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Can you help me fix this bug in my pygame physics simulation?

I wrote this physics simulation in pygame and the collision mechanism is not working properly. It seems to work when I collide the player character with the wall from above the wall or from the left and not work for collisions from the bottom or from the right
I have been trying to find this bug for some time but I just have no clue as to what might cause this. I am using python 3.7.3 and pygame 1.9.5 (latest versions as of date)
I am sorry for pasting an entire file but I just have no Idea where the problem is
import pygame # import the pygame library to have access to game building tools
import math
# these variables will be used to hold game objects and draw them
rigid_bodies = []
g = 100
BLACK = (0, 0, 0)
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
PURPLE = (127, 0, 255)
RED = (200, 0, 0)
GREEN = (0, 200, 0)
BLUE = (0, 0, 200)
class RigidBody(pygame.Rect):
"""
represents a rectangular object that acts according to newton's laws of motion
"""
def __init__(self, canvas, color, m, u, x, y, w, h):
"""
called automatically when a new object is created to initialize the object
:param canvas: the canvas on which to draw the object
:param color: the color of the object
:param m: the mass of the object
:param u: Coefficient of friction
:param x: the starting position of the object on the x axis
:param y: the starting position of the object on the y axis
:param w: the width of the object
:param h: the height of the object
"""
super().__init__(x, y, w, h) # initialize the parent Rect object
self.canvas = canvas
self.color = color
self.m = m
self.u = u
self.x_speed = 0 # the speed of the object on the x axis
self.y_speed = 0 # the speed of the object on the y axis
def apply_force(self, axis, F, initiator=None):
"""
used to apply force on the object
:param axis: the axis of the force
:param F: the amount of force to apply
:param initiator: the object that is applying the force
"""
a = F / self.m # calculate the acceleration the object should have
if axis == 'y':
self.y_speed += a
elif axis == 'x':
self.x_speed += a
if initiator:
initiator.apply_force(axis, -1 * F) # apply normal force
print('colliding')
def inertia(self):
"""
shall be run every frame to make the object move according to its speed
if possible and take the necessary steps if not
"""
# go:
self.x += self.x_speed
self.y += self.y_speed
for body in rigid_bodies:
if self.colliderect(body): # if collide with another object:
self.x -= self.x_speed # go back
self.y -= self.y_speed
body.apply_force('x', self.m * self.x_speed, self) # and apply force on that object
body.apply_force('y', self.m * self.y_speed, self)
break
def draw(self):
"""
shall be run every frame to draw the object on the canvas
"""
pygame.draw.rect(self.canvas, self.color, (self.x, self.y, self.w, self.h))
class Controller:
def __init__(self, character, F):
"""
initialize the controller object
:param character: the character to control
:param F: the force to apply to the character for every frame a button is being pressed
"""
self.character = character
self.up = 0 # whether to move up or not
self.down = 0 # whether to move down or not
self.left = 0 # whether to move left or not
self.right = 0 # whether to move right or not
self.F = F
def stop(self):
"""
stops applying force on the object
"""
self.up = 0
self.down = 0
self.left = 0
self.right = 0
def run(self):
"""
shall be run every frame to apply force on the character according to user input
"""
self.character.apply_force('y', -self.F * self.up)
self.character.apply_force('y', self.F * self.down)
self.character.apply_force('x', -self.F * self.left)
self.character.apply_force('x', self.F * self.right)
def main():
"""
the main function contains the main loop
that runs repeatedly while the game is running
"""
crashed = False # tells if the program crashed or if the window was closed
pygame.init() # required to use pygame
canvas = pygame.display.set_mode((1000, 700)) # define the canvas
clock = pygame.time.Clock() # will be used to limit the number of times a loop runs per second
pygame.display.set_caption('the dot game V2')
character = RigidBody(canvas, WHITE, 1000, 0.3, 500, 500, 20, 50) # initialize the character
player = Controller(character, 500) # initialize the controller
rigid_bodies.append(RigidBody(canvas, WHITE, math.inf, 0, 300, 300, 300, 20)) # initialize the wall
while not crashed:
# handle inputs:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
crashed = True
elif event.type == pygame.MOUSEBUTTONUP:
pass
elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_UP:
player.up = 1
elif event.key == pygame.K_DOWN:
player.down = 1
elif event.key == pygame.K_LEFT:
player.left = 1
elif event.key == pygame.K_RIGHT:
player.right = 1
elif event.type == pygame.KEYUP:
player.stop()
player.run()
character.inertia()
canvas.fill(BLACK)
character.draw()
for body in rigid_bodies:
body.draw()
pygame.display.update()
clock.tick(60)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
I suspect that the problem is with either the "inertia" or the "apply_force" functions but I just cant figure out WHAT is the problem with those functions
The character should stop moving every time it hits the wall, but when it hits the wall from below or from the right it gets stuck and can only move up or to the left

