[SOLVED] Character doesn't appear

[GoldenTCat]

hello again, I'm having a problem where my game character isn't appearing and everything seems very strange because the functions and files don't return any type of error .

character draw code (humanModules.lua)

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function draw(p)
	local size = 3
	copyBody = {}
	
	for i=1, 6 do table.insert(copyBody, p.body[i]) end
	
	sort = function(a, b) return a.z < b.z end
	table.sort(copyBody, sort)
	
	print("--------- drawing body ---------") --no, that's not working
	for i, b in ipairs(copyBody)do
		print("drawing " .. b.name) 
		b.img:setFilter("nearest", "nearest")
		love.graphics.setColor(p.color)
		drawSprite(b.grid, b.img, p.pos.x, p.pos.y, size, size)
	end
end

function that draws all mobs (mobsModules.lua)

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function mobsDraw()
	for i, a in ipairs(mobs) do
		a.draw(a)
	end
end

main code (main.lua)

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require("resources/scripts/mobs/mobsModules")
require("resources/scripts/mobs/human/humanModules")

function love.load()
	love.graphics.setDefaultFilter("nearest", "nearest", 1)
	
	
	newHuman(nil, {100, 200, 0}, {1,1,1})
	newHuman(nil, {300, 300, 0}, {0.3,0.2,0.2})
	print("running without problems")
	
end

function love.update(dt)
	mobsUpdt(dt)
end

function love.draw()
	mobsDraw()
end

here is all the files
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EbMAFK ... sp=sharing

[pgimeno]

You haven't provided enough code to be sure, but I'd bet that what is happening here is global clashing. If you define a global function called draw, as you do above, it's shared by all instances. If another file defines another global function called draw, it will overwrite the previous one.

My advice is to avoid globals like the plague.

[dusoft]

Debug, debug and more debug (print values or in any other way). Put those in important places of your code. I am sure you will spot the issue. If not, then come back with a log.

[GoldenTCat]

Debug, debug and more debug (print values or in any other way). Put those in important places of your code. I am sure you will spot the issue. If not, then come back with a log.

It was a simple error in which I placed the character's draw command in the update function. When I found out I felt really stupid .

[dusoft]

Debug, debug and more debug (print values or in any other way). Put those in important places of your code. I am sure you will spot the issue. If not, then come back with a log.

It was a simple error in which I placed the character's draw command in the update function. When I found out I felt really stupid .

Yeah, that happens. In exceptional cases you can use graphics module functions out of love.draw, see:
https://love2d.org/wiki/love.graphics.present

I used this for example to display "loading" message already in love.load before love.draw function even kicks in.