Waiting.

[bartbes]

you could use socket.sleep().

NOOOOOOOOO. It will do the same love.timer.sleep is, which is actually included by default too, and it will cause the entirety of the game to stop, no drawing, no updating, no events. So this is not a solution.

[TheKraigose]

I'm not sure if it helps or anything, because I'm not knowing the specifics of exactly what you are trying to accomplish.

However, when it comes to waiting... one thing I notice is I'm able to do a countdown clock method.

This is a simple example from my own game:

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-- in player.lua
pauseCooldown = 60 -- so the pause button actually works, we wait a while to make sure of this

-- many code and functions later...

-- in input.lua
function checkPauseKey()
	if love.keyboard.isDown("p") and pauseCooldown >= 60 then -- check if we can "press 'p'" again
		if isPaused == false then
			isPaused = true -- this flag stops the main game rendering and logic
		else
			isPaused = false -- this flag unfreezes game rendering and logic
		end
		pauseCooldown = 0 -- set the cooldown to 0
	end
	if pauseCooldown < 60 then -- if not cooled down completely
		pauseCooldown = pauseCooldown + 1 -- then we increment the cooldown timer up one tic
	end
end

This might be tweaked a bit as it's a similar method I use to make enemies wait before shooting again. I just tweaked it for the user input to "wait".

[Robin]

Good example.

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      if isPaused == false then
         isPaused = true -- this flag stops the main game rendering and logic
      else
         isPaused = false -- this flag unfreezes game rendering and logic
      end

How about:

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      isPaused = not isPaused

?

[TheKraigose]

Good example.

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      if isPaused == false then
         isPaused = true -- this flag stops the main game rendering and logic
      else
         isPaused = false -- this flag unfreezes game rendering and logic
      end

How about:

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      isPaused = not isPaused

?

Ah! I was not familiar with the not keyword! Does it basically act like !varName does in C++?

[bartbes]

Yes.

[BlackBulletIV]

I was not familiar with the not keyword!

Oh dear, well you'll certainly need it. (Although you could use condition == false, but that gets ugly).