The issue is caused by casting a floating point value to int and can be solved by:
stored_pos = (self.x, self.y)
self.x += self.x_speed
self.y += self.y_speed
for body in rigid_bodies:
if self.colliderect(body): # if collide with another object:
self.x, self.y = stored_pos
Note, that
self.x -= self.x_speed
self.y -= self.y_speed
is not the inverse operation of
self.x += self.x_speed
self.y += self.y_speed
e.g: a = 2 and b = 0.5
int(a + b) == int(2 + 0.5) == 2
int(a - b) == int(2 - 0.5) == 1
The solution is to store the original values of self.x and self.y
stored_pos = (self.x, self.y)
and to restore it in the case of a collision:
self.x, self.y = stored_pos

Enemy doesn't follow player (pygame) [duplicate]

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So I followed the answers in another question asked on StackOverflow but it seems that I have missed something. I went ahead after reading the answer and copied the code and adjusted it to my variables and class names.
The following is the error code that Idle gives me:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Programme (x86)\Python\Games\Zombie Game\Zombie Game_Test1.py", line 133, in <module>
Zombie.move_towards_Char(Char)
TypeError: move_towards_Char() missing 1 required positional argument: 'Char'
This is where I looked:
How to make an enemy follow the player in pygame?
import pygame
import turtle
import time
import math
import random
import sys
import os
pygame.init()
WHITE = (255,255,255)
GREEN = (0,255,0)
RED = (255,0,0)
BLUE = (0,0,255)
BLACK = (0,0,0)
BGColor = (96,128,56)
ZColor = (225,0,0)
PColor = (0,0,255)
MOVE = 2.5
size = (1920, 1080)
screen = pygame.display.set_mode(size)
pygame.display.set_caption("Zombie Game")
class Char(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, color, pos, radius, width):
super().__init__()
self.image = pygame.Surface([radius*2, radius*2])
self.image.fill(WHITE)
self.image.set_colorkey(WHITE)
pygame.draw.circle(self.image, color, [radius, radius], radius, width)
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
def moveRightP(self, pixels):
self.rect.x += pixels
pass
def moveLeftP(self, pixels):
self.rect.x -= pixels
pass
def moveUpP(self, pixels):
self.rect.y -= pixels
pass
def moveDownP(self, pixels):
self.rect.y += pixels
pass
class Zombie(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self2, color, pos, radius, width):
super().__init__()
self2.image = pygame.Surface([radius*2, radius*2])
self2.image.fill(WHITE)
self2.image.set_colorkey(WHITE)
pygame.draw.circle(self2.image, color, [radius, radius], radius, width)
self2.rect = self2.image.get_rect()
self2.rect.center = pos
def move_towards_Char(self2, Char):
dx, dy = self2.rect.x - Char.rect.x, self2.rect.y - Char.rect.y
dist = math.hypot(dx, dy)
dx, dy = dx / dist, dy / dist
self2.rect.x += dx * self2.speed
self2.rect.y += dy * self2.speed
def moveRightZ(self2, pixels):
self2.rect.x += pixels
pass
def moveLeftZ(self2, pixels):
self2.rect.x -= pixels
pass
def moveUpZ(self2, pixels):
self2.rect.y -= pixels
pass
def moveDownZ(self2, pixels):
self2.rect.y += pixels
pass
all_sprites_list = pygame.sprite.Group()
playerChar = Char(PColor, [0, 0], 15, 0)
playerChar.rect.x = 960
playerChar.rect.y = 505
all_sprites_list.add(playerChar)
carryOn = True
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
zombie_list = []
zombie_rad = 15
zombie_dist = (200, 900)
next_zombie_time = pygame.time.get_ticks() + 10000
zombie_list = []
zombie_rad = 15
zombie_dist = (200, 900)
next_zombie_time = 10000
while carryOn:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type==pygame.QUIT:
carryOn=False
elif event.type==pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key==pygame.K_x:
carryOn=False
keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
if keys[pygame.K_a]:
playerChar.moveLeftP(MOVE)
if keys[pygame.K_d]:
playerChar.moveRightP(MOVE)
if keys[pygame.K_w]:
playerChar.moveUpP(MOVE)
if keys[pygame.K_s]:
playerChar.moveDownP(MOVE)
current_time = pygame.time.get_ticks()
if current_time > next_zombie_time:
next_zombie_time = current_time + 2000
on_screen_rect = pygame.Rect(zombie_rad, zombie_rad, size[0]-2*zombie_rad, size[1]-2*zombie_rad)
zombie_pos = (-1, -1)
while not on_screen_rect.collidepoint(zombie_pos):
dist = random.randint(*zombie_dist)
angle = random.random() * math.pi * 2
p_pos = (playerChar.rect.centerx, playerChar.rect.centery)
zombie_pos = (p_pos[0] + dist * math.sin(angle), p_pos[1] + dist * math.cos(angle))
new_pos = (random.randrange(0, size[0]), random.randrange(0, size[1]))
new_zombie = Zombie(RED, zombie_pos, zombie_rad, 0)
zombie_list.append(new_zombie)
screen.fill(BGColor)
screen.blit(playerChar.image,playerChar.rect)
for zombie in zombie_list:
screen.blit(zombie.image,zombie.rect)
pygame.display.flip()
clock.tick(60)
pygame.quit()

