[Polofiesta]

Hi, so I was wondering how to do something in python. So I made a game using pygame. My "while" loop which is basically the main part of the program. I want to have the game pause basically and make a little menu appear with "resume", "options", "exit" etc. How would I pause this while loop without losing any of the data like scores and where all my cars are? Thanks. Ill be happy to answer any questions if I didnt explain it well! If you need to see any of my code just tell me! Thanks.

[Motoma]

Basically: create another (nested) loop.

...
while running:
    ms = clock.tick(60)
    # This is your main game loop.
    # Somewhere in here you will set menu to True, perhaps on a keypress event?
    ...

    while menu:
        ms = clock.tick(60)
        # Code to display options and get results here
        ...
        if option == 1:
            # Resume
            menu = False
        if option == 2:
            # Options
            ...

In the code above, you will see that the inner while loop will "trap" all attention, pausing the game loop until the menu is exited.

Another option, of course, is to have this be an entirely separate function, which I would recommend!

[Polofiesta]

Motoma, on 02 February 2011 - 08:10 PM, said:

Basically: create another (nested) loop.

...
while running:
    ms = clock.tick(60)
    # This is your main game loop.
    # Somewhere in here you will set menu to True, perhaps on a keypress event?
    ...

    while menu:
        ms = clock.tick(60)
        # Code to display options and get results here
        ...
        if option == 1:
            # Resume
            menu = False
        if option == 2:
            # Options
            ...

In the code above, you will see that the inner while loop will "trap" all attention, pausing the game loop until the menu is exited.

Another option, of course, is to have this be an entirely separate function, which I would recommend!

Yes Thank you! It is working fine i made a small menu but the while loop that runs the main game* does not pause it keeps on going while my pause menu is popped up. When I press resume then it goes back to the game but the cars are have been moving while I was in the pause menu?Basically I press pause then when i press resume my game it shows the cars advance to how much you wait. Here is my code:

Pausemenu = False
    Running = True


    while Running:
        if pygame.mixer.music.get_busy() == True:
            pygame.mixer.music.set_volume(0.6)
            sound.set_volume(0.5)
            sound2.set_volume(0.2)
        if pygame.mixer.music.get_busy() == False:
            pygame.mixer.music.set_volume(0.0)
            sound.set_volume(0.0)
            sound2.set_volume(0.0)
            
        for event in pygame.event.get():
            if event.type == QUIT: 
                pygame.quit()
                sys.exit()
            if event.type == KEYDOWN:
                if event.key == K_ESCAPE:
                    pygame.quit()
                    sys.exit()
   #-------------------------------------------------------#
            #Test For Pause#
                
            if event.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
                Mpos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
                if Pause.collidepoint((Mpos)):
                    Pausemenu = True

        while Pausemenu:
            os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED'] = '1'

            pygame.init()

            screen = pygame.display.set_mode((896, 836),0,32)
            font = pygame.font.Font(None,30)
            redcar = pygame.image.load(os.path.join('Images','Car.jpg')).convert()
            bluecar = pygame.image.load(os.path.join('Images','Car2.jpg')).convert()
            screen.blit(bluecar, (10,10))
            screen.blit(bluecar,(250,230))
            screen.blit(redcar,(250,10))
            screen.blit(redcar,(10,230))
            
            Resume = font.render('Resume', True, (0,0,255))
            MainMenu = font.render('MainMenu', True, (0,255,0))
            Exit = font.render('Exit', True, (0,255,0))

            screen.blit(Resume, (110,100))
            screen.blit(MainMenu, (100,150))
            screen.blit(Exit, (130,200))

