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Using the Window key on Windows isn't a viable option. That is, unless people love looking at their stupid start menus.

TechnoCat wrote:Using the Window key on Windows isn't a viable option. That is, unless people love looking at their stupid start menus.

Isn't there a way to check the user's OS and alter the default accordingly?

Lafolie wrote:Isn't there a way to check the user's OS and alter the default accordingly?

Hell no. Isn't it better to just let the player pick what keys they want to use, if you're going to do something fancy anyway?

I think it was more about choosing defaults that apply to the current OS. Last I used Löve's "What is the OS I am on" thing it returned OS X as Linux. And now I can't even remember how to get it anymore. So I don't know if it was fixed.

I mean obviously you have to have defaults. It's bad practice to force the player to configure their game right out of the box. They should be able to jump in without having to configure right from the start.

But yes, make sure you offer configuration.

You could do some trickery with os.execute or os.getenv to determine the current OS. If/when LuaJIT becomes a standard part of LÖVE it has a jit.os string that will tell you.

slime wrote:You could do some trickery with os.execute or os.getenv to determine the current OS.

If you do that, you better check for their existence first, as it would leave SELÖVE users unable to play the game otherwise.

Robin wrote:

slime wrote:You could do some trickery with os.execute or os.getenv to determine the current OS.

If you do that, you better check for their existence first, as it would leave SELÖVE users unable to play the game otherwise.

Does SELOVE restrict loading external lua files? I'm thinking about making packs of extra levels, and I don't want SELOVErs to be left out.

tentus wrote:

Robin wrote:

slime wrote:You could do some trickery with os.execute or os.getenv to determine the current OS.

If you do that, you better check for their existence first, as it would leave SELÖVE users unable to play the game otherwise.

Does SELOVE restrict loading external lua files? I'm thinking about making packs of extra levels, and I don't want SELOVErs to be left out.

What do you mean by external? If you have access to it using love.filesystem, it'll work.

Exactly. If you're not doing anything crazy, SELÖVE lets you do it.

Updated to work in 0.8.0. Please keep an eye out for anything I missed. I promise I will pick this project back up at some point, life has been keeping me too busy lately.