Okay, I'am trying to create a Tom and Jerry game with the pygame library.
The game focuses on catching mice by clicking on them as they appear in their holes. The problem
is that sometimes a cat appears instead of a mouse and should the player erroneously click on the
cat (s)he looses all earned points, but the game continues.
The mouse is an image of a mouse and the cat is an image of an cat.
If you click on the mouse, you get mouse, otherwise the cat gets the points.
The code is a mess, that's because I don't know what I'am doing and just set an another event loop because then it works, because it runs after I create the mouse. It works to click on the mouse but then you click somewhere else and after that it's like you did not clicked on the mouse.
The mouse is created in a loop and is supposed to wait for 5 seconds and if you click on the mouse within these seconds then an appropriate message prints out in the console ,,Jerry clicked!" else "1 click". If you don't click on the mouse within 5 seconds a image covers the mouse so she disappears.
Now, what I'am trying to do right now is to print the message 1 click when the player does not click on anything but print 1 click jerry clicked when the player clicks on the mouse. I have a image of the mousehole and then I put the mouse on the mousehole, that is, on an another image.
This code works with one image at least:
pygame.init()
width=350;
height=400
screen = pygame.display.set_mode( (width, height ) )
pygame.display.set_caption('clicked on image')
redSquare = pygame.image.load("images/red-square.png").convert()
x = 20; # x coordnate of image
y = 30; # y coordinate of image
screen.blit(redSquare , ( x,y)) # paint to screen
pygame.display.flip() # paint screen one time
running = True
while (running):
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
running = False
if event.type == pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
# Set the x, y postions of the mouse click
x, y = event.pos
if redSquare.get_rect().collidepoint(x, y):
print('clicked on image')
#loop over, quite pygame
pygame.quit()
My problem is that, when I click on the mouse and then I don't click on the mouse I can't click on the mouse again at another position.
So what's wrong? What I'am doing wrong here?
Here is my code:
import pygame
from pygame import *
from random import *
init()
run = True
screen = (800,800)
screen = display.set_mode(screen)
xpos = 0
ypos = 0
mouseorcatxpos = 5
mouseorcatypos = 0
mousehole = image.load("mousehole.png").convert()
cat = image.load("tom.png")
jerry = image.load("jerry.png")
def makeholes():
global ypos
global xpos
for holey in range(1,9):
for holex in range(1,9):
screen.blit(mousehole,(xpos,ypos))
display.flip()
xpos += 100
ypos += 100
xpos = 0
def mouseorcat():
global xpos
mouseorcatxpos = 5
ypos = 0
for mousecaty in range(1,9):
pygame.event.pump()
for mousecatx in range(1,9):
randommouse = randint(1, 3)
randomcat = randint(1, 10)
if(randommouse == 2):
screen.blit(jerry, (mouseorcatxpos, ypos))
display.flip()
for event in pygame.event.get():
if (event.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN):
if jerry.get_rect().collidepoint(xpos, ypos) == False:
print("l clicked!")
x, y = event.pos
if jerry.get_rect().collidepoint(xpos, y):
print("JERRY CLICKED!!")
x, y = event.pos
print(x, y)
time.wait(5000)
#screen.blit(mousehole, (mouseorcatxpos - 5, ypos))
display.flip()
elif(randomcat == 2):
screen.blit(cat, (mouseorcatxpos, ypos))
display.flip()
time.wait(1500)
screen.blit(mousehole, (mouseorcatxpos-5, ypos))
display.flip()
mouseorcatxpos += 100
mouseorcatxpos = 0
ypos += 100
makeholes()
while run == True:
for event in pygame.event.get():
mouseorcat()
if event.type == QUIT:
run = False
I rewrote your game to show you how I would do it.
