Where can I find a newb friendly layout on getting started?

[Xoria]

I understand that there was a recent update, but I can only find the 'getting started' page of the older v. Where's latest version of LOVE's getting started page? Thanks in advance

Edit: Also, how does one start a timer since the app has been launched? (Something that tells you how long you were playing)

[scripto]

simply look in the doc for the timer, and for the recent things idk.

[Robin]

http://love2d.org/docs/getting_started.html is the getting started page.

[TechnoCat]

Edit: Also, how does one start a timer since the app has been launched? (Something that tells you how long you were playing)

untested:

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function love.load()
   time=0
end
function love.update(dt)
   time = time+dt
end
function love.draw()
   love.graphics.print(math.floor(time).." seconds have passed",0,12) --math.floor(x) truncates the decimal off x
end

[Xoria]

Thanks again.

[Jasoco]

I offer an alternative method.

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function love.load()
   stime = love.timer.getTime()
end
function love.update(dt)
   time = stime - love.timer.getTime()
end
function love.draw()
   love.graphics.print(math.floor(time).." seconds have passed",0,12)
end

At least this method works in 0.5.0. As long as 0.6.0 still uses getTime() to return the seconds since application launch.

And a bonus, a function that converts seconds into hours, minutes and seconds that I wrote myself:

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function formatTime(t) return math.floor(math.mod(t/60/60,60)) .. ":" .. string.sub("0" .. math.floor(math.mod(t/60,60)),-2) .. ":" .. string.sub("0" .. math.floor(math.mod(t,60)),-2) end

I used this method for my game engine to calculate how much total time you spent in a single game session between saves. You know like how RPG's will display total play time.

Use this when setting up the game variables:

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gameStartTime = love.timer.getTime()

Then use this when you load a game right after loading the game, or set it to 0 if starting a new one: (Usually right in the same function)

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gameSessionPrevious = gameSession

Use this every update during the actual game play:

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gameSession = love.timer.getTime() - gameStartTime

When saving the game, save the gameSession variable for loading next time.