more work

src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/NLuaTableHelper.cs

@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ public LuaTable ObjectToTable(object obj)
 					return ParseColor((int) (long) d, safe, logCallback);
 				case int i:
 					return Color.FromArgb(i);
+				case long l:
+					return Color.FromArgb((int)l);
 				case string s:
 					if (s[0] is '#' && (s.Length is 7 or 9))
 					{

src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/NamedLuaFunction.cs

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public NamedLuaFunction(LuaFunction function, string theEvent, Action<string> lo
 		public void DetachFromScript()
 		{
 			new Lua().NewThread(out var thread);
-				
+
 			// Current dir will have to do for now, but this will inevitably not be desired
 			// Users will expect it to be the same directly as the thread that spawned this callback
 			// But how do we know what that directory was?

src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/LuaConsole.cs

@@ -629,12 +629,6 @@ public void ResumeScripts(bool includeFrameWaiters)
 				}
 			}
 
-			luaLibsImpl.RunScheduledDisposes();
-			foreach (var nlf in luaLibsImpl.RegisteredFunctions)
-			{
-				nlf.LuaFile.Thread.Dispose();
-			}
-
 			_messageCount = 0;
 		}
 

src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Win32LuaLibraries.cs

@@ -310,13 +310,7 @@ public void SpawnAndSetFileThread(string pathToLoad, LuaFile lf)
 		}
 
 		public void ExecuteString(string command)
-		{
-			var func = _lua.LoadString(command, "main");
-			var state = _lua.NewThread(func, out _currThread);
-			state.Resume(state, 0);
-		}
-
-		public void RunScheduledDisposes() => _lua.Dispose();
+			=> _lua.DoString(command);
 
 		public (bool WaitForFrame, bool Terminated) ResumeScript(LuaFile lf)
 		{