The major issue is, that you do the zombie movement calculations with integral data types. If the movement of a zombie is 1 pixel and the movement is diagonal, then the x and y component of the movement is < 1. Using an integral data type, this may results in 0 movement, because of truncating to int. Note the members of pygame.Rect are integral values.
You've to switch to floating point values to solve the issue. Use pygame.math.Vector2 to do the calculations.
Add a member pos of type Vector2 to the class Zombie which stores the floating point position of the zombie:
class Zombie(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self2, color, pos, radius, width):
super().__init__()
self2.image = pygame.Surface([radius*2, radius*2])
self2.image.fill(WHITE)
self2.image.set_colorkey(WHITE)
pygame.draw.circle(self2.image, color, [radius, radius], radius, width)
self2.rect = self2.image.get_rect()
self2.speed = 1
self2.pos = pygame.Vector2(pos[0], pos[1])
# [...]
Add a new method draw to the class Zombie, which draws (blit) a zombie at the position pos:
class Zombie(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
# [...]
def draw(self2):
self2.rect.center = (int(round(self2.pos.x)), int(round(self2.pos.y)))
screen.blit(self2.image, self2.rect)
Do the calculation of the movement of the zombie based on Vector2. Ensure that the distance between the player and the zombie is greater than 0 and that the zombie does not step over of the position of the player (min(len, self2.speed)):
class Zombie(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
# [...]
def move_towards_Char(self2, Char):
deltaVec = pygame.Vector2(Char.rect.center) - self2.pos
len = deltaVec.length()
if len > 0:
self2.pos += deltaVec/len * min(len, self2.speed)
Call the methods move_towards_Char and draw for each zombie, in the main loop of the application:
while carryOn:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type==pygame.QUIT:
carryOn=False
elif event.type==pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key==pygame.K_x:
carryOn=False
keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
if keys[pygame.K_a]:
playerChar.moveLeftP(MOVE)
if keys[pygame.K_d]:
playerChar.moveRightP(MOVE)
if keys[pygame.K_w]:
playerChar.moveUpP(MOVE)
if keys[pygame.K_s]:
playerChar.moveDownP(MOVE)
current_time = pygame.time.get_ticks()
if current_time > next_zombie_time:
next_zombie_time = current_time + 2000
on_screen_rect = pygame.Rect(zombie_rad, zombie_rad, size[0]-2*zombie_rad, size[1]-2*zombie_rad)
zombie_pos = (-1, -1)
while not on_screen_rect.collidepoint(zombie_pos):
dist = random.randint(*zombie_dist)
angle = random.random() * math.pi * 2
p_pos = (playerChar.rect.centerx, playerChar.rect.centery)
zombie_pos = (p_pos[0] + dist * math.sin(angle), p_pos[1] + dist * math.cos(angle))
new_pos = (random.randrange(0, size[0]), random.randrange(0, size[1]))
new_zombie = Zombie(RED, zombie_pos, zombie_rad, 0)
zombie_list.append(new_zombie)
# update all the positions of the zombies
for zombie in zombie_list:
zombie.move_towards_Char(playerChar)
screen.fill(BGColor)
screen.blit(playerChar.image,playerChar.rect)
# draw all the zombies
for zombie in zombie_list:
zombie.draw()
pygame.display.flip()
clock.tick(60)

