Python Pygame code help?

[ZaBoss]

pygame.init()

display_width = 800
display_height = 600
"""
rgb mean red green blue
"""
black = (0,0,0)
white = (255,255,255)
red = (255,0,0)
green = (0,255,0)
blue = (0,0,255)


gameDisplay = pygame.display.set_mode((display_width,display_height))
pygame.display.set_caption('Race Craze')
clock = pygame.time.Clock()

carImg = pygame.image.load('mothership.png')

def car(x,y):
    gameDisplay.blit(carImg,(x,y))

x = (display_width * 0.45)
y = (display_height * 0.8)    



crashed = False

while not crashed:

    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            crashed = True


    gameDisplay.fill(white)
    car(x,y)
    pygame.display.update()
    clock.tick(60)

pygame.quit()
quit()

 

It says that is can not open "mothership.png" I have the file on my desktop. Please help?

[Orcblood]

You have to place the image in the same directory where your porgram.py file is saved (the file name of your program).

 

Else you have to show the path to the image. Like 'C:\Users\username\mothership.png'.Or what ever the path for your image is. You can find it by right clicking on the image and going to properties and looking for 'Location:'.

 

Hope that helped.

[ZaBoss]

You have to place the image in the same directory where your porgram.py file is saved (the file name of your program).

 

Else you have to show the path to the image. Like 'C:\Users\username\mothership.png'.Or what ever the path for your image is. You can find it by right clicking on the image and going to properties and looking for 'Location:'.

 

Hope that helped.

How do I place the image in the same directory?

[Orcblood]

Well were did you save your program file? Go to the desktop right click and click copy. Then go to the file you saved your program in,right click, and hit paste. Now the image is in with your program file. 

 

If you don't know what windows directories are I suggest YouTubeing it for a fast answer. 

[ZaBoss]

Well were did you save your program file? Go to the desktop right click and click copy. Then go to the file you saved your program in,right click, and hit paste. Now the image is in with your program file. 

 

If you don't know what windows directories are I suggest YouTubeing it for a fast answer.

When my script with my code opens, it does not open with IDLE it opens with textedit where I can not run the code. Also when I paste it, it just goes next to the script.

[Orcblood]

Is it saved with .py as the extension? I know you can use cmd to run your script but I'm not good with cmd.

[ZaBoss]

Is it saved with .py as the extension? I know you can use cmd to run your script but I'm not good with cmd.

Done, but the image still won't go in the file. It just goes on top of it.

[Orcblood]

If the file is saved with a .py extension and you get a black box flash on the screen when you double click it that means there are errors. Right click your program file and click edit with IDLE. Hit ctrl + F5 to run it and it will show your errors.

[Orcblood]

The image doesn't go in side the program file it just goes in the folder that the program is in. Sorry should of stated that earlier

[ZaBoss]

If the file is saved with a .py extension and you get a black box flash on the screen when you double click it that means there are errors. Right click your program file and hit click edit with IDLE. Hit ctrl + F5 to run it and it will show your errors.

There is no black box, it just won't let me put the image in the script file.

[Orcblood]

You can't put it in the script file. You put it in the folder. Are you administrator? Is there an error when you try to paste it in?

[ZaBoss]

It still won't work. I run it and it still says cannot open the path to image

[ZaBoss]

You can't put it in the script file. You put it in the folder. Are you administrator? Is there an error when you try to paste it in?

It is already in the same file, but it still won't work.

[Orcblood]

Did you include the path cause if it is in the same folder as the script file you don't need to provide the path. The way to show the path may be wrong the way I showed you. Just try it the way you had if first. 

 

carImg = pygame.image.load('mothership.png')

[ZaBoss]

Did you include the path cause if it is in the same folder as the script file you don't need to provide the path. The way to show the path may be wrong the way I showed you. Just try it the way you had if first. 

 

carImg = pygame.image.load('mothership.png')

It is in the image! But the background is all black, how do I fill it with white and how do I change the position?

[Orcblood]

Also did you import pygame? Need to do that and import sys. Than down at the bottom where it say quit(). Get rid of that and put in sys.exit()

[ZaBoss]

Also did you import pygame? Need to do that and import sys. Than down at the bottom where it say quit(). Get rid of that and put in sys.exit()

Done, but my image is all the way down where I can not see it, how do I make it where it is in the middle? And how do I change the background to an image?

[Orcblood]

Try:

 

x = (display_width/4)

y = (display_height/4)    

[ZaBoss]

 

Try:

 

x = (display_width/4)

y = (display_height/4)    

 

One more thing, how do you change the background to white? Or maybe an image?

[Orcblood]

To add an image bacground try:

add

bgImg = pygame.image.load('mothership.png') or whatever the image name. 

 

add 

gameDisplay.blit(bgImg(0,0)) Put this code between car(x,y) and gameDisplay.fill(white)

 

For background color not sure why your program isn't displaying white already.

[ZaBoss]

To add an image bacground try:

add

bgImg = pygame.image.load('mothership.png') or whatever the image name. 

 

add 

gameDisplay.blit(bgImg(0,0)) Put this code between car(x,y) and gameDisplay.fill(white)

 

For background color not sure why your program isn't displaying white already.

It says this :

 

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/Users/Livio/Desktop/Project 24/8bit come on.py", line 37, in <module>

    gameDisplay.blit(bgImg(0,0))

TypeError: 'pygame.Surface' object is not callable

>>> 

[Orcblood]

add a comma between g,( in

gameDisplay.blit(bgImg,(0,0))

[ZaBoss]

Thank you so much! it helped me alot!

[Orcblood]

Thank you so much! it helped me alot!

Glad I could help