Thread

Available since LÖVE 0.7.0

It is not supported in earlier versions.

A Thread is a chunk of code that can run in parallel with other threads.

Constructors

love.thread.newThread

Creates a new Thread from a filename, string or FileData object containing Lua code.

Functions

BezierCurve	A Bézier curve object that can evaluate and render Bézier curves of arbitrary degree.
Body	Bodies are objects with velocity and position.
ByteData	Data object containing arbitrary bytes in an contiguous memory.
Canvas	Off-screen render target.
Canvas (Nederlands)	Off-screen render target.
ChainShape	A ChainShape consists of multiple line segments.
Channel	An object which can be used to send and receive data between different threads.
CircleShape	Circle extends Shape and adds a radius and a local position.
CompressedData	Byte data compressed using a specific algorithm.
CompressedImageData	Compressed image data designed to stay compressed in RAM and on the GPU.
Contact	Contacts are objects created to manage collisions in worlds.
Cursor	Represents a hardware cursor.
Data	The superclass of all data.
Decoder	An object which can gradually decode a sound file.
DistanceJoint	Keeps two bodies at the same distance.
Drawable	Superclass for all things that can be drawn on screen.
DroppedFile	Represents a file dropped from the window.
EdgeShape	EdgeShape is a line segment.
File	Represents a file on the filesystem.
FileData	Data representing the contents of a file.
Fixture	Fixtures attach shapes to bodies.
Font	Defines the shape of characters than can be drawn onto the screen.
FontData	A FontData represents a font.
Framebuffer	Off-screen render target.
FrictionJoint	A FrictionJoint applies friction to a body.
GearJoint	Keeps bodies together in such a way that they act like gears.
GlyphData	A GlyphData represents a drawable symbol of a font.
GraphicsBuffer	Low-level data stored in graphics memory, including arrays of vertices, vertex indices, and custom collections of data accessible in Shaders.
Image	Drawable image type.
ImageData	Raw (decoded) image data.
Joint	Attach multiple bodies together to interact in unique ways.
Joystick	Represents a physical joystick.
Mesh	A 2D polygon mesh used for drawing arbitrary textured shapes.
MotorJoint	Controls the relative motion between two Bodies
MouseJoint	For controlling objects with the mouse.
Object:release	Immediately destroys the object's Lua reference.
Object:type	Gets the type of the object as a string.
Object:typeOf	Checks whether an object is of a certain type.
ParticleSystem	Used to create cool effects, like fire.
PixelEffect	Pixel shader effect.
PolygonShape	Polygon is a convex polygon with up to 8 sides.
PrismaticJoint	Restricts relative motion between Bodies to one shared axis.
PulleyJoint	Allows you to simulate bodies connected through pulleys.
Quad	A quadrilateral with texture coordinate information.
RandomGenerator	A random number generation object which has its own random state.
Rasterizer	A Rasterizer represents font data and glyphs.
RecordingDevice	Represents an audio input device capable of recording sounds.
RevoluteJoint	Allow two Bodies to revolve around a shared point.
RopeJoint	Enforces a maximum distance between two points on two bodies.
Shader	Shader effect.
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See Also

• love.thread