OK, I’m very new to coding, and I am just learning Python. I figured I would start with some basic Pygame exercises to try to have something to program. I’ve installed Python 3.4.3 and PyCharm. I also installed the Pygame executable “pygame-1.9.2a0-hg_5974ff8dae3c+.win32-py3.4.msi” from here: https://bitbucke…
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Python – How can I make this un-pickleable object pickleable?
So, I have an object that has quite a bit of non-pickleable things in it (pygame events, orderedDicts, clock, etc.) and I need to save it to disk. Thing is, if I can just get this thing to store a string that has the progress (a single integer is all I need), then I can pass it to the object’s
pygame.error: video system not initialized
I am getting this error whenever I attempt to execute my pygame code: pygame.error: video system not initialized Answer You haven’t called pygame.init() anywhere. See the basic Intro tutorial, or the specific Import and Initialize tutorial, which explains: Before you can do much with pygame, you will ne…
PIL and pygame.image
I had opened an image using PIL, as Draw some text on it, as and then saved it as to open it using pygame.image I just want to do it without saving.. Can that be possible? It is taking a lot of time to save and then load(0.12 sec Yes, that is more as I have multiple images which require
Antialiasing shapes in Pygame
I’m using Pygame to draw some things. The problem is that they have a lot of aliased edges: I want to make them softer, like this: My idea so far was to draw the shape in double size, and then use to shrink it to the size I want. Unfortunately if I’m drawing my shapes on a transparent surface, the
How to correctly parse a tiled map in a text file?
I’m making a RPG with Python and pygame for a school project. In order to create the few maps, I have chosen the Tile Mapping techniques I have seen in some tutorials, using a *.txt file. However, I have to cut some sprites (trees, houses, …) into several pieces. The problem is that I’m runn…
How to render transparent text with alpha channel in PyGame?
I am using pygame.font.Font.render() to render some text. I’d like the text to be translucent, ie have an alpha value other than 255, so I tried passing a color argument with an alpha value (eg (255, 0, 0, 150)) as the color argument for pygame.font.Font.render() but it didn’t have any effect. I a…
How to save captured image to disk, using Pygame
This is my code, which starts the webcam : I want to know how to capture an image and store it to the current directory. Please suggest the changes required. Answer When you call webcam.get_image it returns an RGB Surface. So just call pygame.image.save(), the file type is determined by the extension and defa…
how to play wav file in python?
I tried pygame for playing wav file like this: but It change the voice and I don’t know why! I read this link solutions and can’t solve my problem with playing wave file! for this solution I dont know what should I import? and for this solution /dev/dsp dosen’t exist in new version of linux …
How to get keyboard input in pygame?
I am making a game in pygame 1.9.2. It’s a faily simple game in which a ship moves between five columns of bad guys who attack by moving slowly downward. I am attempting to make it so that the ship moves left and right with the left and right arrow keys. Here is my code: It works too well. The