L{Zombie.move_towards_Char} is a self method. You need to create object of Zombie class passing the required args mentioned in L{Zombie.init}.
Something like below:
zm = Zombie(color=<color>, pos=<pos>, radius=<radius>, width=<width>)
zm.move_towards_Char(Char)

Python/ Pygame : 2d angular momentum / inertia

my first ever Python program has hit a block I don't think I have the knowledge to solve myself.
It's a controllable spaceship on a 2d surface, I want to add momentum / inertia
I have it so the ship keeps travelling on the vector it previously was, when the engine is stopped.
However I can only get it to 'snap' to the new vector it rotates to face instantly.
What I want to happen is that inertia vector slowly aligns with the new pointing vector as it accelerates- like rotational acceleration? ( I'm not too hot on the math ) - I can rotate the inertia vector , but I would need to compare it somehow with the new pointing vector , and modify it based upon their difference?
if anyone could advise as to how I might start to approach this, that would be great - I suspect I coming at this from completely the wrong way.
Heres some of the code ( be gentle please!)
the sprite used is this : - ship.png
import pygame
import sys
from math import sin, cos, pi, atan2
from pygame.locals import *
import random
from random import randint
from pygame.math import Vector2
import operator
"""solar system generator"""
"""set screen size and center and some global namespace colors for ease of use"""
globalalpha = 255
screenx = int(1200)
screeny = int(700)
centerx = int(screenx / 2)
centery = int(screeny / 2)
center = (centerx, centery)
black = ( 0, 0, 0)
white = (255, 255, 255)
red = (209, 2, 22)
TRANSPARENT = (255,0,255)
numstars = 150
DISPLAYSURF = pygame.display.set_mode((screenx, screeny), 0, 32)
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
globaltimefactor = 1
shipimage = pygame.image.load('ship.png').convert()
DISPLAYSURF.fill(black)
screen_rect = DISPLAYSURF.get_rect()
class Playership(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.imageorig = pygame.image.load('ship.png').convert_alpha()
self.startpos = (screen_rect.center)
self.image = self.imageorig.copy()
self.rect = self.imageorig.get_rect(center=self.startpos)
self.angle = 0
self.currentposx = 600
self.currentposy = 350
self.tuplepos = (self.currentposx, self.currentposy)
self.speed = 1
self.rotatespeed = 1.5
self.initialvec = (600, 0)
self.destination = 0
self.anglechange = 0
self.currentspeed = 0
self.maxspeed = 5
self.engineon = False
self.newvec = (600, 0)
self.newdestination = 0
self.acceleration = 0.015
self.inertiaspeed = 0
self.transitionalvec = self.initialvec
def get_angleafterstopping(self):
newvec = self.initialvec
self.newvec = newvec
def get_destinationafterstopping(self):
x_dist = self.newvec[0] - self.tuplepos[0]
y_dist = self.newvec[1] - self.tuplepos[1]
self.newdestination = atan2(-y_dist, x_dist) % (2 * pi)
def get_destination(self):
x_dist = self.initialvec[0] - self.tuplepos[0]
y_dist = self.initialvec[1] - self.tuplepos[1]
self.destination = atan2(-y_dist, x_dist) % (2 * pi)
def moveship(self):
if self.engineon is True:
self.currentspeed = self.currentspeed + self.acceleration
if self.currentspeed > self.maxspeed:
