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[Robin]

For my latest project (it's called "Planets!"), I have done a similar thing. Although I used two load functions: :init() and :load(). The first is more like the regular load(), while :load() is called every time the state becomes active. It's much better than using if statements inside update() and draw(), as I did with Jump Game.

[Sparx]

still don't get it to run, please provide me with some running code...

[Robin]

still don't get it to run, please provide me with some running code...

What if you try:

main.lua:

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states = {}
for k, v in ipairs(love.filesystem.enumerate("states/")) do --loop through all files in your ./states folder
    local STATE = {}
    local pos = v:find("%.lua$"))
    if (pos) then                                           --if the file ends in .lua
        love.filesystem.include("states/"..v)   --load it
        state[v:sub(1,pos-1)] = STATE                 --store state in state table using filename minus .lua
    end
end

currentstate = states.menu

function switchstate(target)
    currentstate = states[target]
end

function load()
    currentstate:load()
end

states/menu.lua:

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function STATE:load()
    --do stuff
end

?

If that doesn't work: I can upload what I have for Planets!, it doesn't do much yet, but at least it works.

[Zorbatron]

Few things, it's good that you just load the entire states folder, but I really can't agree with your choice for ., using I don't like the ENTRY. stuff, I always prefer self.. (for stuff that needs to be saved in the state, and has no business in the wide world of the global table)

EDIT: Oh and have to add, I just spotted that you DO have a : in the second snippet.

Well, its a design decision really, if you really have troubles with namespaces then you could just `:' instead, I thought'd it be easier for him. I'll rewrite that second one.

A more complete example.....

Thanks that looks quite good (as i thougth t should be)besides the fact that i can't get it to work. I am not very used to using methods. Could you provide the same thing you wrote me without syntax errors and working...?

Thanks in advance Sparx

Haha sure XD, usually my untested code has a crapload of syntax errors...

Edit
The attachment is a complete example, with two rooms and fully working hooks. I changed the name from 'states' to 'rooms'.

[ub3rl1t]

i try using this code as-well with no success

[Sparx]

it works for me, did you download rooms.love
that's acomplete example...
If ou don't know how to edit such files: try opening it with a programm beeing able to unzip.. else rename it to .zip and do the same again.. have fun

[Zorbatron]

i try using this code as-well with no success

Look at the post above you , read the whole thread before posting my bro.