Re: [Py2exe-users] Py2EXE and Pygame

[Thadeus B. <tha...@th...>]

Hey check out my blog post, it explains it all

http://blog.thadeusb.com/2009/04/15/pygame-font-and-py2exe/


-Thadeus




On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Kris Schnee <ks...@xe...> wrote:

> Hello. I've built EXEs using Py2EXE before, but recently started doing it
> again after a year or so off, using the latest versions of Python, Pygame,
> and Py2EXE. And now I can't seem to make it work. Has anyone successfully
> used Pygame with Py2EXE, and what am I doing wrong?
>
> I've got WinXP, and freshly installed Python 2.6 and matching versions of
> Pygame and Py2EXE. I wrote a minimal Python program and setup.py script
> (listed at bottom). I used the command line "python setup.py py2exe". An
> EXE got built. It worked.
>
> I wrote a minimal Pygame program that opens an SDL window and draws some
> text and dots. I tried building an EXE. The EXE crashed and referenced line
> 3 (pygame.font.init()), saying, "NotImplemented Error: font module not
> available (ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be
> found.)"
>
> I tried copying every relevant DLL: "copy
> C:\python26\lib\site-packages\pygame\*.dll C:\python26\dist". (Advice seen
> elsewhere said that the needed one is SDL_ttf.dll, but that wasn't enough.)
> Result: "Fatal Python error: (pygame parachute) Segmentation Fault". That's
> actually progress, as merely copying the one dll didn't get me even that
> far. This program works fine in IDLE, so the code's okay.
>
> So, I'm getting frustrated. I can't even install Python 2.3 now (a version
> I think I'd used successfully in the past) because the Windows installer is
> now missing and the Python source version crashes. I've also tried the
> alternate program "bbfreeze", which crashed in multiple ways, and have
> tried Py2EXE with the sample script "pygame2exe" seen at
> <http://www.pygame.org/wiki/Pygame2exe?parent=CookBook>. Also I've tried
> copying "freesansbold.ttf" into the dist directory, which used to fix a
> similar mysterious error.
>
> What do I need to do to make my program work as an EXE? I'd appreciate
> help.
>
> Kris
>
> ------Details------
> Program "basic_test.py" (WORKS):
> <code>
> print "Here you can see a nice ice key which you can have for free."
> </code>
>
> Program "pygame_test.py" (DOESN'T WORK AS EXE):
> <code>
> import pygame
> pygame.init()
> pygame.font.init()
> screen = pygame.display.set_mode((640,480))
> screen.fill((0,0,128))
> f = pygame.font.Font(None,24)
> t = f.render("Here you can see a nice ice key which you can have for
> free.",1,(255,255,255))
> screen.blit(t,(10,50))
> screen.set_at((10,100),(255,255,0))
> screen.set_at((110,100),(255,255,0))
> screen.set_at((60,100),(255,255,0))
> pygame.display.update()
> </code>
>
> Program "setup.py" (amended w/appropriate program name):
> <code>
> from distutils.core import setup
> import py2exe
> setup(console=["basic_test.py"])
> ## Also tried "windows=..."
> ## Also tried
>
> "setup(console=["pygame_test.py"],options={"py2exe":{"includes":["pygame"]}})",
> also w/"pygame.font"
> </code>
>
> Exact error on running the EXE:
> <code>
> pygame_test:3: RuntimeWarning: use font: MemoryLoadLibrary failed loading
> pygame\font.pyd
> (ImportError: MemoryLoadLibrary failed loading pygame\font.pyd)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "pygame_test.py", line 3, in <module>
>  File "pygame\__init__.pyo", line 70, in __getattr__
> NotImplementedError: font module not available
> (ImportError: MemoryLoadLibrary failed loading pygame\font.pyd)
> </code>
>
>
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