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NigelNoscopes wrote:I know a sufficient amount of Lua to make things work. I'd like to have an option (similar to Minecraft) where the user can press a key and toggle a print function that prints debug info, such as the x and y coordinates of the player. I tried doing it like this:

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function love.keyboard.isDown('p')
    love.graphics.print('player.x = ' .. player.x .. '\nplayer.y = ' .. player.y, 0, 0)
end

This function is under the

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function love.update(dt)

block. When I press that key, though, it doesn't print anything. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for the help.

function love.draw() -- defining the function "love.draw"
  -- draw other stuff
  if love.keyboard.isDown('p') then -- call "love.keyboard.isDown" with parameter 'p'
    love.graphics.print("debuginfo", 0,0)
  end
end

Kingdaro wrote:Look at the example on the page for proper usage. Also, all graphics functions have to go under love.draw, not update. This is what you want:

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local debugInfo = false

function love.update(dt)
   debugInfo = love.keyboard.isDown('p')
   -- the above is the same as:
   -- if love.keyboard.isDown('p') then
   --   debugInfo = true
   -- else
   --   debugInfo = false
   -- end
end

function love.draw()
   if debugInfo then
      love.graphics.print('player.x = ' .. player.x .. '\nplayer.y = ' .. player.y, 0, 0)
   end
end

I would also recommend reading the PIL, for a better understanding of Lua. If that doesn't help you, look for a more intuitive Lua tutorial that you might understand a little more.

EDIT: Didn't even see the post above me. Fuck everything.