Re: [Pyzzle-users] change_slide

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

How soon is this happening ?  Is it worth even starting a project using
the current lib, or should I just wait for the rewrite ?

Mark

On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 03:28, an...@la... wrote:
> I plan to re-write Pyzzle from scratch. As far as I am concerned the
> current code is dead. It is just too mesy and yields unpredictable
> results.
> 
> I am going to review the code and get back to everyone in a day or so.
> 
> The new code will have a different API and will be a lib.
> 
> Sorry I cannot help.
> 
> Andy
> 
> > 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
> >
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