image limit in lua?

[Anonymous D]

i have a game i have written in lua. i load images at the start of each script , i have one for the game, menu and scores screens. each one loads 7-8 images aprt from scores.

my question is is there a limit to images loaded ? and if so is there a way to clear the memory, as i keep getting errors and the only possible reason seems to be im loading to many images in each script or $#@!ulativley over the 3 .

edit:it works fine on the pc lua player but returns errors on the psp

[Nicko01]

yes, that would be why.
i recommend learning C instead. It isn't very much harder, and it is easy to port lua to C.
if you want to learn, go to www.psp-programming.com

[dangee]

no real limit on no. of images in lua,but
sounds like RAM overflow. At the end of
each script, undefine any images no longer
needed (eg level1Background = nil) and the
garbage collector should free up memory for you
automatically

*EDIT* making images local to the script
would have the same effect

[Anonymous D]

thankjs dangee that worked a treat

[dangee]

pleasure, btw theres loads of good lua stuff at evilmana

[Anonymous D]

lol im actually using that site anyway. one more question. i have a lua game id like to release here how do i do that? its not a standalone, just a folder to go in apps and works with lua player 0.16 best, o.20 returns a lot of random errors for no reason.

[Safari Al]

Just release it in the develoment forum

[-Xandu-]

You can post it in the Submit News forum.

If you're talking about how to boot it without having to play it from Lowser, here's how:
1- Open up the System\system.lua
2- Replace

System.currentDirectory("Applications")
appsDir = System.currentDirectory()

System.currentDirectory("Lowser")
dofile("index.lua")

with

dofile("script.lua") <---- Your index script file.

It should autoplay without having to play it from Lowser .

[Anonymous D]

thanks -Xandu- will do that

[parkermauney]

When doing that you can get rid of the "Lowser" folder.