To keep track of the time and to limit the framerate I used a pygame.time.Clock and a timer variable. The clock returns the time in milliseconds since clock.tick was called the last time, which is used to increase the timer variable. The cat just replaces the mouse after two seconds and the mouse is set to a new position. I use pygame.Rects to store the positions, but you could also use lists or tuples.
import sys
import random
import pygame
pygame.init()
size = (800, 800)
screen = pygame.display.set_mode(size)
# Images replaced by pygame.Surface. Do that too
# in the future before you post your code.
mousehole = pygame.Surface((40, 40)).convert()
mousehole.fill(pygame.Color(30, 30, 30))
cat = pygame.Surface((40, 40)).convert()
cat.fill(pygame.Color(110, 110, 130))
jerry = pygame.Surface((40, 40)).convert()
jerry.fill(pygame.Color(190, 130, 0))
# Create the background image and blit the holes.
background = pygame.Surface(size).convert()
for holey in range(8):
for holex in range(8):
background.blit(mousehole, (holex*100, holey*100))
def new_position():
"""Return a random position between 0-700 in steps of 100."""
return (random.randrange(0, 701, 100), random.randrange(0, 701, 100))
def main():
fps = 30
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
jerry_rect = jerry.get_rect() # Stores jerry's position and size.
jerry_rect.topleft = new_position() # New random position.
# The cat is outside of the screen first.
cat_rect = cat.get_rect(topleft=(-100, -100))
points = 0
timer = 0
running = True
while running:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
running = False
if event.type == pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
if jerry_rect.collidepoint(event.pos):
points += 1
print('Jerry caught! Points:', points)
timer = 0
jerry_rect.topleft = new_position()
else:
print('Missed. Points:', points)
# Run logic.
timer += clock.tick(fps) / 1000 # timer + seconds since last tick.
if timer > 2: # Cat catches mouse after 2 seconds.
cat_rect.topleft = jerry_rect.topleft
jerry_rect.topleft = new_position()
timer = 0
points = 0
print('Tom caught Jerry.')
# Draw.
# Clear the screen by blitting the bg.
screen.blit(background, (0, 0))
screen.blit(jerry, jerry_rect)
screen.blit(cat, cat_rect)
pygame.display.flip()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
pygame.quit()
sys.exit()
Side notes:
Don't use star imports (from module import *), because that can make code harder to read. If you want you can use from pygame.locals import *, if it's the only star import.
Don't use global variables, because they can make code harder to read, understand and maintain. Pass variables to functions as arguments and then return the result.
Update: Some notes about your program:
The first big problem is that your game has two event loops and the important one is deeply nested inside of two other for loops and a if. The event loop should be directly under the main while loop (one indentation level (when you have more experience you can put it into a function or class method)).
The two for loops seem to have the purpose to let the code run until randommouse or randomcat are 2. To run code until a condition is met is the purpose of a while loop. But in this case you should better just pick a random number and write the if/elif conditions so that they always apply. For example, you want a 2/3 chance for mouse and 1/3 for a cat,
random_number = random.randint(1, 3)
if random_number < 3:
print("2/3 probability. It's a mouse")
else:
print("1/3 probability. It's a cat")
Or use random.choice with a list:
>>> random.choice(['mouse', 'mouse', 'cat'])
'mouse'
time.wait(5000) shouldn't be used because the game just hangs in this time. You can't even close the window. Limit the framerate and get the time since the last tick with a pygame.time.Clock.
pygame.event.pump() is not needed.
If you call get_rect() without an argument, the rect is positioned at (0, 0).
if jerry.get_rect().collidepoint(xpos, y):
That's the reason why clicking on jerry only works in the top row, and because you use the global xpos here. Since xpos is 0, the whole top row counts as Jerry.
You can pass coordinates to get_rect like so (you can also use center or other args instead of topleft):
jerry_rect = jerry.get_rect(topleft=(50, 100))
I'm sorry but I don't think I can simply fix your code. I've tried it several times, but I always end up re-writing it completely.
I begin by extracting the event loop out of the two nested for loops, then remove these loops, create rects for the mouse and cat, fix the collision detection, add a timer and so on. Take a close look at my example and try to rewrite your game in a similar way, and keep asking questions if you don't understand something.
