Where to put global variables?

[Gambit37]

I've put some file path variables in my startup.lua so that I can use them anywhere to reference my resources folders, eg:

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pathimg = "../../../project/_rtc/_files/_img/"
pathsfx = "../../../project/_rtc/_files/_sfx/"
pathmus = "../../../project/_rtc/_files/_mus/"

However, now ESB complains when I open the dungeon file that these variables are empty:

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attempt to concatenate global 'pathimg' (a nil value)

How and where should I declare global variables like this so they work in both DSB and ESB?

[Sophia]

This should work. Something else must be going wrong.

Which file are you trying to use the paths in, and where?
Can you paste the code that tries to do it?

[Gambit37]

I have a small lua file to code up an orc, called orc.lua which is read in my objects.lua with dsb_import_arch("orc.lua", "orc"). This is what DSB chokes on --it's fine if I also add my path variables to the orc.lua file though, but that rather defeats the point of globals...

[Sophia]

Ok, I'll fix that.