Trying To Make Windows Executable

[nikwin]

I have made a very simple love game and am trying to create a windows executable to distribute. So, I zipped everything into a .love file, which runs fine when I try it. I then followed the directions on the wiki http://love2d.org/wiki/Game_Distribution and tried

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copy /B love.exe+archiver.love archiver.exe

, and copied the DLLs into the directory. The problem is that now when I run this executable, it seems to simply run love.exe as the same screen appears. If I do

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archiver.exe archiver.love

or

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love.exe archiver.exe

or even

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archiver.exe archiver.exe

then my game runs without any problems, but if I just try double-clicking the executable or running it from the command line, I just get the love.exe screen. The same happens if I try

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type love.exe archiver.love > archiver.exe

. I am really sorry to ask a question that must have already been resolved, but I cannot find the answer and would really appreciate any advice anyone has.

[nevon]

I think bartbes broke binary merging in the latest release.

[BlackBulletIV]

I saw a commit in the repo from 4 days ago saying fused games had been fixed, so I think it will be fixed in the next release.

[nikwin]

That would explain it. Thank you very much. If this is the case, I suppose that I will just distribute a batch file or something then for the end users.

[BlackBulletIV]

Hmmm, that wouldn't look great, but you could. You could also take the current code for boot.lua and boot.lua.h in scripts folder of the repo and replace their contents with 0.7.1's contents of said files, then proceed to compile a custom executable (not really sure whether you're in a position to do that though).

[bartbes]

Yeah.. I'm not quite happy about the situation either..

[Ertain]

Curse that dashed option for redistribution.

[obur]

that solved my problem, too, then
thanks!

[rude]

I think bartbes broke binary merging in the latest release.

... gah. I guess we have to release a new version soon, then.

Meanwhile, you can get builds which should include bartbes' fix here: http://love2d.org/builds/

[Boolsheet]

[...] which should include bartbes' fix [...]

He's working now on a fix that actually fixes it.