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**Koba** · 09-28-2005, 04:03 PM

ok, i am trying to get the battery percentage into a variable, so i have this:
batlev = System.powerGetBatteryLif ePercent()
but when i try to run my program it says its not a proper command... anybody have a better way of getting the battery percentage (i just want a plain number in the variable)

**Jenay** · 09-28-2005, 04:12 PM

System.powerGetBatteryLif ePercent() is a number you need to convert it to a string to print it, something like

screen:print(425, 254, string.format("%d", battlvl), white)

**Koba** · 09-28-2005, 04:16 PM

okay, but i can't even get THAT far, it stops me right when it sees System.powerGetBatteryLif ePower() it says its a nil value... so maybe i am not using the right command or somthing, kuz lua just isn't wanting to execute that command... and yes i have the latest version of lua.

EDIT: here is the error i get:
error: index.lua:46: attempt to call field 'powerGetBatteryLifePerce nt' (a nil value)

**Jenay** · 09-28-2005, 04:25 PM

what's the error message exactly, and what's on the line number above it, it, and below it

**Koba** · 09-28-2005, 04:29 PM

read up ^ i gave the exact error, and here is whats above it:
-- battery power
and heres what is below it:
screen

rint(11, 2, string.format("%d", blvl), white)

**Jenay** · 09-28-2005, 04:58 PM

Okay, I'm looking through all the luaplayer examples I know of to try to find how they implement it.

I'm not finding anything though

**Koba** · 09-28-2005, 05:50 PM

i wonder if lua has a official forum... i am sure someone there is a lua pro.

**Jenay** · 09-28-2005, 06:36 PM

http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.p...d70922aed4fe88

You found my topic in that form.

**Koba** · 09-28-2005, 06:42 PM

lol thats you??? ok well i fixed it, now when i try to go screen

rint(11, 2, string.format("%d", batlev), white) it says bad arguement 'format' (number expected, got nil)

**Jenay** · 09-28-2005, 06:49 PM

did you spell batlev the same each time?

**Koba** · 09-28-2005, 08:47 PM

heh, never mind, i fixed it, i just had to declare the variable as an integer before i told it what to contain, string.format so i'm ok now. i just need to know how to make a png keep its transparency, like, gradient transparencies, i dunno how to tell LUA to keep the transparency on a PNG image.

des4ij · 12-20-2005, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Koba

heh, never mind, i fixed it, i just had to declare the variable as an integer before i told it what to contain, string.format so i'm ok now. i just need to know how to make a png keep its transparency, like, gradient transparencies, i dunno how to tell LUA to keep the transparency on a PNG image.

I have the same question...

09-28-2005, 04:03 PM	#1
Koba Developer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 362 Trader Feedback: 0	LUA Help ok, i am trying to get the battery percentage into a variable, so i have this: batlev = System.powerGetBatteryLif ePercent() but when i try to run my program it says its not a proper command... anybody have a better way of getting the battery percentage (i just want a plain number in the variable) __________________ Windows: A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition... Personal Development Blog: http://keepitreal-dev.blogspot.com/

09-28-2005, 04:12 PM	#2
Jenay Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 52 Trader Feedback: 0	System.powerGetBatteryLif ePercent() is a number you need to convert it to a string to print it, something like screen:print(425, 254, string.format("%d", battlvl), white) Last edited by Jenay; 09-28-2005 at 04:15 PM..

09-28-2005, 04:16 PM	#3
Koba Developer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 362 Trader Feedback: 0	okay, but i can't even get THAT far, it stops me right when it sees System.powerGetBatteryLif ePower() it says its a nil value... so maybe i am not using the right command or somthing, kuz lua just isn't wanting to execute that command... and yes i have the latest version of lua. EDIT: here is the error i get: error: index.lua:46: attempt to call field 'powerGetBatteryLifePerce nt' (a nil value) __________________ Windows: A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition... Personal Development Blog: http://keepitreal-dev.blogspot.com/ Last edited by Koba; 09-28-2005 at 04:20 PM..

09-28-2005, 04:29 PM	#5
Koba Developer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 362 Trader Feedback: 0	read up ^ i gave the exact error, and here is whats above it: -- battery power and heres what is below it: screenrint(11, 2, string.format("%d", blvl), white) __________________ Windows: A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition... Personal Development Blog: http://keepitreal-dev.blogspot.com/

09-28-2005, 05:50 PM	#7
Koba Developer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 362 Trader Feedback: 0	i wonder if lua has a official forum... i am sure someone there is a lua pro. __________________ Windows: A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition... Personal Development Blog: http://keepitreal-dev.blogspot.com/

09-28-2005, 04:25 PM	#4
Jenay Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 52 Trader Feedback: 0	what's the error message exactly, and what's on the line number above it, it, and below it

09-28-2005, 04:58 PM	#6
Jenay Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 52 Trader Feedback: 0	Okay, I'm looking through all the luaplayer examples I know of to try to find how they implement it. I'm not finding anything though

09-28-2005, 06:36 PM	#8
Jenay Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 52 Trader Feedback: 0	http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.p...d70922aed4fe88 You found my topic in that form.

09-28-2005, 06:42 PM	#9
Koba Developer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 362 Trader Feedback: 0	lol thats you??? ok well i fixed it, now when i try to go screenrint(11, 2, string.format("%d", batlev), white) it says bad arguement 'format' (number expected, got nil) __________________ Windows: A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition... Personal Development Blog: http://keepitreal-dev.blogspot.com/

09-28-2005, 06:49 PM	#10
Jenay Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 52 Trader Feedback: 0	did you spell batlev the same each time?

09-28-2005, 08:47 PM	#11
Koba Developer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 362 Trader Feedback: 0	heh, never mind, i fixed it, i just had to declare the variable as an integer before i told it what to contain, string.format so i'm ok now. i just need to know how to make a png keep its transparency, like, gradient transparencies, i dunno how to tell LUA to keep the transparency on a PNG image. __________________ Windows: A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition... Personal Development Blog: http://keepitreal-dev.blogspot.com/

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