love.draw error?

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larz
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love.draw error?

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local run={};
do
	run.draw=love.draw;
	
	function run.draw()
		love.graphics.print("Hello.",100,100);
	end
end
Why this doesn't works?
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Ref
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Re: love.draw error?

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function love.draw()
   love.graphics.print('Hello!',100,100)
end
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Re: love.draw error?

Post by larz »

Can't i reffer to it by run.draw?
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Re: love.draw error?

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Someone?
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Re: love.draw error?

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Is there a reason why you don't want to just use love.draw?

I think if you want to call it run.draw you would have to use a custom love.run function.
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Re: love.draw error?

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local run = {}

function run.draw()
    love.graphics.print("hi")
end

love.draw = run.draw
(Not that it's particularly useful to do something like that...)
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But that doesn't print to the screen (at 100,100) but prints 'Hi 100 100".
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Re: love.draw error?

Post by Jasoco »

You're overthinking it. Use this as a starting point:

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function love.load()
    --Put stuff here that needs to be loaded once like creating images or fonts
end

function love.update(dt)
    --Update things here using dt as a delta (Amount per second)
end

function love.draw()
    love.graphics.print("Hello.", 100, 100)
end
While you can put functions in other functions, it won't do anything unless you actually call it.

And look at the Wiki.
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Re: love.draw error?

Post by PGUp »

Why do you need to make it very complex..
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