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Love doesnt wanna accept my structure

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:19 am

by mk8

So Im trying to make a level system and this is how im doing it:

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levels = {
        {
            tileset = love.graphics.newImage("tiles_blue")
            map = {
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
            }
      }
}

and when i try to run it Love says "line 9: you have to close the { from the line 7" (line 9 is the "map = {" line)
I kind of see why this is, cuz Love apparently thinks its a separate {} but I want it inside, how do I do dat?
EDIT: So to explain further I need it like this because later on I wanna add more tilesets and thus make different-colored levels & stuff, right now I could just delete the map inside the levels[0] structure but I wanna make the job easier for future me. The system is based on looping trough the table every love.draw() and if map[row][collumn] == 1 it will draw a tile there.
EDIT2: Also now I tried a structure like this

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levels = {
        {
            {1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
        },
        
        {
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
            {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
        }
    }

and it worked fine for a few times but then I tried doing stuff with offsets and then removed it, and now when I do levels[currentLevel][row][collumn] it says "attempted to index a nil value".
EDIT3: (ik thats a lot of edits but no1s responding) I figured out that the "attempted to index a nil value" only happens when there is a 1 in the table (if it's all 0's, it's fine) but also, I'm not sure what the problem even is, because even if I do level[1][1] instead of level[variable][variable] (so it's not 0), it's still "indexing a nil value". I looked the error up in the forums but only found other "variations" of the error, not mine. The drawing code (which is causing the errors) is this:

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for y = 0, 15 do
        for x = 0, 15 do
            tableX = x + 1
            tableY = y + 1
            if level[tableY][tableX] == 1 then
                local up = tableY < 0 or level[tableY - 1][tableX] == 1
                . . .

(the last line always throws the error). I used the same code before and it didn't cause any trouble (and even did what it was supposed to do). Any1 help pls
EDIT4: Also, I noticed that the line before I use level[tableX][tableY] so it can't be because of the variables. I literally have no hint of an idea of what it could be

Re: Love doesnt wanna accept my structure

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:32 am

by darkfrei

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{tileset = love.graphics.newImage("tiles_blue")
map = map}

Don't forget the comma!

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{tileset = love.graphics.newImage("tiles_blue"),
map = map}

Lua starts from 1:

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local currentLevel = 1
local row = 1
local collumn = 1 -- maybe column? :)
local value = levels[currentLevel][row][collumn]

Re: Love doesnt wanna accept my structure

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:43 am

by mk8

Thanks, I think the problem was because of the comma. I was blind I didnt see. However, as I already edited the post, a NEW problem appeared out of nowhere. It's described in the main post. Could you help me out with that?

Re: Love doesnt wanna accept my structure

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:08 pm

by darkfrei

You can use the cycles as:

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local levels = {} -- or level? :)
for y = 1, 16 do
  levels[y] = {} -- you are need to define empty table here
  for x = 1, 16 do
    -- your code here, for example value 0, 1 or 2:
    levels[y][x] = math.random (0, 2)
  end
end

Re: Love doesnt wanna accept my structure

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:11 pm

by mk8

darkfrei wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:08 pm You can use the cycles as:

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local levels = {} -- or level? :)
for y = 1, 16 do
  levels[y] = {} -- you are need to define empty table here
  for x = 1, 16 do
    -- your code here, for example value 0, 1 or 2:
    levels[y][x] = math.random (0, 2)
  end
end

Wait I don't understand, I have the table predefined, I don't define a new one in the process. Could you explain it a bit further?

Re: Love doesnt wanna accept my structure

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:23 pm

by mk8

OK SO IM DONE, because I disabled the level[tableY - 1][tableX] and IT WORKED FINE AND THERE ARE ANOTHER 3 EXACT SAME LINES BUT IT'S JUST SMTH ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR LINE IM DONE
This is the function:

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function drawTiles(level)
    for y = 0, 15 do
        for x = 0, 15 do
            tableX = x + 1
            tableY = y + 1
            if level[tableY][tableX] == 1 then
                local up = tableY < 0 --or level[tableY - 1][tableX] == 1 <- this is the part I disabled
                local down = tableY + 1 > 16 or level[tableY + 1][tableX] == 1
                local left = tableX < 0 or level[tableY][tableX - 1] == 1
                local right = tableX + 1 > 16 or level[tableY][tableX + 1] == 1
                local upleft = tableY > 0 and tableX > 0 and up and left and level[tableY - 1][tableX - 1] ~= 1
                local upright = tableY > 0 and tableX + 1 < 16 and up and right and level[tableY - 1][tableX + 1] ~= 1
                local downleft = tableY + 1 < 16 and tableX > 0 and down and left and level[tableY + 1][tableX - 1] ~= 1
                local downright = tableY + 1 < 16 and tableX + 1 < 16 and down and right and level[tableY + 1][tableX + 1] ~= 1
                