self.currentspeed = self.maxspeed
elif self.currentspeed < 0:
self.currentspeed = 0
self.inertiaspeed = self.currentspeed
elif self.engineon is False:
self.currentposx = self.currentposx + (cos(self.newdestination) * self.inertiaspeed * globaltimefactor)
self.currentposy = self.currentposy - (sin(self.newdestination) * self.inertiaspeed * globaltimefactor)
self.tuplepos = (self.currentposx, self.currentposy)
self.rect.center = self.tuplepos
return
self.get_destination()
self.currentposx = self.currentposx + (cos(self.destination) * self.currentspeed * globaltimefactor)
self.currentposy = self.currentposy - (sin(self.destination) * self.currentspeed * globaltimefactor)
self.tuplepos = (self.currentposx, self.currentposy)
self.rect.center = self.tuplepos
def rotateship(self, rotation):
self.anglechange = self.anglechange - (rotation * self.rotatespeed * globaltimefactor)
self.angle += (rotation * self.rotatespeed * globaltimefactor)
self.image = pygame.transform.rotate(self.imageorig, self.angle)
self.rect = self.image.get_rect(center=self.rect.center)
initialvec = self.tuplepos + Vector2(0, -600).rotate(self.anglechange * globaltimefactor)
initialvec = int(initialvec.x), int(initialvec.y)
self.initialvec = initialvec
myship = Playership()
all_sprites_list = pygame.sprite.Group()
all_sprites_list.add(myship)
firsttimedone = False
def main():
done = False
while not done:
keys_pressed = pygame.key.get_pressed()
if keys_pressed[pygame.K_LEFT]:
myship.rotateship(1)
if keys_pressed[pygame.K_RIGHT]:
myship.rotateship(-1)
if keys_pressed[pygame.K_UP]:
myship.engineon = True
myship.moveship()
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
pygame.quit(); sys.exit();
if event.type == pygame.KEYUP:
if event.key == pygame.K_UP:
myship.engineon = False
myship.currentspeed = 0
myship.get_angleafterstopping()
myship.get_destinationafterstopping()
DISPLAYSURF.fill(black)
all_sprites_list.update()
all_sprites_list.draw(DISPLAYSURF)
pygame.draw.line(DISPLAYSURF, white, (myship.tuplepos), (myship.initialvec))
pygame.draw.line(DISPLAYSURF, red, (myship.tuplepos), (myship.newvec))
pygame.display.flip()
if myship.engineon is False:
myship.moveship()
clock.tick(50)
pygame.display.set_caption("fps: " + str(clock.get_fps()))
if __name__ == '__main__':
pygame.init()
main()
pygame.quit(); sys.exit();
EDIT :
I fixed it : just required a better understanding of vectors
ship starts off with acceleration and velocity both stated as vectors.
self.position = vec(screenx / 2, screeny / 2)
self.vel = vec(0, 0)
self.acceleration = vec(0, -0.2) # The acceleration vec points upwards from the starting ship position
rotating the ship rotates that vector in place
self.acceleration.rotate_ip(self.angle_speed)
self.angle += self.angle_speed
self.image = pygame.transform.rotate(self.imageorig, -self.angle)
self.rect = self.image.get_rect(center=self.rect.center)
accelerating is this :
self.vel += self.acceleration * self.enginepower * globaltimefactor
updating position :
self.position += self.vel
self.rect.center = self.position
I was making it harder than it needed to be, velocity needed to be constant until acted upon by the rotated acceleration vector. I didn't know how to add vectors together etc.

