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by kaedroho
Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:07 pm
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: [RFC] pickFile function
Replies: 19
Views: 8954

Re: [RFC] pickFile function

Think of it: you were playing a game, then decided to load a save, and when you press "load" menu item some foreign window with system skin on it that looks completely alien pops up prompting you to browse your filesystem for save files, how would you feel? Normally, you would use the reg...
by kaedroho
Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:26 pm
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: [RFC] pickFile function
Replies: 19
Views: 8954

Re: [RFC] pickFile function

especially when you pointed that user would provide sources such as webcam I meant *could*, I was saying that it adds the possibility for that to happen, I didn't mean that feature will be supported though! :) I would be happy to create something as I am an experienced C++ programmer. I just don't ...
by kaedroho
Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:19 pm
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: [RFC] pickFile function
Replies: 19
Views: 8954

Re: [RFC] pickFile function

Also, it isn't entirely true that you can't access files outside of root and user folder with löve2d. You can use Lua's io.* and os.* functions to access any file. I am aware of that, but I see at least three other advantages to the pickFile approach 1) pickFile doesnt care where the data came from...
by kaedroho
Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:14 pm
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: Could not open external file. Does not exist.
Replies: 10
Views: 10912

Re: Could not open external file. Does not exist.

Hi everyone, Take a look at this: https://www.love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=37885 It is a method of loading/saving to files outside of the save directory without giving LOVE applications anymore access to users files The idea is to create a "pickObject" function When called, th...
by kaedroho
Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:45 pm
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: [RFC] pickFile function
Replies: 19
Views: 8954

[RFC] pickFile function

Hi Everyone, I have been using LOVE for the past week and so far I've been loving it!! The problem I am currently developing a game and I hope to create an in game editor at some point. It would be great if this editor can import images from the users documents and it would also be great if there co...