Running love2d programs with intellij idea [closed]

[bobbymcbobface]

hi all,

i need some help running love2d programs in intellij

here's what i have so far ~

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but when i try and run it this happens ~

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any help will be largely appreciated ~ thanks

(yes i think I've posted this topic before but it was in the wrong place and wasn't explained well)

[raidho36]

You must pass game directory as an argument, setting working directory does nothing.

[pgimeno]

Setting working directory allows you to use a dot "." as parameter.

[bobbymcbobface]

ok so i kinda got it working but an error raised concerning my code ~

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"\"C:\Program Files\LOVE\love.exe\" \"C:\path\Documents\Love2-Lua projects\Snake\""
Error: Menu.lua:292: bad argument #2 to 'printf' (number expected, got nil)
stack traceback:
	[string "boot.lua"]:777: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:773>
	[C]: in function 'printf'
	Menu.lua:292: in function 'draw'
	main.lua:19: in function 'draw'
	[string "boot.lua"]:618: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:594>
	[C]: in function 'xpcall'

and it raises the error specifically on this line

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love.graphics.printf("Begin", A1, 10, 200)

but this was working perfectly fine before my run configuration glitched out, here's my run config:

Program:"C:\Program Files\LOVE\love.exe" "C:\path\Documents\Love2-Lua projects\Snake"
Working Dir: .

referring to a post found here: https://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=82515

and quoting zorg

I personally use a file called "run.bat", that's in all my folders, with the path to the executable in it, and it runs main.lua. simple.
For example:
"e:\Portable Programs\love-0.10.1-win64\love.exe" .\

would that be an easier way of doing things instead of using a run config and if so how would i achieve this?
and if not then what is wrong with my config?

~thanks

[raidho36]

Well this has clearly nothing to do with your config because your argument #2 (A1) is nil, as appears in Menu.lua @ line 292. Pay attention to error messages, they tell you exactly what went wrong. You can make error messages point to specific mistakes in your code by adopting defensive programming practices.

[bobbymcbobface]

Oh I'm an idiot ~ after a quick scan I realise that menu.load() wasn't being called so it was detecting A1 as a nill value

Well anyways thanks for the help and hopefully I'll get better at debugging soon

~ Thanks