Scripts Options

The Scripts tab of the Options dialog lets you adjust the parameters affecting the way Filter Forge handles scripts and filters that contain them. The Options dialog is accessible by choosing Tools > Options from the Main Window menu.

Enable execution of unsafe scripts

When checked, allows execution of unsafe scripts. This setting acts as a global safety override – no filter can execute unsafe scripts unless it's enabled.

Opening filters with unsafe scripts

Specifies the way Filter Forge GUI handles attempts to open filters containing unsafe scripts:

• Ask for confirmation (recommended) – Filter Forge will ask for your confirmation when you try to open a filter containing an unsafe script. This is the default setting.
• Don't open filters with unsafe scripts – Filter Forge won't open filters containing unsafe scripts. When you try to open a filter with unsafe scripts, Filter Forge will show a notification that this cannot be done.
• Open without confirmation – Filter Forge will open filters containing unsafe scripts without any confirmation or notification.

Note that copying filter files (.ffxml) directly to the Filter Forge storage folder bypasses the above warnings, so doing this is not recommended. The Enable execution of unsafe scripts setting cannot be bypassed this way.

Terminate scripts after N million of Lua instructions

Specifies the number of Lua instructions a script is allowed to execute before it is considered an infinite loop and is terminated by the renderer.