                if upleft then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, upleftinnerQuad, x * 32, y * 32, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif not up and left then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, upQuad, x * 32, y * 32, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif up and not left then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, leftQuad, x * 32, y * 32, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif up and left then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, centerQuad, x * 32, y * 32, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif not up and not left then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, upleftQuad, x * 32, y * 32, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                end
                
                if upright then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, uprightinnerQuad, x * 32 + 16, y * 32, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif not up and right then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, upQuad, x * 32 + 16, y * 32, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif up and not right then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, rightQuad, x * 32 + 16, y * 32, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif up and right then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, centerQuad, x * 32 + 16, y * 32, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif not up and not right then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, uprightQuad, x * 32 + 16, y * 32, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                end
                
                if downleft then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, downleftinnerQuad, x * 32, y * 32 + 16, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif not down and left then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, downQuad, x * 32, y * 32 + 16, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif down and not left then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, leftQuad, x * 32, y * 32 + 16, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif down and left then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, centerQuad, x * 32, y * 32 + 16, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif not down and not left then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, downleftQuad, x * 32, y * 32 + 16, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                end
                
                if downright then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, downrightinnerQuad, x * 32 + 16, y * 32 + 16, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif not down and right then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, downQuad, x * 32 + 16, y * 32 + 16, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif down and not right then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, rightQuad, x * 32 + 16, y * 32 + 16, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif down and right then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, centerQuad, x * 32 + 16, y * 32 + 16, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                elseif not down and not right then
                  love.graphics.draw(tileset, downrightQuad, x * 32 + 16, y * 32 + 16, 0, 2, 2, 4, 4)
                end
            end 
        end
    end
end

and now it works fine...
I solemnly dont kno

Re: Love doesnt wanna accept my structure

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:25 pm

by darkfrei

mk8 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:11 pm
darkfrei wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:08 pm You can use the cycles as:
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local levels = {} -- or level? :)
for y = 1, 16 do
  levels[y] = {} -- you are need to define empty table here
  for x = 1, 16 do
    -- your code here, for example value 0, 1 or 2:
    levels[y][x] = math.random (0, 2)
  end
end
Wait I don't understand, I have the table predefined, I don't define a new one in the process. Could you explain it a bit further?

Sorry, it was creating example.

You can read it just as:

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for y = 1, 16 do
  for x = 1, 16 do
    local value = levels[y][x]
    -- and other code here
  end
end

If you not sure that any column or row exists:

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for y = 1, 16 do
  for x = 1, 16 do
    local is_negative = levels[y] and levels[y][x] and (levels[y][x] < 0) or false
    -- and other code here
  end
end

See the situation:

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local y = 0
local tableY = y+1
local up = tableY < 0

The up is never true, (0+1) is always greater than 0.

I think that you need:

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-- here x and y are from 1 to 16:
local up = level[y-1] and level[y-1][x] and (level[y-1][x] ==1) or false
local down = level[y+1] and level[y+1][x] and (level[y+1][x] ==1) or false
local left = level[y] and level[y][x-1] and (level[y][x-1] ==1) or false
local right = level[y] and level[y][x+1] and (level[y][x+1] ==1) or false

Diagonals are simple:

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local upleft = up and left
and not (level[y-1] and level[y-1][x-1] and (level[y-1][x-1] ==1) or false)

It can be just a function:

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function is_one (level, x, y)
  return level[y] and level[y][x] and (level[y][x] == 1) or false
end

And call it just as

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local up = is_one (level, x, y-1)

Re: Love doesnt wanna accept my structure

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:29 pm

by DrNefario

mk8 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:23 pm OK SO IM DONE, because I disabled the level[tableY - 1][tableX] and IT WORKED FINE AND THERE ARE ANOTHER 3 EXACT SAME LINES BUT IT'S JUST SMTH ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR LINE IM DONE
This is the function:
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function drawTiles(level)
		...
                local up = tableY < 0 --or level[tableY - 1][tableX] == 1 <- this is the part I disabled
             	...
 end
and now it works fine...
I solemnly dont kno

When tableY is 1, level[tableY - 1] is going to be off the start of the map, and therefore nil.

Re: Love doesnt wanna accept my structure

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 7:15 pm

by mk8

darkfrei wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:25 pm I think that you need:

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-- here x and y are from 1 to 16:
local up = level[y-1] and level[y-1][x] and (level[y-1][x] ==1) or false
local down = level[y+1] and level[y+1][x] and (level[y+1][x] ==1) or false
local left = level[y] and level[y][x-1] and (level[y][x-1] ==1) or false
local right = level[y] and level[y][x+1] and (level[y][x+1] ==1) or false

Diagonals are simple:

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local upleft = up and left
and not (level[y-1] and level[y-1][x-1] and (level[y-1][x-1] ==1) or false)

It can be just a function:

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function is_one (level, x, y)
  return level[y] and level[y][x] and (level[y][x] == 1) or false
end

And call it just as

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local up = is_one (level, x, y-1)

TYSM ur awesome, I just overthought it because it was too much text overall and my brain just couldn't comprehend it