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by essell
Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:42 pm
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: My ongoing newbie questions
Replies: 43
Views: 32247

Re: My ongoing newbie questions

Some of that's getting a bit over my head to be honest :) Will look into it further down the line though - I'm told by my programmer mate that I should learn to use tables soon. Cheers. Q. When there's a bug and my game won't run, I often get '<eof>' expected near 'end' as the error. What does this ...
by essell
Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:08 pm
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: My ongoing newbie questions
Replies: 43
Views: 32247

Re: My ongoing newbie questions

I've just implemented a title screen according to Robin's suggestion - cheers Robin :)

Bartbes - can you briefly describe what your solution is, does, and how it works, etc.?
by essell
Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:33 am
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: My ongoing newbie questions
Replies: 43
Views: 32247

Re: My ongoing newbie questions

That second approach looks simpler and neater to me - will try it tonight. Cheers :)

Q. How would I make a some title screens to click through before the game starts?
I don't currently understand how to delay all the gamey stuff from happening whilst say, displaying a picture for a title screen...
by essell
Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:30 pm
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: My ongoing newbie questions
Replies: 43
Views: 32247

Re: My ongoing newbie questions

Yep it did - project is now neatly arranged into folders, and the code nicely categorised. Cheers :)

Q. How do I keep track of time in Lua?
(e.g. When player presses this button, do this, then after 2 seconds, stop)
by essell
Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:49 pm
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: My ongoing newbie questions
Replies: 43
Views: 32247

My ongoing newbie questions

Hello all, I'm new to Love, and indeed programming in general. Just got into things last weekend as I'm wanting to learn Lua to help with future job applications etc (I'm an industry-experienced level designer). I'm right at the start of making a basic side-scrolling shooter as my first project. It'...