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by silvanet
Sat Jan 16, 2021 2:40 am
Forum: General
Topic: Some basic getting started help please?
Replies: 2
Views: 5214

Re: Some basic getting started help please?

I always learn something I didn't know. So, I'm wrong about needing to restart Windows. With PowerShell you can directly set the environment variables like path. The command is $env:Path That by itself returns the current path value. $env:Path += ";Some path like say F:\Program Files\LUA" ...
by silvanet
Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: Does anyone know how I get Lua installed and running on Windows?
Replies: 3
Views: 6674

Does anyone know how I get Lua installed and running on Windows?

Or should I be going to a Lua forum to ask that? I was trying to follow the instructions on installing it but I'm not clear on that. I know I don't need it to use Love 2D. Just asking because I read a lot of mention of it for game development.
by silvanet
Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:46 am
Forum: General
Topic: Some basic getting started help please?
Replies: 2
Views: 5214

Re: Some basic getting started help please?

Hey, I got it to work. I was under the misunderstanding that you no longer have to re-start Windows when you add a new location to the path. I was wrong. After I re-started Windows I was able to run the love . command in the game code folder and my background and ground rendered. Woohoo! So question...
by silvanet
Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Some basic getting started help please?
Replies: 2
Views: 5214

Some basic getting started help please?

Major frustration. I just drafted a detailed explanation and when I tried to submit it I had been logged out. Logging back in wiped out my post!

Short & basic: how do I install love so I can run it from vscode integrated terminal to fire up the server?