My first simple program not working :(

[Kronoze]

So I've watched a Introduction to LOVE tutorial on YouTube, and I did exactly what the guy said. I installed the Zipped 32-bit, and then renamed that folder as "Love2D". I then created a new folder inside Love2D called "Games". Finally, I made a folder inside Games called "HelloWorld". Inside HelloWorld, I made main.lua, and typed this inside.

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function love.draw()
love.graphics.print("Hello World!",300,300)
end

I then dragged the HelloWorld folder on top of the love.exe inside of the Love2D folder. When I ran it, it said "love.exe has stopped working (blah blah)". I'm assuming this is because I've made an error. Does anyone know what I did wrong, and could they explain it to me?

[Nixola]

No error, it seems it's (partially) LOVE's fault. It requires something, but I don't remember what... Maybe .NET Framework?

[bartbes]

The visual c++ runtime.. 2008, I think.
This is a case where using the installer would've worked (afaik).

[Kronoze]

So what you're saying is I should download the installer 32-bit version? Then it will work?

[Nixola]

No, 'cause I used the installer and had the same problem, you have to download The Visual C++ Runtime .. 2008, I think
EDIT: No, I didn't have the same problem

[Boolsheet]

The only dependency of LÖVE 0.8.0 is at least Windows XP and a graphics driver with decent OpenGL support. (Hell, even the Microsoft OpenGL fallback driver works)

It's likely that your graphics driver has an issue with LÖVE. What graphics card and driver are you using? Can you update it?

[Kronoze]

I'm sorry, I don't know anything about graphic cards or drivers. Is it simple to update? What do I have to do? It's for sure the graphic card then, right?

[Boolsheet]

Is it simple to update?

That really depends on your hardware. The hardest part may be the search for the latest driver.
First, you need to know what hardware you have. You can use one of the many system information programs, like speccy.

If you have a desktop card from NVIDIA or ATI/AMD you can visit their drivers website and select it from the dropdown menu.
A laptop graphics card might get trickier. It's possible that it works like above with the desktop cards, but you may have to go to the laptop manufacturer's website and search for the driver. This can be a huge pain.

It's for sure the graphic card then, right?

No. It's just that the most crashes I have heard about with 0.8.0 were related to the graphics driver.

[Kronoze]

Do you think it might work if I got the installer version instead of the zipped?

[Robin]

Can't hurt to try.