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ntpspe wrote: 1.So my first question, i'm using " fps = love.timer.getFPS( )" to get the fps, then printing it in the " love.graphics.print(fps .." FPS", 0, 30, 0)" way.

But... it says 0 all the time. Can somebody just explain why? Is it because i'm on the menu which is static (nothings moving).

2. Can I have someone post a reply that's a simple "How to make buttons" please? As in explain every part of it, i've seen another forum post about simple buttons, and I do understand, but i'd rather learn in terms similar to the wiki if possible Not "Download this and copy it in" or "just do this".

3. When the user clicks 'New Game' is there some way for it to move from main.lua to... game.lua or something? So that I can have the main.lua as the menu and for global variables, and then the main game will be in another .lua file?

function love.load()
  state = "menu" -- start the game in the menu state
end

function new_game()
  -- do stuff
  state = "game"
end

function love.draw()
  if state == "menu" then
    -- draw menu
  elseif state == "game" then
    -- draw game
  end
end

-- et. c.

Sounds like you're setting the fps variable in love.load() or in the global scope. Try putting that bit of code in love.update().

It isn't as easy as "just do this" unless you want to download something and use in your project.
To do buttons without any third-party libraries, you'd have to manually check mouse positions and see if they are within a certain area of the screen, and then draw a corresponding image.

Make your love.update and love.draw callbacks do different stuff depending on what "state" the game is in. Something like this:

ntpspe wrote:On another note, whenever I use love.graphics.newFont, either in love.load or anywhere else, even if I just set the size, I get a massive memory leak, and my fps drops to 3. Without using love.graphics.newFont anywhere, I get 45fps minimum. Is this a bug? It was mentioned in the bug tracker before.

function love.load()
    fonts = {
        small = love.graphics.newFont(11),
        medium = love.graphics.newFont(16),
        large = love.graphics.newFont(22)
    }
end

function love.draw()
    love.graphics.setFont(fonts.large)
    love.graphics.printf("Look, ma! No memory leaks!", 0, love.graphics.getHeight()/2, love.graphics.getWidth(), "center")
end

ntpspe wrote:EDIT: And that's what forums are for are they not? Asking questions and learning things? And thelinx has been very helpful, moving the FPS and deltatime worked perfectly, so my debug menu is working now

ntpspe wrote:3. When the user clicks 'New Game' is there some way for it to move from main.lua to... game.lua or something? So that I can have the main.lua as the menu and for global variables, and then the main game will be in another .lua file?

love.filesystem.load("game.lua")() love.load()