyUserDataExt};
+use mlua::{AnyUserDataExt, Lua};
 
 pub type LuaContext = Mutex<mlua::Lua>;
 
 pub const FN_NAME_INTERNAL_REFLECT_TYPE: &str = "__lyra_internal_reflect_type";
 pub const FN_NAME_INTERNAL_REFLECT: &str = "__lyra_internal_reflect";
 
-use crate::{ScriptBorrow, ScriptDynamicBundle, ScriptApiProviders, ScriptContexts, ScriptWorldPtr, ScriptList, ScriptData, ScriptHost, ScriptError, GameScriptExt};
+use crate::{
+    GameScriptExt, ScriptApiProviders, ScriptBorrow, ScriptContexts, ScriptData,
+    ScriptDynamicBundle, ScriptError, ScriptHost, ScriptList, ScriptWorldPtr,
+};
 
-use self::providers::{UtilityApiProvider, LyraMathApiProvider, LyraEcsApiProvider};
+use self::providers::{LyraEcsApiProvider, LyraMathApiProvider, UtilityApiProvider};
 
 pub trait RegisterLuaType {
     /// Register a lua type that **is not wrapped**.
-    fn register_lua_type<'a, T: Reflect + LuaProxy + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData>(&mut self);
+    fn register_lua_type<'a, T: Reflect + LuaProxy + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData>(
+        &mut self,
+    );
     /// Registers a wrapped lua type.
     /// You provide the wrapper as `W`, and the type that the wrapper wraps, as `T`.
-    fn register_lua_wrapper<'a, W: Reflect + LuaProxy + LuaWrapper + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData>(&mut self);
+    fn register_lua_wrapper<
+        'a,
+        W: Reflect + LuaProxy + LuaWrapper + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData,
+    >(
+        &mut self,
+    );
 }
 
 impl RegisterLuaType for World {
-    fn register_lua_type<'a, T: Reflect + LuaProxy + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData>(&mut self) {
+    fn register_lua_type<'a, T: Reflect + LuaProxy + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData>(
+        &mut self,
+    ) {
         let mut registry = self.get_resource_mut::<TypeRegistry>();
 
         let type_id = TypeId::of::<T>();
@@ -54,7 +70,12 @@ impl RegisterLuaType for World {
         //reg_type.add_data(<ReflectedComponent as FromType<T>>::from_type());
     }
 
-    fn register_lua_wrapper<'a, W: Reflect + LuaProxy + LuaWrapper + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData>(&mut self) {
+    fn register_lua_wrapper<
+        'a,
+        W: Reflect + LuaProxy + LuaWrapper + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData,
+    >(
+        &mut self,
+    ) {
         let mut registry = self.get_resource_mut::<TypeRegistry>();
 
         let reg_type = registry.get_type_or_default(W::wrapped_type_id());
@@ -84,17 +105,31 @@ pub trait LuaWrapper {
 }
 
 pub trait LuaProxy {
-    fn as_lua_value<'lua>(lua: &'lua mlua::Lua, this: &dyn Reflect) -> mlua::Result<mlua::AnyUserData<'lua>>;
+    fn as_lua_value<'lua>(
-    fn apply(lua: &mlua::Lua, this: &mut dyn Reflect, apply: &mlua::AnyUserData) -> mlua::Result<()>;
+        lua: &'lua mlua::Lua,
+        this: &dyn Reflect,
+    ) -> mlua::Result<mlua::AnyUserData<'lua>>;
+    fn apply(
+        lua: &mlua::Lua,
+        this: &mut dyn Reflect,
+        apply: &mlua::AnyUserData,
+    ) -> mlua::Result<()>;
 }
 
 impl<'a, T: Reflect + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData> LuaProxy for T {
-    fn as_lua_value<'lua>(lua: &'lua mlua::Lua, this: &dyn Reflect) -> mlua::Result<mlua::AnyUserData<'lua>> {
+    fn as_lua_value<'lua>(
+        lua: &'lua mlua::Lua,
+        this: &dyn Reflect,
+    ) -> mlua::Result<mlua::AnyUserData<'lua>> {
         let this = this.as_any().downcast_ref::<T>().unwrap();
         lua.create_userdata(this.clone())
     }
 
-    fn apply(_lua: &mlua::Lua, this: &mut dyn Reflect, apply: &mlua::AnyUserData) -> mlua::Result<()> {
+    fn apply(
+        _lua: &mlua::Lua,
+        this: &mut dyn Reflect,
+        apply: &mlua::AnyUserData,
+    ) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         let this = this.as_any_mut().downcast_mut::<T>().unwrap();
         let apply = apply.borrow::<T>()?;
 