            RR = pygame.Rect(110,100,100,30)
            RMM = pygame.Rect(100,150,100,30)
            RE = pygame.Rect(130,200,100,30)
            

            for event in pygame.event.get():
                if event.type == QUIT: 
                    pygame.quit()
                    sys.exit()
                if event.type == KEYDOWN:
                    if event.key == K_ESCAPE:
                        Pausemenu = False
                if event.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
                    Mpos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
                    if RR.collidepoint((Mpos)):
                        Pausemenu = False
                    if RMM.collidepoint((Mpos)):
                        MainMenu()
                    if RE.collidepoint((Mpos)):
                        pygame.quit()
                        sys.exit()

            pygame.display.set_caption("Traffic Rush Pause")

            pygame.display.update()

This post has been edited by Polofiesta: 03 February 2011 - 03:35 PM

[Motoma]

Could you post all of the code unabridged? I have a feeling that your issue is more likely an issue of scoping or ordering than anything else.

ACTUALLY (!!!) you're problem is likely caused by your clock.tick() method, which is calculating how far the cars have moved. You are going to need to set the milliseconds passed to zero when you leave your game loop.

This post has been edited by Motoma: 03 February 2011 - 05:05 PM

[Polofiesta]

Motoma, on 03 February 2011 - 04:46 PM, said:

Could you post all of the code unabridged? I have a feeling that your issue is more likely an issue of scoping or ordering than anything else.

ACTUALLY (!!!) you're problem is likely caused by your clock.tick() method, which is calculating how far the cars have moved. You are going to need to set the milliseconds passed to zero when you leave your game loop.

Thank You!

[Polofiesta]

os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED'] = '1'

screen1 = pygame.display.set_mode((300,300))

font = pygame.font.Font(None,30)
redcar = pygame.image.load(os.path.join('Images','Car.jpg')).convert()
bluecar = pygame.image.load(os.path.join('Images','Car2.jpg')).convert()
screen1.blit(bluecar, (10,10))
screen1.blit(bluecar,(250,230))
screen1.blit(redcar,(250,10))
screen1.blit(redcar,(10,230))

Resume = font.render('Resume', True, (0,255,0))
MainMenu = font.render('MainMenu', True, (0,255,0))
Exit = font.render('Exit', True, (0,255,0))

screen1.blit(Resume, (110,100))
screen1.blit(MainMenu, (100,150))
screen1.blit(Exit, (130,200))

RR = pygame.Rect(110,100,100,30)
RMM = pygame.Rect(100,150,100,30)
RE = pygame.Rect(130,200,100,30)


for event in pygame.event.get():
    if event.type == QUIT: 
        pygame.quit()
        sys.exit()
    if event.type == KEYDOWN:
        if event.key == K_ESCAPE:
            Pausemenu = False
            Running = True
            screen = pygame.display.set_mode((896,836),0,32)
            ms = clock.tick(60)
    if event.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
        Mpos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
        if RR.collidepoint((Mpos)):
            Pausemenu = False
            Running = True
            ms = clock.tick(60)
            screen = pygame.display.set_mode((896,836),0,32)
        if RMM.collidepoint((Mpos)):
            screen.fill((0,0,0))
            pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))
            pygame.display.update()
            MainMenu()
            
        if RE.collidepoint((Mpos)):
            pygame.quit()
            sys.exit()

pygame.display.set_caption("Traffic Rush Pause")
pygame.display.update()   

When I call to go to my function or call MainMenu() if the user clicks on main menu it gives me an error when I click it and here is what it says:

TypeError: 'pygame.Surface' object is not callable. And here is my MainMenu() function but I do not think anything is wrong with it as I use it many other times to call it and it works fine. And i used a module of pygames website for this menu.

def MainMenu():
    
    os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED'] = '1'

    pygame.init()

    screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))

    pygame.display.set_caption("Traffic Rush Main Menu")

    font = pygame.font.Font(None, 20)
    red = (os.path.join("Images","Car.jpg"))
    redcar = pygame.image.load(red).convert()
    blue = (os.path.join("Images","Car2.jpg"))
    bluecar = pygame.image.load(blue).convert()
    screen.blit(bluecar,(10,10))
    screen.blit(redcar,(740,10))
    
    text = font.render("Programmed and designed by:", True, (0,255,0))
    text2 = font.render("Name Here (C)",True, (0,255,0))
    screen.blit(text,(560,530))
    screen.blit(text2, (615,550))

