plugin_bit free or service ?

Games
#1

Hey,

I’m just starting out with solar2d; and really enjoy it so far, amazing work ! I would like to use some bit operators (bit.band, bit.lshift, …) I found out it is not included in the base install, but a plugin is required. I think this fits exactly what I need : http://docs.coronalabs.com/plugin/bit/index.html

Sadly If I add the require and the settings to my project I still get an error that this plugin is not found; Can I download this ? I found on the web this was originally “the Corona bit plugin is only available to Pro subscribers” is this still the case, if so where would I be able to find this ?

Or did I forget a specific step ?

Thanks for help :slight_smile:

Svenn

#2

When/where do you get the error message that the plugin is not found? I’ve been using it for years, and it still works just fine for me, so I guess that you have some kind of configuration error.

In my build.settings:

plugins = { 
        ["plugin.bit"] =
        {
            publisherId = "com.coronalabs",
            supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true, osx=true, win32=true }
        }
}

And then to use it:

local bit = require( "plugin.bit" )

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#3

Btw, are you running one of the latest Solar2D builds?

#4

Welcome to Solar2D!

Documentation regarding plugins are not up to speed after Corona SDK went fully open source with MIT license and rebranded as Solar2D. Bit is definitely a free plugin at the moment. Plugins that are found at https://plugins.solar2d.com/ are completely free and you can find more plugins at solar2dmarketplace.com/ and https://www.solar2dplugins.com/ .

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#5

Hey both,

Thanks for the help! I’m using 2020.3619 (2020.9.25).

One major mistake is I put the plugin info in the config.lua file; :thinking: I now moved it to building.settings; But I get the same issue; I run my game in Solar2D Simulator; (I assume this is fine ?) (or do I need to build it to test ?)

corona_bit
corona_bit397×643 8.71 KB

My code :

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
-- main.lua
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
local composer = require( "composer" ) 
local bitLib = require( "plugin.bit" )

-- Hide status bar
display.setStatusBar( display.HiddenStatusBar )
 
-- Seed the random number generator
-- math.randomseed( os.time() )
math.randomseed(os.clock()*1000) -- os.time() is to easy
  
-- Reserve channel 1 for background music
audio.reserveChannels( 1 )

-- Reduce the overall volume of the channel
audio.setVolume( 0.5, { channel=1 } )

-- Go to the menu screen
-- composer.gotoScene( "game" )

I uncommented the last line just to show that even before the goto, it generates this error;

Thanks for helping.

#6

The simulator is fine, no need to build for device to get this to work.

What does you build.settings file look like?

And what is the plugin_bit that is shown in error message?

Seems strange that it doesn’t work. I’m almost always working on Mac, but I haven’t had any problems building on Windows either.

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#7

Okay somehow it kinda works, I believe this had something to do with “plugin_bit” and it had to be “plugin.bit”;

I have changed it somewhere and now it does work as intended; Thanks for your help !

Game -dev- on ! :wink:

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