Related
I think my understanding of Pygame is a little bit weak. I would appreciate any help in general about the intricacies of the code (since this was given by the teacher) or simply how I can at least make the obstacle visible.
def draw(screen, background, boids, obstaclearray):
#redrawing the whole window
boids.clear(screen, background)
dirty = boids.draw(screen)
for element in obstaclearray:
pygame.draw.circle(screen, (255,255,255), (element.x, element.y), element.radius)
pygame.display.update(dirty)
Above is where I actually do the drawing and attempt to draw the circle.
The CircularObstacle class is a very simple class that looks like this:
import pygame
class CircularObstacle():
def __init__(self, x, y, radius): #MAYBE ADD A SIZE
self.x = x
self.y = y
self.radius = radius
The problem is that the circle only draws itself when the boids have went over it, which is really weird. I think it has to do with the way the pygame has been setup with and the Surfaces and everything, so below is all the code in main. Of course the obstacle does not work as intended, but I plan to fix that later, first I want to at least get a circle to show.
Below is my full code because I believe it is crucial to solving the issue:
import pygame
from pygame.locals import *
import argparse
import sys
from boid import Boid
from Obstacle import CircularObstacle
def add_boids(boids,num_boids):
for boid in range (num_boids):
boids.add(Boid())
def update(dt, boids):
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == QUIT:
pygame.quit()
sys.exit(0)
elif event.type == KEYDOWN:
mods = pygame.key.get_mods()
if event.key == pygame.K_q:
# quit
pygame.quit()
sys.exit(0)
elif event.key == pygame.K_UP:
# add boids
if mods & pygame.KMOD_SHIFT:
add_boids(boids, 100)
else:
add_boids(boids, 10)
elif event.key == pygame.K_DOWN:
# remove boids
if mods & pygame.KMOD_SHIFT:
boids.remove(boids.sprites()[:100])
else:
boids.remove(boids.sprites()[:10])
#ADD STUFF LIKE THE SLIDER AND STUFF
for b in boids:
b.update(dt, boids)
def draw(screen, background, boids, obstaclearray):
#redrawing the whole window
boids.clear(screen, background)
dirty = boids.draw(screen)
for element in obstaclearray:
pygame.draw.circle(screen, (255,255,255), (element.x, element.y), element.radius)
pygame.display.update(dirty)
default_boids = 0
default_geometry = "1000x1000"
# Initialise pygame.
pygame.init()
pygame.event.set_allowed([pygame.QUIT, pygame.KEYDOWN, pygame.KEYUP])
# keep a good framerate so the graphics are better
fps = 60.0
fpsClock = pygame.time.Clock()
# Set up pygamme window
window_width, window_height = 800,600
flags = DOUBLEBUF
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((window_width, window_height), flags)
screen.set_alpha(None)
background = pygame.Surface(screen.get_size()).convert()
background.fill(pygame.Color('black'))
boids = pygame.sprite.RenderUpdates()
add_boids(boids, default_boids)
obstaclearray = []
defaultcircleobstacle = CircularObstacle(200,200,13)
obstaclearray.append(defaultcircleobstacle)
#The "game loop"
dt = 1/fps # here dt means the amount of time elapsed since the last frame
#it seems like thie is a forever loop but in reality this is not since in the update method we provide functinality to quit the program
while True:
update(dt, boids)
draw(screen, background, boids, obstaclearray)
dt = fpsClock.tick(fps)
When you call pygame.display.update() you have 2 options. You can call it without any parameter. In this case the complete screen is updated.
pygame.display.update()
Or call it with a list of rectangular regions that need to be updated. In this case, only the rectangular areas will be updated.
pygame.display.update(rect_list)
You do the 2nd option, but the areas where the circles are drawn are not in the dirty list, therefore this regions are not updated.
pygame.display.update(dirty)
Either update the whole screen with pygame.display.update() or add the regions of the circles to the dirty list:
def draw(screen, background, boids, obstaclearray):
boids.clear(screen, background)
dirty = boids.draw(screen)
for element in obstaclearray:
dirty_rect = pygame.draw.circle(screen, (255,255,255), (element.x, element.y), element.radius)
dirty.append(dirty_rect)
pygame.display.update(dirty)
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I'm trying to implement a feature in Pygame where if the user moves the mouse outside the window the relative position (event.rel) can be returned. I'm trying to do this because I want to make a game where you can keep turning left or right from mouse input.
