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by Hadrombolac
Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: Unclear % operation for counting
Replies: 20
Views: 6962

Re: Unclear % operation for counting

You folks are the best!! BrotSagtMist, what is that strange notation I havent seen before ? love.load=function()? Is that just a style preference to function love.load() ? It reminds me of code like this that I came across and didnt understand... gStateMachine = StateMachine { ['title'] = function()...
by Hadrombolac
Sun Feb 12, 2023 11:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Unclear % operation for counting
Replies: 20
Views: 6962

Re: Unclear % operation for counting

thanks alot, again for this amazing description soulmata. So regarding functions, that means if they dont get called in update() regardless where they are written, they never execute? About local variables, I see tutorials that declare local variables in love.load(). Are those still considered globa...
by Hadrombolac
Sun Feb 12, 2023 7:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Unclear % operation for counting
Replies: 20
Views: 6962

Re: Unclear % operation for counting

I forgot to add one more thing. Am playing around and testing some scoping things regarding your suggestions about the counter. Realized Im in the dark about whats the code execution priority? love.load() gets called only once at the start, got it. love.update(dt) gets called every frame, got it.Wha...
by Hadrombolac
Sun Feb 12, 2023 12:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Unclear % operation for counting
Replies: 20
Views: 6962

Re: Unclear % operation for counting

super helpful stuff zorg, soulmata and pgimeno. Thanks!!!
by Hadrombolac
Fri Feb 10, 2023 3:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Unclear % operation for counting
Replies: 20
Views: 6962

Re: Unclear % operation for counting

Wow thanks a lot for such detailed responses. I understand the counter solution without the % and have it in the code working nicely. Im just intrigued from an understanding point of view because I still dont get why the first % == 0 example doesnt print anything but the interval one does. I mean th...
by Hadrombolac
Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:26 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Unclear % operation for counting
Replies: 20
Views: 6962

Unclear % operation for counting

Hi there, Finally gathered courage to enter the LÖVE comms. Been steadily learning this great framework but hit a wall and its totally destroying me. In one of my demo projects Im trying to write a debug log for a var from update() every 3 seconds. If I try this counter = counter + dt if (counter % ...