slmod.sendData() attempt to index global 'slmod' (a nil value) about dcs-slmod HOT 4 CLOSED

`2022-12-05 00:57:03.871 INFO LuaNET (Main): SLMOD WARNING: ./Scripts/MissionScripting.lua is not up to date. Installing new ./Scripts/MissionScripting.lua.
2022-12-05 00:57:03.872 ERROR VFS (Main): VFS_open_write: CreateFile(./Scripts/MissionScripting.lua): Access is denied.

2022-12-05 00:57:03.872 INFO LuaNET (Main): SLMOD ERROR: Unable to open ./Scripts/MissionScripting.lua for writing, reason: can't open "./Scripts/MissionScripting.lua" for 'w'`

It is trying to update the mission scripting file because the current one isn't up to date but it doesn't have the permissions to do it. Anytime DCS updates it will "fix" the file because it has been modified. Running the game as admin should give it the permissions to update the file. Could always try to manually copy and paste the contents of SlmodMissionScripting.lua into the game install/Scripts/MissionScripting.lua.

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Sorry it's the bad dcs.log file..

In attachement the good one.....
dcs.log

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Can you post your missionScripting.lua file?

What is strange to me is that there are a few other scripts on the server that are also giving errors.

2023-01-14 13:47:45.797 INFO [GRPC-Hook] (Main): Config/dcs-grpc.lua not found (can't open "C:\Users\chris\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server\Config\dcs-grpc.lua" for 'r')
2023-01-14 13:47:45.798 ERROR [GRPC-Hook] (Main): Failed to Initialize: can't open 'C:\Users\chris\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server\Scripts\DCS-gRPC\grpc-hook.lua'
2023-01-14 13:47:45.798 INFO APP (Main): Loaded C:\Users\chris\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server\Scripts\Hooks\DCS-gRPC.lua
2023-01-14 13:47:45.798 ERROR APP (Main): Failed to load C:\Users\chris\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server\Scripts\Hooks\DedicatedServer.lua: [string "C:\Users\chris\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server\Scripts\Hooks\De..."]:4: '' expected near ''Failed to start server with code: ''
2023-01-14 13:47:45.798 ERROR APP (Main): Failed to load C:\Users\chris\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server\Scripts\Hooks\DedicatedServerGameGui.lua: [string "C:\Users\chris\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server\Scripts\Hooks\De..."]:4: '' expected near ''Failed to start server with code: ''

2023-01-14 13:47:45.802 ERROR APP (Main): Failed to run C:\Users\chris\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server\Scripts\Hooks\UDPPlayerExportGameGui.lua: [string "C:\Users\chris\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server\Scripts\Hooks\UDPPlayerExportGameGui.lua"]:3: attempt to call a nil value

As far as slmod goes, if you tried starting the server more than once, does this error occur every time?

Unable to open or find C:\Users\chris\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server\Slmod\BannedClients.lua, creating file...

or this one?

2023-01-14 13:47:45.875 INFO LuaNET (Main): SLMOD INFO: no stats , loading from file: C:\Users\chris\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta_server\Slmod\SlmodStats.lua
2023-01-14 13:47:45.875 INFO LuaNET (Main): SLMOD WARNING: Unable to open SlmodStats.lua , will make a new SlmodStats.lua file.

Could try renaming the scripts folder in saved games so the files are backed up, make a new one, and try it with only slmod to see what happens. The fact that gRPC was giving an error because it wasn't allowed to open that file seems endemic of a permissions issue of somekind.

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Hi,
Thanks for the indice.
The ds-grpc.lua was not existant. I remove it from the MissionScripting.lua and also the UDPPlayerExportGameGui.lua

What was weird, I had 2 lua files in my hook directory with the same content. They was called ServerConfig.lua and ServverConfigGUI.lua. I deleted the both file and slmod works again !

Thanks

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