    AudioB = pygame.image.load(os.path.join("Images",'Audioblack.png')).convert_alpha()
    AudioMuteB = pygame.image.load(os.path.join("Images",'Audio-mute-black.png')).convert_alpha()

    screen.blit(AudioB, (10,550))

    pygame.display.update()

    menu = cMenu(50, 50, 20, 5, 'vertical', 100, screen,
                [('Start Game', 1, None),
                ('Scores',      2, None),
                ('Help/Info',   3, None),
                ('Exit',        4, None),
                ('<--Play Music-->',  5, None),
                ('<--Mute-->' ,6, None)])

    menu.set_center(True, True)
    
    menu.set_alignment('center','center')
    
    state = 0
    prev_state = 1
    
    rect_list = []

    pygame.event.set_blocked(pygame.MOUSEMOTION)

    while 1:

        if prev_state != state:
            pygame.event.post(pygame.event.Event(EVENT_CHANGE_STATE, key = 0))
            prev_state = state
        
        e = pygame.event.wait()
        
        if e.type == pygame.KEYDOWN or e.type == EVENT_CHANGE_STATE:
            if state == 0:
                rect_list, state = menu.update(e, state)
            elif state == 1:
                state = 0
                screen.fill((0,0,0))
                screen.blit(text,(560,530))
                screen.blit(text2, (615,550))
                screen.blit(bluecar,(10,10))
                screen.blit(redcar,(740,10))
                pygame.display.update()
                DifficultyMenu()
            elif state == 2:
                state = 0
                ScoreMenu()
            elif state == 3:
                state = 0
                Help()
            elif state == 5:
                state = 0
                pygame.mixer.music.play(1000)
                screen.fill((0,0,0))
                screen.blit(AudioB, (10,550))
                screen.blit(text,(560,530))
                screen.blit(text2, (615,550))
                screen.blit(bluecar,(10,10))
                screen.blit(redcar,(740,10))
                pygame.display.update()
            elif state == 6:
                state = 0
                pygame.mixer.music.stop()
                screen.fill((0,0,0))
                screen.blit(AudioMuteB, (10,550))
                screen.blit(text,(560,530))
                screen.blit(text2, (615,550))
                screen.blit(bluecar,(10,10))
                screen.blit(redcar,(740,10))
                pygame.display.update()
            elif state == 4:
                pygame.quit()
                sys.exit()
        if e.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
            if e.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
                pygame.quit()
                sys.exit()
                
        if e.type == pygame.QUIT:
            pygame.quit()
            sys.exit()

        
        pygame.display.update(rect_list)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    MainMenu()

This post has been edited by Curtis Rutland: 20 November 2012 - 09:52 PM
Reason for edit:: removing personal info

[Motoma]

Please post the code that is on the line the error message complains about, as well as the traceback in full.

[Polofiesta]

This is what its giving me:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python27\TheNewBoston\Game\TrafficRushWithCollision.py", line 1819, in <module>
MainMenu()
File "C:\Python27\TheNewBoston\Game\TrafficRushWithCollision.py", line 1775, in MainMenu
DifficultyMenu()
File "C:\Python27\TheNewBoston\Game\TrafficRushWithCollision.py", line 1683, in DifficultyMenu
Easy()
File "C:\Python27\TheNewBoston\Game\TrafficRushWithCollision.py", line 491, in Easy
MainMenu()
TypeError: 'pygame.Surface' object is not callable

Do you need anything else? Thank you so much.

[Motoma]

Right, now here's the problem:

You've defined MainMenu as two different entities, one as a function def MainMenu(): and one as a pygame.Surface font.render('MainMenu', True, (0,255,0)).

Change one, lose the error message.

[Polofiesta]

Thank You.