LOVE to .exes and .dlls

[MicroMacro]

Okay, so I am programming a game, and when it is done, I want to be able to make it into an exe with dlls.
1) How do I do that?
2) Will people who want to play need to install Love, even if it is an Exe?
3) Will people need to install Lua?

[Ranguna259]

the dlls exist so that people won't need to install Lua and Love, pack your exe with the dlls or tell people to install :
DevIL
love
lua51
mpg123
Microsoft Visual C++, should already be in target's computer
OpenAL
SDL2

[MicroMacro]

So how do I pack the Exe?

[Ranguna259]

By "pack the exe with the dlls" I meant pack your exe into a zip with the dlls, if you do that people will only need to extract the contents.

[HugoBDesigner]

If you're on Windows, you can do this:
http://www.love2d.org/wiki/Game_Distrib ... Executable

Otherwise, just scroll down in that page

[Ranguna259]

Yeah but won't you need the dlls for the exe to work ?

[HugoBDesigner]

Yes, they come along with LÖVE download. Try the zip file if it doesn't works...

[Ranguna259]

Yeah I know that but the OP wants to know of a way to distribute the game without the dlls and I don't know how to do that, I don't even think it's possible

[HugoBDesigner]

In the first post he says "with dlls". But I'd like to know if there's a way to distribute a game WITHOUT dlls. I've asked it before in some threads, but no one seems to know (or know if it's ever possible)...

[slime]

In the first post he says "with dlls". But I'd like to know if there's a way to distribute a game WITHOUT dlls. I've asked it before in some threads, but no one seems to know (or know if it's ever possible)...

You can create and distribute an installer exe (similar to the one on the love2d.org frontpage) using something like NSIS.

The dll's are necessary for LÖVE to run, so they have to end up in the same folder as the executable somehow. Most windows programs have a collection of dll's in the same folder as their executable.