Programming Compilers Information

[Siberianhusky89]

# Astrocrash02
# Get asteroids moving on the screen

import random
from livewires import games

games.init(screen_width = 640, screen_height = 480, fps = 50)


class Asteroid(games.Sprite):
""" An asteroid which floats across the screen. """
SMALL = 1
MEDIUM = 2
LARGE = 3
images = {SMALL : games.load_image("asteroid_small.bmp"),
MEDIUM : games.load_image("asteroid_med.bmp"),
LARGE : games.load_image("asteroid_big.bmp") }

SPEED = 2

def __init__(self, x, y, size):
""" Initialize asteroid sprite. """
super(Asteroid, self).__init__(
image = Asteroid.images[size],
x = x, y = y,
dx = random.choice([1, -1]) * Asteroid.SPEED * random.random()/size,
dy = random.choice([1, -1]) * Asteroid.SPEED * random.random()/size)

self.size = size

def update(self):
""" Wrap around screen. """
if self.top > games.screen.height:
self.bottom = 0

if self.bottom < 0:
self.top = games.screen.height

if self.left > games.screen.width:
self.right = 0

if self.right < 0:
self.left = games.screen.width


class Ship(games.Sprite):
""" The player's ship. """
image = games.load_image("ship.bmp")
ROTATION_STEP = 3

def update(self):
""" Rotate based on keys pressed. """
if games.keyboard.is_pressed(games.K_LEFT):
self.angle -= Ship.ROTATION_STEP
if games.keyboard.is_pressed(games.K_RIGHT):
self.angle += Ship.ROTATION_STEP


def main():
# establish background
nebula_image = games.load_image("nebula.jpg")
games.screen.background = nebula_image

# create 8 asteroids
for i in range(8):
x = random.randrange(games.screen.width)
y = random.randrange(games.screen.height)
size = random.choice([Asteroid.SMALL, Asteroid.MEDIUM, Asteroid.LARGE])
new_asteroid = Asteroid(x = x, y = y, size = size)
games.screen.add(new_asteroid)

# create the ship
the_ship = Ship(image = Ship.image,
x = games.screen.width/2,
y = games.screen.height/2)
games.screen.add(the_ship)

games.screen.mainloop()

# kick it off!
main()



This is the program Yauster, it's SUPPOSE to import games from Livewires, but doesn't.

[yaustar]

At a rough guess, it looks like the tutorial might be out of date with the library. try:

games.Screen(screen_width = 640, screen_height = 480)

instead or some of the solutions here: http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread235000.html#

[Siberianhusky89]

Originally Posted by yaustar

At a rough guess, it looks like the tutorial might be out of date with the library. try:

games.Screen(screen_width = 640, screen_height = 480)

instead or some of the solutions here: http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread235000.html#

I'm pretty sure that he might be using the same tutorial I am (It's a college book), cause that's actually the first step in making the "astrocrash" game. However, when I run it at school, it works perfectly fine

[yaustar]

He is using the same tutorial and hitting the same problem. Others in the thread have recommend fixes, have you tried them?

Like I said, you may have different version (read, older/newer) of the library LiveWires and the tutorials only work with one particular version.

Failing all that, ditch LiveWires and just use PyGame as LiveWires is just a wrapper around PyGame anyway.