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https://github.com/kikito/love-loader

Threaded resource loading for LÖVE
https://github.com/kikito/love-loader

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Threaded resource loading for LÖVE

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love-loader

===========



This is an utility lib for [LÖVE](http://love2d.org) that loads

resources (images, sounds) from the hard disk on a separate thread.



This allows for "doing stuff" while resources are being loaded; for

example, playing an animation. The fact that the blocking calls happen

in a separate thread ensures that the animation is fluid, without

blocking calls dropping the framerate.



Version 2.0.0 of this lib only works with LÖVE 0.9.x. If you need to

work with LÖVE 0.8 or before, please use earlier versions of this lib.



This repository is maintained by Tanner Rogalsky (https://github.com/TannerRogalsky).



Example

=======



```lua

local loader = require 'love-loader'



local images = {}

local sounds = {}



local finishedLoading = false



function love.load()

  loader.newImage(  images, 'rabbit', 'path/to/rabbit.png')

  loader.newSource( sounds, 'iiiik',  'path/to/iiik.ogg', 'static')

  loader.newSource( sounds, 'music',  'path/to/music.ogg', 'stream')



  loader.start(function()

    finishedLoading = true

  end)

end



function love.update(dt)

  if not finishedLoading then

    loader.update() -- You must do this on each iteration until all resources are loaded

  end

end



function love.draw()

  if finishedLoading then

    -- media contains the images and sounds. You can use them here safely now.

    love.graphics.draw(images.rabbit, 100, 200)

  else -- not finishedLoading

    local percent = 0

    if loader.resourceCount ~= 0 then percent = loader.loadedCount / loader.resourceCount end

    love.graphics.print(("Loading .. %d%%"):format(percent*100), 100, 100)

  end

end

```



You can also see a working demo in the

[demo branch of this repo](https://github.com/kikito/love-loader/tree/demo).



Interface

=========



* `loader.newImage(holder, key, path)`. Adds a new image to the list

  of images to load.

* `loader.newSource(holder, key, path, sourceType)`. Adds a new source

  to the list of sources to load.

* `loader.newFont(holder, key, path)`. Adds a new font to the list of

  fonts to load.

* `loader.start(finishCallback, loadedCallback)`. Starts doing the

  loading on a separate thread. When it finishes, it invokes

  `finishCallback` with no parameters. Every time it loads a new

  resource, it invokes `loadedCallback`. `finishedCallback` admits no

  parameters, and `loadedCallback`'s signature is

  `function(kind, holder, key)`. `kind` is a string ("image", "source"

  or "stream"). Neither `loadedCallback` or `finishedCallback` are

  mandatory.

* `loader.loadedCount` integer returning the number of resources

  loaded. When `loader.start` gets invoked, it's 0.

* `loader.resourceCount` integer containing the total number of

  resources to be loaded. It can be used in conjunction with

  `loader.loadedCount` to show progressbars etc.



Installation

============



Just copy the love-loader.lua file somewhere in your projects (maybe

inside a /lib/ folder) and require it accordingly.



Remember to store the value returned by require somewhere! (I suggest a

local variable named `loader` or `love.loader`)



```lua

local loader = require 'love-loader'

```



The second step is making sure that your "game loop" calls

`loader.update`, at least while there are resources to load.



License

=======



This library is distributed under the MIT License.



Credits

=======



I took a lot of inspiration from Michael Enger's Stealth2D project. I

learned the basic internals of threads from his loading state code.



https://github.com/michaelenger/Stealth2D



Tanner Rogalsky (https://github.com/TannerRogalsky) ported the library

to LÖVE 0.9.0.