[Tutorial] Compiling the .love files to .exe or .app

[jmv3597]

If you downloaded a .love file mod and you want it to be a .exe then folow these steps:

1) Download LOVE 0.8: go to the bottom of https://love2d.org/builds/ and download love. Be sure to check if you need to downlaod the x86 or x64 version
2) Copy the love file to the same directory you extract LOVE to.
3) Open command prompt and go to the directory where it is stored by typing "cd /d <directory where the files are>"
4) Execute the following command: "copy /B love.exe+<name of .love> <target name (.exe)>"


If any these steps are worded weird or don't make sense then just ask.'

MAC
As of 0.6.1, it is now easier to create ready-to-distribute stand-alone Love games by following these steps:

First create a copy of the löve.app
Right-click (Control+Click if you have one button) to bring up the contextual menu and select "Show Package Contents"
Navigate to Contents/Resources/. There should be two .icns files in there. Copy your already prepared .love file into Resources.
That's all you need to do to make an executable OS X Love game. Follow the next few steps if you wish to make it more your own... If you notice when you launch the game, the Dock icon is still the default löve icon and the title is "love". If you wish to change this, all you need is a small amount of computer knowledge and the right tools. A text editor, or the OS X Property List Editor.app which comes with the Developers tools on the install disc. You can use either, but the PLE is easier to understand. The file you need to modify is the info.plist file located in the Contents folder. Once opened in PLE, you will see a list of "properties". You only need to change a couple: (Make sure to double-click the "Value" column and not the "Key".

Bundle identifier - Make this something like com.yourcompany.whatever
Bundle name - Changes the title in the Dock
Bundle OS Type code
Bundle creator OS Type code - Make these unique so .love files don't open with your game
Icon file - Optionally if you wish to make your icon a different file name. You could just replace the icon itself if you wanted to without renaming it though

Sorry if Mac one doesnt work i cant test it as I use windows.

[rokit]

This, is, useless. I can name you 5 more threads on the LOVE forums.
No, not everybody is on windows x86, this makes it even more useless.
This tutorial is useless because it doesn't hurt to download LOVE yourself, so you can just run the love file.

[jmv3597]

This, is, useless. I can name you 5 more threads on the LOVE forums.
No, not everybody is on windows x86, this makes it even more useless.
This tutorial is useless because it doesn't hurt to download LOVE yourself, so you can just run the love file.

This is mainly for if you want to have a modded .exe so you can use it other computers that do not have love

[Camewel]

Shut up rokit boy.
This isn't useless at all, just because a tutorial exists elsewhere, doesn't hurt to post it here.
And if you hadn't noticed, pretty much all .exe downloads of love files use windows x86.

[rokit]

This, is, useless. I can name you 5 more threads on the LOVE forums.
No, not everybody is on windows x86, this makes it even more useless.
This tutorial is useless because it doesn't hurt to download LOVE yourself, so you can just run the love file.

This is mainly for if you want to have a modded .exe so you can use it other computers that do not have love

Well technically, they can just download LOVE. It doesn't sting like when a bee sings you in the middle finger. Ouch, that happened to me recently, but some ice did the trick.

On topic:
Change the download, not everybody is on windows.

[jmv3597]

This, is, useless. I can name you 5 more threads on the LOVE forums.
No, not everybody is on windows x86, this makes it even more useless.
This tutorial is useless because it doesn't hurt to download LOVE yourself, so you can just run the love file.

This is mainly for if you want to have a modded .exe so you can use it other computers that do not have love

Well technically, they can just download LOVE. It doesn't sting like when a bee sings you in the middle finger. Ouch, that happened to me recently, but some ice did the trick.

On topic:
Change the download, not everybody is on windows.

okay sorry should i just put the builds page up?

[Camewel]

Change the download, not everybody is on windows.

[Tutorial] Compiling the .love files if you want a .exe

if you want a .exe

.exe

Come on rokit boy

[jmv3597]

Change the download, not everybody is on windows.

[Tutorial] Compiling the .love files if you want a .exe

if you want a .exe

.exe

Come on rokit boy

i didnt even realize seriously listen to camelwel i said .exe so it obviously is for windows but i will add a x64 love downlaod

[rokit]

As in to make this tutorial useful, add a tutorial so you can compile it to .app or anything else, lots of people on these forums are using mac or linux or any other UNIX like system.

[Camewel]

The linux download is just the source, and the mac one requires a totally different tutorial that jmv probably knows nothing about.

[trosh]

well these people mostly understood how to install love-unstable or the strange mac app things and don't need your tutorials. I repeat, love is the "main" way of running mari0; the executable is just for windows users who aren't capable of looking around for another program and who just want to click double click click everywhere.

[jmv3597]

As in to make this tutorial useful, add a tutorial so you can compile it to .app or anything else, lots of people on these forums are using mac or linux or any other UNIX like system.

sorry but i have no idea how to do that as i use windows

if you use on of those you search for yourself. sorry.

[jmv3597]

As in to make this tutorial useful, add a tutorial so you can compile it to .app or anything else, lots of people on these forums are using mac or linux or any other UNIX like system.

OK i added how to compile to .app i think but i cant test it so have fun!

[PloXyZeRO]

Is it possible to compile mac/linux files on Windows?
I'm almost positive you could compile Windows/Mac files from linux though :P

[trosh]

argghh, stop using "compile" everywhere :P if you have a valid source code you can compile it anywhere.
you can use wine to run executable windows files on *NIX, don't know about the opposite.

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