2x screen size

[litearc]

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to double the screen size in LOVE. I read (somewhere) that there is no built-in way but you use the graphics functions to do a software scale. Is this right, and if so, will I need to use Canvas and Quad? Thanks, and sorry if this has been asked already (I couldn't find a topic on it).

[bartbes]

Take a look at love.graphics.setMode and conf.lua.

[Davidobot]

You can change all the window setting in conf.lua

[litearc]

Sorry, I meant do a 2x zoom. So if the game handles 320x240 pixels, there will be 640x480 pixels displayed since everything is zoomed 2x. I can't find an option for this in love.graphics.setMode or the conf.lua file.

[jradich]

Well if you're doing things with shapes like rectangles, then you could do something along the lines of

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function love.load()
  ss=1
end
function love.draw()
  love.graphics.rectangle('fill',0,0,5*ss,5*ss)
end

But for the others, I'm not sure.

[bartbes]

After setting the window to 2x the size, you just add love.graphics.scale(2) to the top of your love.draw.

EDIT: Note, you probably want to work with love.graphics.setDefaultImageFilter too, if you're scaling everything up.

[litearc]

Thanks bartbes, that did it! Now I just have to figure out why my game stopped working when I upgraded to 0.8.0...

[Robin]

Does it show an error?

[bartbes]

Or do you use love.timer.sleep?

[juno]

Would it be easier to implement a camera instead? All objects on the screen are drawn relative to the camera's position, scale, and rotation...
So if the camera's scale is at x=2, y=2...you can fit twice as many pixels in.

This tutorial shows you how.