I know this is possible from the docs:
If the mouse cursor is hidden, and input is grabbed to the current display the mouse will enter a virtual input mode, where the relative movements of the mouse will never be stopped by the borders of the screen. See the functions pygame.mouse.set_visible() and pygame.event.set_grab() to get this configured.
For this reason, I've implemented these lines in my code
pygame.mouse.set_visible(False)
pygame.event.set_grab(True)
However this doesn't help. The actual behaviour is:
when the mouse is moving in the window, event.rel prints to the console (expected)
when the mouse is moving outside the window, event.rel doesn't print to the console (not expected)
Other strange behaviour:
Initially event.rel is set to (300, 300) which is the center of my 600x600 screen. Ideally initial event.rel should be (0,0)
Possible cause:
I'm running the code below in trinket.io or repl.it. Because this is a browser the demo window might cause problems. Maybe this is solved by downloading python locally but i don't want to do this as it takes up too much space (my laptop sucks) and also it would be good to have an online demo to easily show employers that are too lazy to paste code into their IDEs.
Similar issue:
This guy on reddit had a very similar issue but I think his solution is not related to my situation
This block of code was what I asked originally but it doesn't demonstrate the question as well as the last block. Please scroll down to see the last block of code instead :)
import pygame
pygame.init()
# screen
X = 600 # width
Y = 600 # height
halfX = X/2
halfY = Y/2
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((X, Y), pygame.FULLSCREEN)
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
# Colors
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
RED = (255, 0, 0)
# From the docs:
# "If the mouse cursor is hidden, and input is grabbed to the
# current display the mouse will enter a virtual input mode, where
# the relative movements of the mouse will never be stopped by the
# borders of the screen."
pygame.mouse.set_visible(False)
pygame.event.set_grab(True)
def drawCross(point, size, color):
pygame.draw.line(screen, color, (point[0]-size,point[1]-size), (point[0]+size,point[1]+size), 2)
pygame.draw.line(screen, color, (point[0]+size,point[1]-size), (point[0]-size,point[1]+size), 2)
canvas_rel = (halfX,halfY)
running = True
while running:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.MOUSEMOTION:
print('event.rel = ' + str(event.rel))
canvas_rel = [10 * event.rel[0] + halfX, 10 * event.rel[1] + halfY]
print(' canvas_rel = ' + str(canvas_rel))
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN and event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
print('escape')
running = False
break
screen.fill(WHITE)
# Red sight to represent pygame mouse event.rel
drawCross(canvas_rel, 10, RED)
pygame.display.flip()
clock.tick(20)
pygame.quit()
EDIT:
The above code doesn't fully demonstrate my problem. I've added a better sample below to make the the question easier to understand. This sample will draw a triangle in the centre of the screen. The triangle will rotate with relative horizontal motion of the mouse. Note the attempt to use pygame.mouse.set_pos
import pygame
from math import pi, cos, sin
pygame.init()
# screen
X = 600 # width
Y = 600 # height
halfX = X/2
halfY = Y/2
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((X, Y), pygame.FULLSCREEN)
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
# for getting relative mouse position when outside the screen
pygame.mouse.set_visible(False)
pygame.event.set_grab(True)
# Colors
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
BLACK = (0, 0, 0)
# sensitivity
senseTheta = 0.01
# player
stand = [halfX, halfY]
t = 0 # angle in radians from positive X axis to positive x axis anticlockwise about positive Z
# draws a white cross in the screen center for when shooting is implemented :)
def drawPlayer():
p = stand
d = 50
a1 = 0.25*pi-t
a2 = 0.75*pi-t
P = (p[0],p[1])
A1 = (p[0] + d*cos(a1), p[1] + d*sin(a1)) # P + (d*cos(a1), d*sin(a1))
A2 = (p[0] + d*cos(a2), p[1] + d*sin(a2)) # P + (d*cos(a2), d*sin(a2))
pygame.draw.line(screen, BLACK, P, A1, 2)
pygame.draw.line(screen, BLACK, A1, A2, 2)
pygame.draw.line(screen, BLACK, A2, P, 2)
running = True
while running:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.MOUSEMOTION:
mouseMove = event.rel
print('mouseMove = ' + str(mouseMove))