@@ -106,11 +141,18 @@ impl<'a, T: Reflect + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData> LuaProxy for T
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct ReflectLuaProxy {
-    fn_as_uservalue: for<'a> fn(lua: &'a Lua, this_ptr: NonNull<u8>) -> mlua::Result<mlua::AnyUserData<'a>>,
+    fn_as_uservalue:
-    fn_apply: for<'a> fn(lua: &'a Lua, this_ptr: NonNull<u8>, apply: &'a mlua::AnyUserData<'a>) -> mlua::Result<()>,
+        for<'a> fn(lua: &'a Lua, this_ptr: NonNull<u8>) -> mlua::Result<mlua::AnyUserData<'a>>,
+    fn_apply: for<'a> fn(
+        lua: &'a Lua,
+        this_ptr: NonNull<u8>,
+        apply: &'a mlua::AnyUserData<'a>,
+    ) -> mlua::Result<()>,
 }
 
-impl<'a, T: Reflect + LuaProxy + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData> FromType<T> for ReflectLuaProxy {
+impl<'a, T: Reflect + LuaProxy + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData> FromType<T>
+    for ReflectLuaProxy
+{
     fn from_type() -> Self {
         Self {
             fn_as_uservalue: |lua, this| -> mlua::Result<mlua::AnyUserData> {
@@ -120,7 +162,7 @@ impl<'a, T: Reflect + LuaProxy + Clone + mlua::FromLua<'a> + mlua::UserData> Fro
             fn_apply: |lua, ptr, apply| {
                 let this = unsafe { ptr.cast::<T>().as_mut() };
                 <T as LuaProxy>::apply(lua, this, apply)
-            }
+            },
         }
     }
 }
@@ -129,7 +171,11 @@ impl<'lua> mlua::FromLua<'lua> for ScriptDynamicBundle {
     fn from_lua(value: mlua::Value<'lua>, _lua: &'lua Lua) -> mlua::Result<Self> {
         match value {
             mlua::Value::UserData(ud) => Ok(ud.borrow::<Self>()?.clone()),
-            mlua::Value::Nil => Err(mlua::Error::FromLuaConversionError { from: "Nil", to: "DynamicBundle", message: Some("Value was nil".to_string()) }),
+            mlua::Value::Nil => Err(mlua::Error::FromLuaConversionError {
+                from: "Nil",
+                to: "DynamicBundle",
+                message: Some("Value was nil".to_string()),
+            }),
             _ => panic!(),
         }
     }
@@ -137,9 +183,7 @@ impl<'lua> mlua::FromLua<'lua> for ScriptDynamicBundle {
 
 impl mlua::UserData for ScriptDynamicBundle {
     fn add_methods<'lua, M: mlua::prelude::LuaUserDataMethods<'lua, Self>>(methods: &mut M) {
-        methods.add_function("new", |_, ()| {
+        methods.add_function("new", |_, ()| Ok(ScriptDynamicBundle(DynamicBundle::new())));
-            Ok(ScriptDynamicBundle(DynamicBundle::new()))
-        });
 
         methods.add_method_mut("push", |_, this, (comp,): (mlua::AnyUserData,)| {
             let script_brw = comp.call_method::<_, ScriptBorrow>(FN_NAME_INTERNAL_REFLECT, ())?;
@@ -154,39 +198,79 @@ impl mlua::UserData for ScriptDynamicBundle {
     }
 }
 
-/// 
-/* fn lua_script_run_func(world: &mut World, function_name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-
-} */
-
 /// A system that creates the script contexts in the world as new scripts are found
-pub fn lua_scripts_create_contexts(mut host: ResMut<LuaHost>,
+pub fn lua_scripts_create_contexts(
+    mut host: ResMut<LuaHost>,
     mut contexts: ResMut<ScriptContexts<LuaContext>>,
     mut providers: ResMut<ScriptApiProviders<LuaHost>>,
     view: View<(Entities, &ScriptList<LuaScript>)>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-
     for (en, scripts) in view.into_iter() {
         for script in scripts.iter() {
+            if !contexts.has_context(script.id()) {
                 let script_data = ScriptData {
                     name: script.name().to_string(),
                     script_id: script.id(),
                     entity: en,
                 };
 
-            if !contexts.has_context(script.id()) {
                 if let Some(script_res) = &script.res_handle().try_data_ref() {
                     debug!("Loading script '{}'...", script.name());
-                    let mut script_ctx = host.load_script(&script_res.bytes, &script_data, &mut providers).unwrap();
+                    let mut script_ctx =
-                    debug!("Finished loading script '{}'", script.name());
+                        host.load_script(&script_res.bytes, &script_data, &mut providers)?;
+                    trace!("Finished loading script '{}'", script.name());
 
                     debug!("Setting up script '{}'...", script.name());
-                    host.setup_script(&script_data, &mut script_ctx, &mut providers).unwrap();
+                    host.setup_script(&script_data, &mut script_ctx, &mut providers)?;
-                    debug!("Finished setting up script '{}'...", script.name());
+                    trace!("Finished setting up script '{}'...", script.name());
 
