I am using Windows 7 as well. How do I prevent this from happening? Or should I just have it pause the game when it's not in focus?

But even when running the fixed love file from that previous topic, if the game window is out of focus, then the background goes really fast. The DT is in the update function, too...

I don't understand it...

There's a love file in my previous topic: http://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... 8&start=10

But I don't understand how the dt increases just because the window is not in focus. If I make the window back in focus again, then everything is normal.

Sorry, I meant the frame rate decreases, meaning everything is getting super fast when the window isn't in focus. So would it just make sense to halt the entire game when the window is not in focus, like Lafolie's suggestion? Or is there any way to keep the framerate consistent whether it's in focus...

I don't know if this is a bug with Zerobrane, or if it's something that happens with any LOVE file that's tested. When I run my program (whether running as 'scratchpad' or running regularly), if the game window is not in focus, then the framerate will increase significantly. I noticed this because I...

The way you've set up your code, for whatever reason, makes it so dt doesn't work in your update function. I put it in the love.update built in function and it works fine. Thank you! So if I understand correctly, for anything that requires timers or the utilization of 'dt' I will need to always put...

You're not putting dt as argument to the love.draw function, are you? It should be to love.update, nothing else. Nope. It's only in the update function, and that's all. I put this line in the update function: love.graphics.print(dt, 100, 200) When that didn't work, I put the same line in the draw()...

This is weird. It's not working for me. It seems to be ignoring the dt argument, so the timer is never going off. I passed the dt argument in my update function. I even tried printing out the value of dt on the screen and nothing shows up.

Is there a Wait/Pause/Sleep method or function that exists for LOVE? Basically, I want to show a screen that says 'Stage 1 Start' for 5 seconds then goes to the next level file (level1.lua). So basically something along these lines: love.graphics.print("Stage 1 Start", 100,200) --show text...

Awesome! I understand now. Thank you!

Another question. What would I need to do if I wanted the background to scroll diagonally?

EDIT: Nevermind, I got it. I had to make 2 more background copies, so now I have 4 backgrounds total scrolling.