WEIRD PNG image problem

[CryoNox]

Hey all, I've encountered a weird problem when I create my own .png images. When I drag my project folder into the LÖVE icon, the image loads perfectly fine. However, when I compress everything into a zip folder and change the extension to .love, the image fails to load when I run the program. This is really weird because the LÖVE logo which I downloaded has no problem in loading, but the error only occurs when I try to load my own PNG images.

Help?

I used both Adobe Photoshop CS3 as well as MSPaint to create the PNG images, and this weird problem occurs.
I'm using Windows Vista by the way.

[bartbes]

That is weird.. Anyway, you might open the zip and see if something is different, or if the image got corrupted, still.. weird.

[rude]

Post the .love which fails.

[CryoNox]

alright I've attached it
By right, you're supposed to see the love logo fading in before fading out. It doesn't appear though, cos the image won't load.

[bartbes]

It worked once I changed loveBG.png into LoveBG.png (in your code).

[CryoNox]

oh thanks bartbes, I didn't notice the case

Still, its kinda weird that the problem only occurs after it is compressed into a .love file.

[Robin]

I guess that in compressed archives Case Matters(tm). Or at least with the love.filesystem back-end (PhysicsFS).

[bartbes]

Of course PhysFS is a layer on top of the filesystem, so while NTFS and FAT are case-insensitive, zip appears to be case-sensitive (just like a lot of other systems, so watch your case)

[Robin]

Even on Windows, using the correct case is good practice. The system isn't case-sensitive, but sloppiness about case can only shoot you in the foot later. Especially if you or other people want to use it on other systems. About every tenth project or so on PyGame didn't run until every filename was re-cased.

[bartbes]

About every tenth project or so on PyGame didn't run until every filename was re-cased.

How do you dare talk about PyGame?

Anyway, he's right, it's not just good for cross-platformness (?), but also as a good coding practice, it's like variables, a variable called "a" is not to be referenced to using "A", even if the language supports it, it's just bad.