pygame.error: display Surface quit - WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? [duplicate] - python

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Having researched this for hours, I cannot figure out why this error is being triggered. Here is the entire message:
pygame 1.9.6
Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "snake.py", line 37, in <module>
redraw_window()
File "snake.py", line 23, in redraw_window
win.fill((0, 0, 0))
pygame.error: display Surface quit
When I run the program, the window opens and closes instantly. I'm running Python v3.7 via a conda virtual environment. And here is my code:
import pygame
pygame.init()
#----------------------------
# CONSTANTS
#----------------------------
window_width = 256
window_height = 256
win = pygame.display.set_mode((window_width, window_height))
pygame.display.set_caption('Snake Game')
#----------------------------
# CLASSES
#----------------------------
#----------------------------
# REDRAW WINDOW
#----------------------------
def redraw_window():
win.fill((0, 0, 0))
pygame.display.update()
#----------------------------
# MAIN GAME LOOP
#----------------------------
running = True
while running:
# listen for window closure
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.quit():
run = False
redraw_window()
pygame.quit()
I even tried passing 'win' into the redraw_window function and that changed nothing.

pygame.quit() is a function and uninitialize all PyGame modules. When you do
if event.type == pygame.quit():
the function is called and all PyGame modules are uninitialized.
The type attribute of pygame.event.Event() object indicates the type of event. You need to compare the event type to the enumeration constant that identifies the event. The quit event is identified by pygame.QUIT (see pygame.event module):
Hence, you have to compete with pygame.QUIT instead of pygame.quit():
running = True
while running:
# listen for window closure
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
run = False
redraw_window()
pygame.quit()

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As far as i understand this error is raised if you forget to initialize your code with pygame.init() but I did, here's my code and thanks in advance:
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for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
run = False
pygame.quit()
pygame.display.update()
When the event loop happens, if you close the window, you call pygame.quit(), which quits pygame. Then it tries to do:
pygame.display.update()
But pygame has quit, which is why you are getting the message.
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:/Users/jackw/Desktop/New folder/main.py", line 36, in <module>
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QUIT is not a method or function, it is an enumerator constant, which specifies the type of the event (See pygame.event.Event()).
Remove the brackets to solve the issue:
if event.type == pg.QUIT():
if event.type == pg.QUIT:
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import sys
import pygame
def run_game():
# Initialize game and create a screen object.
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((1200, 800))
pygame.display.set_caption("Alien Invasion")
# Start the main loop for the game.
while True:
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pygame.display.flip()
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Mach1723's answer is correct, but I would like to suggest another variant of a main loop:
while 1:
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# Simpson College Computer Science
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EDIT:
It occurs to me now that you might be handling the "QUIT" event and its not working
but without more details to your code I dunno.
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