LIKO-12 Machine
A fancy way to refer to the LIKO-12 application.
Which from a technical perspective can be seen as a virtual machine.
Machine events
_update
An event which is called almost every frame, with the delta-time between each call passed in.
_update is called ~60 times a second for most of the devices,
but that depends on the screen refresh rate, so it can be more or less!
_update can be called for over than 2000 times a second if the vsync was disabled
either due to user configuration or due to driver issues.
That's why it's important to depend on the deltaTime value instead of relaying on a
steady call rate.
function _update(deltaTime)
--Logic executed when the event is triggered
end
| Parameter | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|
| deltaTime | number | since last call. in seconds. float value. |
Control the machine
sleep
Pause the execution of the machine for specific amount of time.
sleep(duration)
| Parameter | Type | Default | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| duration | number | 0 |
exit
Terminate the running game.
exit(message)
| Parameter | Type | Default | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| message | string, nil | nil | reason of exit. |
shutdown
Exit LIKO-12.
Be always cautions to save your modifications before running code that might use this function.
shutdown()
reboot
Restart LIKO-12.
Be always cautions to save your modifications before running code that might use this function.
Soft restart
Have the machine restarted by making it reload itself.
reboot()
Hard restart
Have the whole application restarted. More effective in resolving some glitches.
reboot(true)
| Parameter | Type | Default | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
true | boolean | ℹ️ literal |