Distributing your games (making a .love file)

[TechnoCat]

main.lua:20

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logo = love.graphics.newImage("Taehl.png"),

not (depending on the filename of course)

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logo = love.graphics.newImage("taehl.png"),

Windows doesn't care about case, but other OS filesystems and the LOVE filesystem (when running from a love file) do.

PPT.love

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[Taehl]

Aah, I see. I would have never thought of that. Thanks for the help.

[Xoria]

Is there any portable version of love 0.6.0? One that's just an exe that you don't have to install? If not, how do you make one?

[bartbes]

Yes, the zipped binaries one on the downloads page, for your convenience also linked here.

[Xoria]

Thanks, got I got another question. The love docs says to merge "love".

Here's how to do it on Windows. In a console, type this:

copy /b love.exe+game.love game.exe

Where IS this console, and how do you get it?

[TechnoCat]

On Windows, hit windows+r, type cmd, and hit enter.

[Xoria]

Thanks alot.


For the zipped binaries, how do you make it run with a .love folder? I drag it to the love.exe but it won't work.

[Robin]

Make sure main.lua is top-level: LÖVE won't run it otherwise.

To make a zip such as that, zip all the files in the right folder, not the folder itself.

[Xoria]

It worked.

[adrywalsh]

Greetings!

When I attempt to run my executable it tells me my png "test.png" does not exist.
Why can't it find it?

I've tried putting the png file inside the zip and including it separately, as with the dlls, but neither seems to work.

Please, help!

Windows XP

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g_EffectImage = love.graphics.newImage('test.png')
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png is super small, if that matters