Download files straight from the game/program?

[MarcoPolo0306]

I am new to the Love game creator, but not new to Lua. I want to make a game that will download the game files from GitHub or my website. Any help would be apricated!

[master both]

Hi and welcome to the forums,
If you want to download files from another server you can use the socket http module that comes with Löve:

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local http = require "socket.http"

local logo

function love.load()
   logo = http.request("https://love2d.org/style/logo.png")
   logo = love.filesystem.newFileData(logo, "logo.png")
   logo = love.graphics.newImage(logo)
end

function love.draw()
   love.graphics.draw(logo)
end

[MarcoPolo0306]

Thanks, but I wanted to save it to the computer. I'll check the wiki, hopefully I find something there.

[MarcoPolo0306]

Alright, I found here where the data of the game is saved. I'll try copying the downloaded data where the data is saved to a %appdata%/MyGame or %appdata%/Testing file. Maybe this could help someone else who is looking on how to do this.

[master both]

Alright, I found here where the data of the game is saved. I'll try copying the downloaded data where the data is saved to a %appdata%/MyGame or %appdata%/Testing file. Maybe this could help someone else who is looking on how to do this.

That's right, If you want to save the file you have to use love.filesystem.write:

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local http = require "socket.http"

function love.load()
   local logo = http.request("https://love2d.org/style/logo.png")
   love.filesystem.write("logo.png", logo)
end

function love.draw()
   local s = "Saved on "..love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory().."/logo.png"
   love.graphics.print(s, 10, 10) -- /Users/Nico/Library/Application Support/LOVE/u/logo.png in my case
end

[MarcoPolo0306]

Alright, I've used that now, but whenever I try to change the directory that the file saves in, the file won't save whatsoever. Maybe the directory needs to be valid?

[KayleMaster]

Read this:
https://love2d.org/wiki/love.filesystem
"Each game is granted a single directory on the system where files can be saved through love.filesystem. This is the only directory where love.filesystem can write files."

[Attachment Studios]

Hi!

I wanted some more help regarding this topic! What if I want to save a zip, then unmount it?

Thanks,

[dusoft]

You can just remove that file:
https://love2d.org/wiki/love.filesystem.remove

or unmount it:
https://love2d.org/wiki/love.filesystem.unmount

[zorg]

Hi!

I wanted some more help regarding this topic! What if I want to save a zip, then unmount it?

Thanks,

If the premise was that you just downloaded a zip, then you don't need to unmount it since you never mounted it in the first place.

If it was instead about mounting a zip, saving something into it (which i'm not sure is possible), then unmounting it, then that's a different thing.

Also, don't use love.filesystem.remove unless you want to actually delete the file.