t -= mouseMove[0] * senseTheta
# "Fix" the mouse pointer at the center
# pygame.mouse.set_pos((screen.get_width()//2, screen.get_height()//2))
# But I think set_pos triggers another MOUSEMOTION event as moving in positive x
# seems to move backward the same amount in x (i.e. the triangle doesn't
# rotate). See the console log.
# If you uncomment this line it works ok (the triangle rotates) but still
# glitches when the mouse leaves the window.
# uncommented or not I still cant get the mouse to work outside the window
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
running = False
break
screen.fill(WHITE)
drawPlayer()
pygame.display.flip()
clock.tick(40)
pygame.quit()
this code draws the basics of my orbit simulator but as soon as it has done one orbit with a planet it moves onto the next one in the list, how do i make it so it does all of the different orbits at the same time.
#import the library
import pygame,math
#classes
class planet():
def __init__(self,name,colour,distance,eccentricity,radius,x,y,angle):
self.screen = screen
self.name = name
self.colour = colour
self.distance = distance
self.eccentricity = eccentricity
self.radius = radius
self.x = x
self.y = y
self.angle = angle
def draw(self):
pygame.draw.circle(self.screen,self.colour,(self.x,self.y),self.radius,)
def draw_orbit(screen,colour,x,y,r):
screen.fill(Black)
int(r)
pygame.draw.circle(screen,colour,[x,y],r)
pygame.display.flip
orbit()
also i can make it so there is only one item in the list but it never does more than one rotation so, if i add planet.angle+360 instead of just the 360 it does the first one but never moves of it.
def orbit(planet):
while planet.angle <= 360:
a = planet.distance*(1.496*10**8)
e = planet.eccentricity
angle_radians = math.radians(planet.angle)
r = a*(1-(e*math.cos(angle_radians)))
planet.x = int(math.cos(angle_radians)*r/10**6)
planet.y = int(math.sin(angle_radians)*r/10**6)
planet.angle +=1
## print(planet.angle)
## print(planet.x,planet.y)
planet.x +=800
planet.y +=400
screen.fill(Black)
pygame.draw.circle(screen,Red,center,10)
## pygame.draw.circle(screen,White,center,r,1)
pygame.draw.circle(screen,planet.colour,[planet.x,planet.y],planet.radius)
pygame.display.flip()
#define colours
Black = (0,0,0)
White = (255,255,255)
Green = (0,255,0)
Red = (255,0,0)
Blue = (0,0,255)
#initialise the engine
pygame.init()
#Opening a window
size = (1600,800)
screen = pygame.display.set_mode(size)
center = [800,400]
planets =[]
planet_draw =[]
# screen,name,colour,distance,eccentricity,radius,x,y
planet_list = [
['Mercury',White,0.387,0.2056,5,0,0,120],
['Venus',Green,0.723,0.0068,10,0,0,60],
['Earth',Blue,1,0.0167,10,0,0,0],
['Mars',White,1.524,0.0934,10,0,0,150],
['Jupiter',Green,5.203,0.0484,30,0,0,330],
## [screen,'Saturn',Red,9.537,0.0542,10,0,0],
## [screen,'Uranus',Red,19.191,0.0472,10,0,0],
## [screen,'Neptune',Green,30.069,0.0086,10,0,0]
]
for i in planet_list:
planet_draw.append(planet(i[0],i[1],i[2],i[3],i[4],i[5],i[6],i[7]))
#set window title
pygame.display.set_caption("Orbit Simulator")
#loop unti the user clicks the close button
done = False
#used to manage how fast the screen updates
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
#------ Main program Loop ------
while not done:
#--- Main event loop
for event in pygame.event.get(): #user did something
if event.type == pygame.QUIT: #if user clicked close
done = True #flag that we are done and exit the loop
#------ Game logic should go here ------
for planet in planet_draw:
orbit(planet)
#------ Drawing code should go here -------
#first, clear the screen to white. Don't put other drawing commands above this or they will be erased with this command.