                     contexts.add_context(script.id(), script_ctx);
                 } else {
-                    debug!("Script '{}' is not yet loaded, skipping", script.name());
+                    trace!("Script '{}' is not loaded yet, skipping for now", script.name());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// A system that triggers a reload of watched script resources.
+///
+/// Note: This only works if the script is watched. See [`lyra_resource::ResourceManager::watch`].
+pub fn lua_scripts_reload_system(
+    mut contexts: ResMut<ScriptContexts<LuaContext>>,
+    mut resman: ResMut<ResourceManager>,
+    view: View<&ScriptList<LuaScript>>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    for scripts in view.into_iter() {
+        for script in scripts.iter() {
+            let handle = script.res_handle();
+            if handle.is_watched() {
+                let handle_path = handle.path();
+                let watch_recv = resman.watcher_event_recv(&handle_path).unwrap();
+
+                match watch_recv.try_recv() {
+                    Ok(ev) => {
+                        let evs =
+                            ev.map_err(|e| anyhow!("Script watcher ran into errors: {:?}", e))?;
+
+                        if evs.iter().any(|ev| ev.event.kind.is_modify()) {
+                            debug!(
+                                "Detected change of '{}' script, triggering reload",
+                                handle_path
+                            );
+
+                            contexts.remove_context(script.id()).unwrap();
+                            resman.reload(handle)?;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => match e {
+                        lyra_resource::channel::TryRecvError::Empty => {}
+                        lyra_resource::channel::TryRecvError::Disconnected => {
+                            resman.stop_watching(&handle_path).unwrap();
+                        }
+                    },
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -210,13 +294,24 @@ fn lua_call_script_function(world: &mut World, stage_name: &str) -> anyhow::Resu
             };
 
             if let Some(ctx) = contexts.get_context_mut(script.id()) {
-                trace!("Running '{}' function in script '{}'", stage_name, script.name());
+                trace!(
-                match host.call_script(world_ptr.clone(), &script_data, ctx, &mut providers, stage_name) {
+                    "Running '{}' function in script '{}'",
-                    Ok(()) => {},
+                    stage_name,
+                    script.name()
+                );
+
+                match host.call_script(
+                    world_ptr.clone(),
+                    &script_data,
+                    ctx,
+                    &mut providers,
+                    stage_name,
+                ) {
+                    Ok(()) => {}
                     Err(e) => match e {
                         ScriptError::MluaError(m) => {
                             error!("Script '{}' ran into an error: {}", script.name(), m);
-                        },
+                        }
                         ScriptError::Other(_) => return Err(e.into()),
                     },
                 }
@@ -270,7 +365,8 @@ impl Plugin for LuaScriptingPlugin {
         world.add_resource_default::<ScriptApiProviders<LuaHost>>();
         world.add_resource_default::<ScriptContexts<LuaContext>>();
 
-        let mut loader = world.try_get_resource_mut::<ResourceManager>()
+        let mut loader = world
+            .try_get_resource_mut::<ResourceManager>()
             .expect("Add 'ResourceManager' to the world before trying to add this plugin");
         loader.register_loader::<LuaLoader>();
         drop(loader);
@@ -279,15 +375,50 @@ impl Plugin for LuaScriptingPlugin {
         game.add_script_api_provider::<LuaHost, _>(LyraEcsApiProvider);
         game.add_script_api_provider::<LuaHost, _>(LyraMathApiProvider);
 
-        game
+        game.add_system_to_stage(
-            .add_system_to_stage(GameStages::First, "lua_create_contexts", lua_scripts_create_contexts, &[])
+            GameStages::First,
-            .add_system_to_stage(GameStages::First, "lua_first_stage", lua_script_first_stage_system, &["lua_create_contexts"])
+            "lua_create_contexts",
+            lua_scripts_create_contexts,
+            &[],
+        )
+        .add_system_to_stage(
+            GameStages::First,
+            "lua_reload_scripts",
+            lua_scripts_reload_system,
+            &["lua_create_contexts"],
+        )
+        .add_system_to_stage(
+            GameStages::First,
+            "lua_first_stage",
+            lua_script_first_stage_system,
+            &["lua_reload_scripts"],
+        )
         // cannot depend on 'lua_create_contexts' since it will cause a panic.
         // the staged executor separates the executor of a single stage so this system
         // cannot depend on the other one.
-            .add_system_to_stage(GameStages::PreUpdate, "lua_pre_update", lua_script_pre_update_stage_system, &[])
+        .add_system_to_stage(
-            .add_system_to_stage(GameStages::Update, "lua_update", lua_script_update_stage_system, &[])
+            GameStages::PreUpdate,
-            .add_system_to_stage(GameStages::PostUpdate, "lua_post_update", lua_script_post_update_stage_system, &[])
+            "lua_pre_update",
-            .add_system_to_stage(GameStages::Last, "lua_last_stage", lua_script_last_stage_system, &[]);
+            lua_script_pre_update_stage_system,
+            &[],
+        )
+        .add_system_to_stage(
+            GameStages::Update,
+            "lua_update",
+            lua_script_update_stage_system,
+            &[],
+        )
+        .add_system_to_stage(
+            GameStages::PostUpdate,
+            "lua_post_update",
+            lua_script_post_update_stage_system,
+            &[],
+        )
+        .add_system_to_stage(
+            GameStages::Last,
+            "lua_last_stage",
+            lua_script_last_stage_system,
+            &[],
+        );
     }
 }