diff --git a/res/modules/internal/bytearray.lua b/res/modules/internal/bytearray.lua
index c7c756f1c..739bb7cea 100644
--- a/res/modules/internal/bytearray.lua
+++ b/res/modules/internal/bytearray.lua
@@ -215,6 +215,13 @@ FFIBytearray = {
 }
 table.merge(FFIBytearray, bytearray_methods)
 
+local function FFIBytearray_as_ptr(bytes)
+    if type(bytes) == "cdata" then
+        return tostring(bytes.bytes):sub(27), bytes.size
+    end
+    return "0"
+end
+
 local function FFIBytearray_as_string(bytes)
     local t = type(bytes)
     if t == "cdata" then
@@ -283,6 +290,7 @@ local FFIU32view = create_FFIview_class("FFIU32view", "uint32_t", 4)
 return {
     FFIBytearray = setmetatable(FFIBytearray, FFIBytearray),
     FFIBytearray_as_string = FFIBytearray_as_string,
+    FFIBytearray_as_ptr = FFIBytearray_as_ptr,
     FFIU16view = FFIU16view,
     FFII16view = FFII16view,
     FFIU32view = FFIU32view,
diff --git a/res/scripts/stdmin.lua b/res/scripts/stdmin.lua
index 905c626e7..98d937b1a 100644
--- a/res/scripts/stdmin.lua
+++ b/res/scripts/stdmin.lua
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ require "core:internal/extensions/string"
 local bytearray = require "core:internal/bytearray"
 Bytearray = bytearray.FFIBytearray
 Bytearray_as_string = bytearray.FFIBytearray_as_string
+Bytearray_as_ptr = bytearray.FFIBytearray_as_ptr
 U16view = bytearray.FFIU16view
 I16view = bytearray.FFII16view
 U32view = bytearray.FFIU32view
diff --git a/src/constants.hpp b/src/constants.hpp
index f43314f4a..f0dc24d40 100644
--- a/src/constants.hpp
+++ b/src/constants.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <string>
 
+#define VC_LUA_DIRECT_BYTEARRAY_ACCESS
+
 inline constexpr int ENGINE_VERSION_MAJOR = 0;
 inline constexpr int ENGINE_VERSION_MINOR = 32;
 
diff --git a/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_util.hpp b/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_util.hpp
index a7881bef7..88fa0f021 100644
--- a/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_util.hpp
+++ b/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_util.hpp
@@ -833,11 +833,22 @@ namespace lua {
             return tolstring(L, idx);
         }
         pushvalue(L, idx);
+#ifdef VC_LUA_DIRECT_BYTEARRAY_ACCESS
+        requireglobal(L, "Bytearray_as_ptr");
+        pushvalue(L, -2);
+        call(L, 1, 2);
+        auto view = tolstring(L, -2);
+        uint64_t size = touinteger(L, -1);
+        auto ptr = (const char*)std::stoull(std::string(view), nullptr, 16);
+        pop(L, 3);
+        return std::string_view(ptr, size);
+#else
         requireglobal(L, "Bytearray_as_string");
         pushvalue(L, -2);
         call(L, 1, 1);
         auto view = tolstring(L, -1);
         pop(L, 2);
         return view;
+#endif // VC_LUA_DIRECT_BYTEARRAY_ACCESS
     }
 }