#update the screen
pygame.display.flip()
#------ Limit to 60 frames per second ------
clock.tick(60)
#------ When the loop ends, quit ------
pygame.quit()
The problem is your orbit() function. It's clearing and repainting the entire screen, each time a new planet is drawn.
The function only needs to draw the planet, the clearing of the screen and flipping should be done elsewhere.
Some pseudocode ~
Update Orbits (just the positions)
Clear screen
Draw N planets
Page flip
Wait for timer tick
Giving Code:
def orbit(planet):
while planet.angle <= 360:
a = planet.distance*(1.496*10**8)
e = planet.eccentricity
angle_radians = math.radians(planet.angle)
r = a*(1-(e*math.cos(angle_radians)))
planet.x = int(math.cos(angle_radians)*r/10**6)
planet.y = int(math.sin(angle_radians)*r/10**6)
planet.angle +=1
# Note: Don't paint, Don't offset for screen size
while not done:
#--- Main event loop
for event in pygame.event.get(): #user did something
if event.type == pygame.QUIT: #if user clicked close
done = True #flag that we are done and exit the loop
#------ Game logic should go here ------
# ---- move the planets -----
for planet in planet_draw:
orbit(planet)
# ------ Re-paint the current state of the screen ------
screen.fill(Black)
for planet in planet_draw:
planet.draw()
pygame.display.flip()
#------ Limit to 60 frames per second ------
clock.tick(60)
It might work out easier to modify your planet object such that given the time-tick (or some counter), it re-calculates the orbit co-ordinates at this time. This could give you code like:
while ( True ):
frame_counter = pygame.get_ticks()
screen.fill(Black)
for planet in planet_draw:
planet.calcuateOrbitAt( frame_counter )
planet.draw()
pygame.display.flip()
And it handles jumping orbits at really slow frame rates.
I want to calculate the time of user's mouse events in Pygame, if user doesn't move his mouse about 15 seconds, then I want to display a text to the screen. I tried time module for that, but it's not working.
import pygame,time
pygame.init()
#codes
...
...
font = pygame.font.SysFont(None,25)
text = font.render("Move your mouse!", True, red)
FPS = 30
while True:
#codes
...
...
start = time.time()
cur = pygame.mouse.get_pos() #catching mouse event
end = time.time()
diff = end-start
if 15 < diff:
gameDisplay.blit(text,(10,500))
pygame.display.update()
clock.tick(FPS)
pygame.quit()
quit()
Well output is not what I want, I don't know how to calculate it if user doesn't move his mouse.
If I want to write a text when user's mouse in a special area, it's working like;
if 100 < cur[0] < 200 and 100 < cur[1] < 200:
gameDisplay.blit(text,(10,500))
But how can I calculate? I even couldn't find how to tell Python, user's mouse is on the same coordinates or not.Then I can say, if mouse coordinates changes, start the timer, and if it's bigger than 15, print the text.
Edit: You can assume it in normal Python without Pygame module, assume you have a function that catching the mouse events, then how to tell Python if coordinates of mouse doesn't change, start the timer, if the time is bigger than 15 seconds,print a text, then refresh the timer.
