How can I clip with love.graphics.draw()

[vitaminx]

Hello all,

I'm quite new to löve, so please permit me this n00b question

I'm trying to draw a loaded image on the screen with love.graphics.draw(), but only a rectangular part of it.
However, draw() doesn't do clipping.

What would be the right way to do that?

Thanks! vitaminx

[Robin]

Welcome!

You can do that with love.graphics.setScissor:

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love.graphics.setScissor(10, 10, 100, 100)
love.graphics.draw(image, 10, 10)
love.graphics.setScissor() -- disable the clipping

[slime]

You can also use Quads.

[T-Bone]

It sounds more like a job for Quads and love.graphics.drawq than a job for love.graphics.setScissor. But they'll both work.

Quads can be added to Spritebatches and Canvases as well if you want to use buffers.

[vitaminx]

thanks a lot, I'm now using quads which are exactly what I needed.

[girng]

Welcome!

You can do that with love.graphics.setScissor:

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love.graphics.setScissor(10, 10, 100, 100)
love.graphics.draw(image, 10, 10)
love.graphics.setScissor() -- disable the clipping

omg. ty sir was searching all over for this.

this works perfectly for health globes!

man, i'm really starting to like love2d

[zorg]

the scissor thing works in screenspace though, no transformations will affect it, so keep this in mind when you get to rotating/scaling stuff, since then, scissors won't exactly work.