Extending with DLLs? Other librarys?

[ljdp]

I'm optimistic about LÖVE.
However, it seems a bit limited, especially for a hobbyist.
Is it possible to extend the functions with external DLLs
and other librarys like wxLua?

Having an engine that's extendable would be brilliant.

[rude]

Of course. Lua has built-in support for that. It is not possible to load a DLL from inside the .love-file, however. That would break cross-platform-ness.

[ljdp]

So i'm guessing I'd have to recomplile love?

[Merkoth]

Nope, not at all.

I'm not sure what rude meant, but my best guess is the fact that you can't just import the public symbols of some random DLL. What you can do, however, is to use lua extensions (or whatever they're actually called) like LuaSocket (that one's already buldled since 0.5.0, though). I'm not sure, but maybe you can get wxLua to work.

Just don't expect the wxWindow to be drawn inside you LOVE window

[Kaze]

Just to clarify what rude said;
Lua modules are generally shared libraries, DLLs for Windows, SOs for Linux/OS X. DLLs don't work on Linux, SOs don't work on Windows.

Edit: And they don't work in .love files..

[bartbes]

I thought that require looked in the working dir (and the install dir, etc), so you might be able to distribute a dll or so (still, not recommended) together with the .love.

[Kaze]

Modules work when distributed with love+game.love executables too (not inside the love file).

[rude]

I thought that require looked in the working dir (and the install dir, etc), so you might be able to distribute a dll or so (still, not recommended) together with the .love.

Correct, as far as I know.