To display a text on the screen if there is no mouse movement within the pygame window for 3 seconds:
#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import pygame
WHITE, RED = (255,255,255), (255,0,0)
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((300,200))
pygame.display.set_caption('Warn on no movement')
font = pygame.font.SysFont(None, 25)
text = font.render("Move your mouse!", True, RED, WHITE)
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
timer = pygame.time.get_ticks
timeout = 3000 # milliseconds
deadline = timer() + timeout
while True:
now = timer()
if pygame.mouse.get_rel() != (0, 0): # mouse moved within the pygame screen
deadline = now + timeout # reset the deadline
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
pygame.quit()
sys.exit()
screen.fill(WHITE)
if now > deadline: # no movement for too long
screen.blit(text, (10, 50))
pygame.display.flip()
clock.tick(60) # set fps
You should add:
start = time.time()
cur = None
before while loop.
You should also change start = time.time() in while loop to:
if cur != pygame.mouse.get_pos():
start = time.time()
Also you could use pygame.time (it's similar to time but measure time in milliseconds)
In your code, the while True: code block is continuously running. The cur = pygame.mouse.get_pos() function is non blocking. This means it does not wait for mouse input - it will return straight away. So you need to initialize the start and cur variables before your while True: code block and then check the mouse position constantly in your loop.
If cur has changed since the last time the loop ran, then reset the start variable to the current time, and if the difference between the current time and start becomes larger than your 15 seconds, you can display the text.
You can also do that even without getting time, since you can calculate the pause as an integer counter through your FPS. Consider following example. Note that if the cursor is out of the window, the values of its positon will not change even if you move the cursor.
import pygame
pygame.init()
clock = pygame.time.Clock( )
DISP = pygame.display.set_mode((600, 400))
FPS = 25
Timeout = 15
Ticks = FPS*Timeout # your pause but as an integer value
count = 0 # counter
MC = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
MC_old = MC
MainLoop = True
while MainLoop :
clock.tick(FPS)
pygame.event.pump()
Keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
if Keys[pygame.K_ESCAPE]:
MainLoop = False
MC = pygame.mouse.get_pos() # get mouse position
if (MC[0]-MC_old[0] == 0) and (MC[1]-MC_old[1] == 0) :
count = count + 1
else : count = 0
if count > Ticks :
print "What are you waiting for"
count = 0
MC_old = MC # save mouse position
pygame.display.flip( )
pygame.quit( )
I have a block of code that worked outside of a function, but not inside.
I also made sure the necessary variables were global.
I can get the width of the surface using chair.get_width() inside the function and it works fine, but I cannot execute screen.blit(chair, (10,10)) for some reason. I don't get an error, it just doesn't do anything...
Here is my script (it creates a window, then calls a function every 100 milliseconds that gets the mouse position, rotates an image x degrees and then blits (or should blit) the image to the window):
cif = "images/chair3.png"
import pygame, sys
from pygame.locals import *
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((640,480),0,32)
chair = pygame.image.load(cif).convert_alpha()
pygame.time.set_timer(USEREVENT + 1, 100)
def cursor(speed):
global i
global chair
global screen
x,y = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
x -= chair.get_width()/2
y -= chair.get_height()/2
if i < 360:
i = i + 360/(1000/speed)
else:
i = 0
orig_chair_rect = chair.get_rect()
chair1 = pygame.transform.rotate(chair, i);
rot_chair_rect = orig_chair_rect.copy()
rot_chair_rect.center = chair1.get_rect().center
chair1 = chair1.subsurface(rot_chair_rect).copy()
print chair.get_width()
screen.blit(chair1,(x,y))
while True:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == QUIT:
pygame.quit()
sys.exit()
if event.type == USEREVENT + 1:
cursor(50)
You do need to use pygame.display.flip() or pygame.display.update(), the screen will never update if you don't, and therefore your chair will not be blitted onto the screen.
Tried it, it works. If it doesn't work for you, reinstall Pygame, and try again.
You need to call pygame.display.flip() at the end of your function -- otherwise, your drawing never gets copied from the backbuffer to the live display.