Music not working & cannot place squares

[Yousar]

The problem is my music isn't working and I have made a script to place squares.
But the script isn't placing the squares and since I am very (very) new to LUA, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.
Please could you point out what's wrong with the script and that'll make my day.

[Davidobot]

The problem is my music isn't working and I have made a script to place squares.
But the script isn't placing the squares and since I am very (very) new to LUA, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.
Please could you point out what's wrong with the script and that'll make my day.

First of don't upload a .zip upload a .love viewtopic.php?f=4&t=451

[Davidobot]

Well first here is the music.lua: (Both edited)

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function love.music()
music = love.audio.newSource("hurricane.mp3") -- if "static" is omitted, LЦVE will stream the file from disk, good for longer music tracks
love.audio.setVolume(1.0)
love.audio.play(music)
end

And here is the main.lua:

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-- Tutorial 1: Hamster Ball
-- Add an image to the game and move it around using 
-- the arrow keys.
-- compatible with lцve 0.6.0 and up
require "music.lua"

function love.load()
   hamster = love.graphics.newImage("guy.png")
   x = 50
   y = 50
   speed = 100
   love.music()
end

function love.update(dt)
   if love.keyboard.isDown("right") then
      x = x + (speed * dt)
   elseif love.keyboard.isDown("left") then
      x = x - (speed * dt)
   end

   if love.keyboard.isDown("down") then
      y = y + (speed * dt)
   elseif love.keyboard.isDown("up") then
      y = y - (speed * dt)
   end
end

function love.draw()
   love.graphics.draw(hamster, x, y)
end

function love.mousepressed(x, y, button)
    if button == "1" then
	love.graphics.rectangle("line", 10, 10, x, y)
	end
end

[Yousar]

Thanks Davidobot, I have noticed the mistakes you fixed and I hope I don't make that error again.
However, I still cannot place blocks, which slightly confuses me.
Do you know why?

[Davidobot]

Thanks Davidobot, I have noticed the mistakes you fixed and I hope I don't make that error again.
However, I still cannot place blocks, which slightly confuses me.
Do you know why?

I have tried altering the code but I also couldn't place blocks. It maybe you should talk to a more expirienced dev.

[Yousar]

Thanks for trying, +1 karma.

[iemfi]

It doesn't work because you are calling love.graphics.draw from mousepressed.

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objects={}
objects.rectangles={}
function love.draw()
   for i,v in ipairs(objects.rectangles) do --we loop through every entry in the objects.rectangle table
          love.graphics.rectangle("line", 10, 10, v[1], v[2]) --draw the rectangle (I don't know why want them starting at 10,10).
   end
   love.graphics.draw(hamster, x, y)
end

function love.mousepressed(x, y, button)
    if button == "1" then
	table.insert(objects.rectangles,{x,y}) -- we add the mouse coordinates to the objects.rectangle table
    end
end

This would work but I would suggest learning and using an Object Oriented method instead if you're going to make a more complex game.

[Yousar]

I have no idea what you just wrote...
But thanks anyway.

[Davidobot]

I have no idea what you just wrote...
But thanks anyway.

He wrote that you need to put the draw block thing into the draw function. But I tried it and it still didn't work.

[Petunien]

This would work but I would suggest learning and using an Object Oriented method instead if you're going to make a more complex game.

What method are you thinking of?
I also have some troubles getting started.

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...
function love.mousepressed(x, y, button)
    if button == "1" then
   table.insert(objects.rectangles,{x,y}) -- we add the mouse coordinates to the objects.rectangle table
    end
end

It should be:

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function love.mousepressed(x, y, button)
    if button == "l" then
    table.insert(objects.rectangles,{x,y}) -- we add the mouse coordinates to the objects.rectangle table
    end
end

A "l" instead of a "1" in the if-statement.