Today, I'm having difficulty figuring out how some of the variable types work in Python. So far as I can tell, it's (Python) extremely type independent. Specifically, I just throw a name into the code and assign a value. Well, my current trouble is that I want to work with booleans. When coding, I really prefer a basic true/false over working with integers when possible. I know that a simple Google search would probably help me with this, but I wanted to see what kind of responses I would get here.

Thanks for the help! Right now, I'm working on a simple Asteroids-style game, and I thought it worth pointing out that I haven't been (entirely) slacking with game development (though I did give a lot of my available time to Final Fantasy XII this last week).

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If you do

>>> bool(1)

HTH.

Thanks for the info. I'm not sure that that helps in my case.

Also, I'm fairly new to using the PyGame toolset as well. I'm using something like the following for detecting input (slightly modified from a tutorial I found), but I want to figure out how to respond to key release instead of responding only to key press.

for event in pygame.event.get():
if not hasattr(event, 'key'): continue
down = event.type == KEYDOWN
if event.key == K_RIGHT: car.k_right = down * -5
elif event.key == K_LEFT: car.k_left = down * 5
elif event.key == K_LSHIFT:
car.k_up = down * 10
car.isBoosting = 'true'
elif event.key == K_UP: car.k_up = down * 1
elif event.key == K_DOWN: car.k_down = down * -1
elif event.key == K_ESCAPE: sys.exit(0)

I added "up = event.type == KEYUP" with the hope of being able to get something to work, but it seems that "event.key" only works when a key is pressed, and doesn't pay attention to when a key is released.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: I had a little bit of insight as to how this system of movement was working, and I've figured it out. I now have a sprite soaring around on screen (like Asteroids), and have included a boost function that gives a fast start and double the speed, but punishes the player with a half a second stall at the end of the boost to keep the player from going right away. The boost is presently unlimited.

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[This message has been edited by Xian_Lee (edited March 23, 2007).]

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Originally posted by Xian_Lee:
Well, my current trouble is that I want to work with booleans. When coding, I really prefer a basic true/false over working with integers when possible.

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Not sure what you mean.
Do you mean something like this?

a = True b = False c = None if a != b: print "'taint equal" if c == None: print "Nothing to see here."

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// Beginning of app/character class.
bool isAlive = false; // As a general rule, I initiate my variables to null/false.

// Instantiating a character object.
isAlive = true; // I then set them when I am ready to use them.

// Game loop.
while(isAlive) // That could also be written as while(isAlive == true)
{
// Do everything.
}

Does that make a little more sense?

Anyway, I've made a bit of progress in my Asteroid-like. You can read about it in the weekly updates thread and/or my work log on Google (link is in the signature).

Thanks for the help.

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[This message has been edited by Xian_Lee (edited March 24, 2007).]

isalive = True #the T in True is caps in Python

while isalive: #or while isalive == True
****do what ever

is that what you ment?

and for the input thing you could do:

if event.key == K_UP:
****what ever
else:
****do the thing you wanted to do

note: the *s are represent spaces or one tab

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[This message has been edited by evdude (edited March 25, 2007).]

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shout at me if I'm wrong, CPU.

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that post was really cool ^
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Originally posted by buddboy:
yeah you can also do TRUE and FALSE I think. don't remember.

shout at me if I'm wrong, CPU.

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x = TRUE Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'TRUE' is not defined

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Anyway, I didn't mean for this thread to be a "help me" thread, but a "come here for help" thread. As such, I wanted anybody to be able to come in and ask for help should they get hung up in Python.

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hey XL that asteroids thing looks cool. you mentioned a tutorial. what tutorial is it? I've been looking for a good Pygame tutorial.

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Originally posted by Xian_Lee:
I'm confused now. I should probably just go test these things for myself, but are True and False (with that capitalization) legitimate boolean values? I knew that true and false (written as such) are not, and, as CPU has just pointed out, TRUE and FALSE are not either.

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Originally posted by buddboy:
I've been looking for a good Pygame tutorial.

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http://www.pygame.org/docs/tut/newbieguide.html

Awaretek also has over 300 links to various Python tutorials: www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html covering everything from console programming, gui programming, web programming, to multimedia stuff.

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[This message has been edited by CPUFreak91 (edited March 26, 2007).]

The tutorial I was referring to was written by Richard Jones. It was one of the first links on the Tutorials section of the PyGame website. The title of the tutorial is Rapid Game Development. You can get it here: http://richard.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.84/prod.11

I should stop feigning ignorant.

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Originally posted by Xian_Lee:
Anyway, I didn't mean for this thread to be a "help me" thread, but a "come here for help" thread. As such, I wanted anybody to be able to come in and ask for help should they get hung up in Python.

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All Right! does any one here know of a good 3D module for Python?
it needs to come in a installer.

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[This message has been edited by evdude (edited March 26, 2007).]

Hope that helps!

--clint

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[This message has been edited by evdude (edited March 26, 2007).]

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Originally posted by D-SIPL:
I think Panda3D was worked on and used by Disney, possibly for an MMORPG too!? don't quote me on that though

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Oops, just quoted you. It was necessary for context.

But at least you can rest assured that you are correct -- Disney put a lot of work into Panda3D as the rendering engine for their first MMORPG called Toontown Online. It's a decently fun game, but it's a bit of a grind at times. They made things much more casual with their second MMORPG, called Virtual Magic Kingdom.

yes! finally, a 3D thing that works! thanks hanclinto!

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[This message has been edited by evdude (edited April 09, 2007).]

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Originally posted by evdude:
Ok, I got panda3D working. Had to change hardware to software in the config file.

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