how do i get files outside folder?

[VXDev]

i need help with this so i have a script in a folder named "scripts" and i have another folder named "assets"
heres how my game folders work:
so inside the scripts folder the script named "player.lua" and from there im trying to get the assets from the scripts folder in my scripts please help im a newbie
|game/
assets/
images/
myfile.png
scripts/
player.lua
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main.lua

[NoreoAlles]

you have to put this line on the top of your main.lua, or whatever file should get acces to the player assets:

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require "yourFolderNameHere/filename.lua

replace your folder namer with the folder you want to open up a file in or just the filename without folder and slash if your file is in the same folder as your main.lua
In your case propably

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require "scripts/player.lua"

[togFox]

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require "scripts.player"

Use a dot/period. From the wiki: https://www.love2d.org/wiki/require

It's strongly recommended to use period as directory separator! Forward slashes accidently work, hence its usage is discouraged! One of the reasons is that loading modules that are not Lua code files is only possible with dots as separator, and using dots and slashes at the same time might lead to mixing separators, and due to mixing require might load the same code multiple times.

Also from the wiki:

If the module is a lua file, don't use the .lua extension

Here is a snippet of my current project for reference:

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require 'lib.buttons'
require 'enums'
require 'constants'
fun = require 'functions'
cf = require 'lib.commonfunctions'
lists = require 'lib.lists'
animate = require 'lib.animate'

For your images, you can use this:

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IMAGE = {}
IMAGE[1] = love.graphics.newImage("assets/images/myfile.png")

newImage requires a slash and not a period for some reason.

[pgimeno]

newImage requires a slash and not a period for some reason.

Because it is not a module. `require` is Lua's module manager and that works with periods; `newImage` works with love.filesystem and therefore requires slashes.