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Re: stupid game
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:13 pm
by zenith
totally confused with timers
sample program shoud count every second 5 times
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function love.load()
display = {}
timer = 0
end
function love.draw()
love.graphics.print(timer, 10, 10) -- showing current timer
for i,v in ipairs(display) do
love.graphics.print(v, 10, 10 + i*15)
end
end
function love.update(dt)
timer = timer + 1*dt -- go!
for i=1,5 do
if timer >= i then
table.insert(display, i.." second")
end
end
end
of course it don't work
is there any tutorials about timers and events?
Re: stupid game
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:29 pm
by Robin
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function love.load()
display = {}
timer = 0
times_left = 5
end
function love.draw()
love.graphics.print(timer, 10, 10) -- showing current timer
for i,v in ipairs(display) do
love.graphics.print(v, 10, 10 + i*15)
end
end
function love.update(dt)
if times_left > 0 then
timer = timer + dt
if timer >= 1 then
times_left = times_left - 1
timer = 0
table.insert(display, i.." second")
end
end
end
Understand how it works?
EDIT: weird indentation, please ignore it.
Re: stupid game
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:36 am
by zenith
thanks!
timers are weird indeed. if i have e.g. 5 simultaneous events on screen than i must have 5 different timer vars on love.load? that's not looks very handy for me.
delta time is a love's thing or lua's?
Re: stupid game
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:13 am
by zenith
here's the situation: i have tables inside the table and i need to draw them. my variant don't work, of course
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function menuBattleSpawn()
menuBattle = {
attack = {
name = 'Attack',
entry = {}
}, item = {
name = 'Items',
entry = {}
}, skill = {
name = 'Skill',
entry = {}
}
}
end
function menuBattleDraw()
love.graphics.setFont(big)
for i,v in ipairs(menuBattle) do
for ind,val in ipairs(v) do
love.graphics.print(ind.name, 100, i+200)
end
end
end
Re: stupid game
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:25 am
by micha
The table that you create is not an array-type table. The entries are
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menuBattle.attack
menuBattle.item
menuBattle.skill
The iterator "ipairs" only iterates over table entries with numeric keys. For example (these do not exist in your code):
You can iterate of all entries (not only the ones with numeric keys) by using "pairs" instead of "ipairs". In that case you have to keep track of the coordinates by hand.
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local y = 100
for i,v in pairs(menuBattle) do
love.graphics.print(v.name, 100, y)
y = y + 50
end
Re: stupid game
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:23 am
by zenith
hey guys! 0.9.0 is out, huh
anyway, can anyone please suggest any tutorial on love.filesystem?
Re: stupid game
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:59 pm
by davisdude
Which ones in particular? I can explain some of the ones I use more, though:
love.filesystem.load-
Loads a file, but does not run it.
Very basic example:
entity.lua:
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local ent = {
registered = {
apple = love.fileysytem.load( "entities/apple.lua" ) -- Assuming there is a file called "apple.lua" inside a folder called "entities" inside your main directory.
banana = love.filesystem.load( "entities/banana.lua" ) --Remember, this just loads it.
}
} --I do the table this way because it saves a bit of memory.
function ent.new( name )
if not ent.registered[name] then error( "Entity error: did not register "..name.."." ) end
local e = ent.registered[name]()
return e
end
return ent
main.lua:
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local ent = require( "entity.lua" )
function love.load()
apple = ent.new( "apple" )
end
That's really the one I use the most. If you want a particular example, just ask!
