Basic Configuring - Yozzaxia1311/MegaManLove GitHub Wiki

So you've gone through the menus and the demo stage, and now you're wanting to make some changes...

Engine globals

Going into conf.lua and changing some key stuff is a good place to start, for example: changing t.identity is important if you want no one else's Mega Man Love game save files to mess with yours. Other than Love2D's config, there's a few core globals at the top.

Most of them are self-explanatory, but there are exceptions:

• deadZone is the gamepad dead zone. The default 0.8 means an axis must be 80% or more nudged before it's considered pressed.
• clampSkinShootOffsets is an anti-cheat measure that's true by default. Player skins can offset weapon shots... while this can make skins more immersive, it can also be used to shoot bullets out of thin air that are clearly away from the player's buster. clampSkinShootOffsets clamps how far shots can be offset from the player skin.
• maxPlayerCount is the max number of players in multiplayer, it's not related to the player's life count.

These engine globals should not be changed during gameplay; treat them like C++ "static" variables.

Game globals

At main.lua, initEngine(), there are more variables inside globals.

Some notes:

• globals.checkpoint is changed within the game's internals. If you want to override it, set globals.overrideCheckpoint.
• globals.lifeSegments determines the player's health when spawning in. One segment is 4 health.
• globals.playerCount is the number of players that are playing. Again, not related to lives.

Console globals

But where's all the really important stuff? They're inside the console. Why? So they can be manipulated easily in-game for debugging. Check out Using the Console for more information.