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by japhib
Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: How does Love load files in “fused” mode?
Replies: 3
Views: 3866

Re: How does Love load files in “fused” mode?

Ah, I didn’t realize the zip file format used footers, that simplifies the whole thing! I was thinking it used headers instead, so the love exe would have to have some way of knowing exactly how many bytes long the executable file would be *without* the zip appended, and then go from there. But read...
by japhib
Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: How does Love load files in “fused” mode?
Replies: 3
Views: 3866

How does Love load files in “fused” mode?

Hi! I’m working on my own custom Love-inspired game engine, using C++ and Lua. I’ve been wondering how exactly Love is able to read files in fused mode — it seems like a great way to embed resources into the executable. I’ve poked around in the source on GitHub, and I found some stuff that seems rel...