[Pyzzle-users] change_slide

[Mark D. <dil...@ua...>]

I'm trying to use the change_slide function and am running into some
strange problems.  Here is some simple code that works find with the
change slide:

import os, sys

#import the engine
import pyzzle
from pyzzle import *

import Intro
from Intro import *

#setup some defaults
parameters.setScreenSize((1024, 768));
parameters.setResolution(24);
parameters.setSlideSize((800, 600));
parameters.setBackgroundColor((0, 0, 0));
#parameters.setZipMode(1)

#paths to objects
paths.setTextPath(os.path.join('mydata','text'))
paths.setObjectPath(os.path.join('mydata', 'objects'))
paths.setSlidePath(os.path.join('mydata', 'slides'))
paths.setSoundPath(os.path.join('mydata', 'sounds'))
paths.setImagePath(os.path.join('mydata', 'images'))
paths.setMoviePath(os.path.join('mydata', 'movies'))

view1_1 = Slide()
view1_3 = Slide()

staticmovie = Movie('static_01.MPG')

def change():
    staticmovie.play(1, 1)
    pyzzle.change_slide(view1_3)


view1_1.setSlideFile('startscreen.jpg')
view1_1.appendHotspot(action, (213,160,225,119), action_cursor)
view1_1.appendMovie(staticmovie,(387,180))
view1_1.setState(['bookdown', 1])
view1_1.setAction(change)

view1_3.setSlideFile('02.jpg')
view1_3.appendHotspot(view1_1, (0, 360, 640, 120), down_cursor, fade)

#--start the game
pyzzle.setFirstSlide(view1_1)

pyzzle.start()

now, inside the change function, if I comment out the:

staticmovie.play(1, 1)

then the game does some strange stuff.  First, it won't update the
screen until the window looses focus then gains it back, and at this
point it will update to the new slide, then immediately crash with this
error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "myTest.py", line 47, in ?
    pyzzle.start()
  File "/home/line72/tmp/pyzzle-0.8/pyzzle.py", line 37, in start
    pyzzlemain.gamemain()
  File "enginecode/pyzzlemain.py", line 382, in gamemain
    new_cursor_zone = get_map_pos(current_hotspotmap, event.pos)
AttributeError: event member not defined

I don't understand why you HAVE to be playing a movie to do a slide
change.  Is this a bug or the way its supposed to work ?  The
documentation the website seemed a little outdated and I couldn't find
the change_slide anywhere in the docs.

btw, I'm running gentoo linux with
python-2.3.3
pygame-1.6
pyzzle-0.8

Also, what's the best way to package a game created with pyzzle?  Is it
best to include all of pyzzle with your game ?  I found it stange the
pyzzle doesn't create a library and install itself in the python path.

Any help is much appreciated,
Mark <Line72> Dillavou