Loading external graphics outside of love?

[Chris016]

So i compile everything into a exe. I learned how to run external lua files which was pretty easy using the default lua io commands. Does anyone know how to do external images so people could say mod there players character and i could have the love load them externally?

btw im using love 0.5.0 im sure that shoudnt really matter for the help but just thought i throw that out there.

[napco]

You can load files from 2 places only: the .love file and the save directory. You can get the path to this folder by using the command:

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love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory()

[Robin]

You can load files from 2 places only: the .love file and the save directory. You can get the path to this folder by using the command:

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love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory()

Actually, both are accessible as the current directory (.). So if you have an image with the name "~/.love/mygame/awesome.png"*, you can load it as "awesome.png"

* Assuming you're on Linux/UNIX. For Windows, the story is similar.

[bartbes]

With 0.6.0 you can load images from strings too, thus making loading external files possible too.