LÖVE

Hey everyone,

First of all, just wanted to say hello. Hello!

Secondly, I was hoping for a bit of help messing about with the LOVE framework.

tl;dr: What's up with boot.lua -> boot.lua.h?

Basically I've got everything all running fine, and I started trying to edit the boot.lua (src/scripts/boot.lua). Now, long story short, I finally worked out that boot.lua actually does nothing, and boot.lua.h is where it's all at - as a hex string representation of the boot.lua file

Now, I mean... I could set up a script to convert the boot.lua file into the boot.lua.h format no problem... But I'm guessing this is a standard approach to using Lua with C++, that I just know nothing about.

Also sorry if this isn't strictly the right place to be seeking help about this? I know this is primarily a forum for seeking support with using the framework, rather than building it!

Yes, you have to convert it first. Edit boot.lua and then use auto.lua to generate the new boot.lua.h.

Go into the scripts directory and execute.

Ahh, I didn't spot auto.lua, thanks!

Is this method of lua binding a standard? I've noticed by trawling the web there's a few ways of doing this, such as luabind

You mean the interface between LÖVE and Lua? Nothing special there, just straight up Lua C API calls. I don't think there's a standard for that, but there are a few projects out there that try to simplify it, as you noticed.

The embedding of the Lua files is just a simple and convenient way to have the data accessible at run-time.