I fixed it : just required a better understanding of vectors
ship starts off with acceleration and velocity both stated as vectors.
self.position = vec(screenx / 2, screeny / 2)
self.vel = vec(0, 0)
self.acceleration = vec(0, -0.2) # The acceleration vec points upwards from the starting ship position
rotating the ship rotates that vector in place
self.acceleration.rotate_ip(self.angle_speed)
self.angle += self.angle_speed
self.image = pygame.transform.rotate(self.imageorig, -self.angle)
self.rect = self.image.get_rect(center=self.rect.center)
accelerating is this :
self.vel += self.acceleration * self.enginepower * globaltimefactor
updating position :
self.position += self.vel
self.rect.center = self.position
I was making it harder than it needed to be, velocity needed to be constant until acted upon by the rotated acceleration vector. I didn't know how to add vectors together etc.

How to skew an image

I started work on my own version of Super Mario Kart in python, just as a small project for myself. So far I've managed to transform an image to look like the player is moving over a pseudo-3D track. However, there is no perspective at all, which somewhat ruins the illusion of 3D. I know that I could pretty much fix this issue if I had a way of skewing the image so that the bottom of the surface is wider than the top, as this would help to simulate perspective.
I've been looking for quite a while online to see if there is a way to achieve this, as I really have no idea where to start. Although my searches have been inconclusive, and I have not found anything useful.
So how would I go about doing this to skew the image of the track?
Here is my code so far:
import os, sys, pygame
from pygame.locals import *
from math import *
pygame.init()
path, file_name = os.path.split(__file__)
path = os.path.join(path, 'data')
WIDTH = 800
HEIGHT = 600
SCREEN = pygame.display.set_mode((WIDTH,HEIGHT))
CLOCK = pygame.time.Clock()
FPS = 30
pygame.mouse.set_visible(False)
pygame.display.set_caption('Mario Kart')
class Driver(object):
def __init__(self, image, start_pos):
self.surface = pygame.image.load(os.path.join(path, image)).convert()
self.surface.set_colorkey(MAGENTA)
self.surface = pygame.transform.scale(self.surface, (64, 64))
self.pos = list(start_pos)
self.angle = 0
self.velocity = 0
def move(self):
keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
if keys[K_a] or keys[K_LEFT]:
self.angle -= 14 / (1 + e ** (-0.3 * self.velocity)) - 7
#Sigmoid function to contain the angular velocity between 7 and -7
if keys[K_d] or keys[K_RIGHT]:
self.angle += 14 / (1 + e ** (-0.3 * self.velocity)) - 7
if keys[K_w] or keys[K_UP]:
self.velocity += 3
elif keys[K_s] or keys[K_DOWN]:
self.velocity -= 1
self.velocity *= 0.85
self.pos[0] += self.velocity * sin(radians(self.angle))
self.pos[1] -= self.velocity * cos(radians(self.angle))
def render(self):
SCREEN.blit(self.surface, (WIDTH / 2 - 32, HEIGHT / 2 - 32))
class Track(object):
def __init__(self, image, tilt = 1, zoom = 1):
self.surface = pygame.image.load(os.path.join(path, image)).convert_alpha()
self.angle = 0
self.tilt = tilt
self.zoom = zoom
self.rect = self.surface.get_rect()
self.rect.center = (WIDTH / 2, HEIGHT / 2)
self.image = self.surface
self.image_rect = self.image.get_rect()
def render(self, angle, center = (0, 0)):
self.angle = angle
self.image = self.surface
self.image = pygame.transform.rotate(self.image, self.angle)
self.image_rect = self.image.get_rect()
self.image = pygame.transform.scale(self.image, (int(self.image_rect.width * self.zoom), int((self.image_rect.height * self.zoom) / self.tilt)))
self.image_rect = self.image.get_rect(center = (self.rect.centerx - ((center[0] * self.zoom) * cos(radians(-self.angle)) - (center[1] * self.zoom) * sin(radians(-self.angle))),
self.rect.centery - ((center[0] * self.zoom) * sin(radians(-self.angle)) + (center[1] * self.zoom) * cos(radians(-self.angle))) / self.tilt))
SCREEN.blit(self.image, self.image_rect)
def main():
track = Track('MushroomCup1.png', tilt = 4, zoom = 7)
toad = Driver('Toad Sprite.png', (408, 90))
while True:
SCREEN.fill((255, 255, 255))
toad.move()
track.render(toad.angle, toad.pos)
toad.render()
events = pygame.event.get()
for event in events:
if event.type == QUIT or event.type == KEYDOWN and event.key == K_ESCAPE:
pygame.quit()
sys.exit()
pygame.display.update()
CLOCK.tick(FPS)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
MushroomCup1.png
Toad Sprite.png

You'll have to try something like PyOpenGL or Pyglet if you want to get real 3D. PyGame is really only for doing things on a conventional 2D surface/perspective.
That said, I actually did write a Mario Kart style 3D driving game that ran on pure PyGame (here's a JS port). I set coordinates for the road, decomposed the road into individual triangles, and did lots of matrix math. This was mostly a humorous exercise to see if I could, not something that I should have done. And that was with only geometric primitives. For an image it gets more complicated.
If you really wanted to, you could probably do something like preprocess that image resource to simplify and decompose it into a bunch of large-ish square blocks, and do a similar method of decomposing those into triangles with lots of matrix math. It wouldn't be fast, but it would technically work and only require PyGame.
Basically what I'm saying is, there is no Pygame solution in spirit, and if you want 3D proper, you'll have to move to a framework that supports it (like Pyglet or PyOpenGL).

Python Game problems

I'm working on a 2D python game project for my CS class, and I've hit a bump, I don't know what the problem is:
The project is a large part of my grade, and up until now I've had an A+
This project is incredibly frustrating
NEW
ok so i've got everything working so far, except for some reason My protaganist() is stuck at the top left corner of the game screen !
Also, i need ideas on how to create a jump action
If anyone could help I would be incredibly grateful!
I am importing a game engine my teacher made available from his book website, but i it is too long for me to add but i will try to add some of it at the bottom
Here is all my code:
import gameEngine
import pygame
import math
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((640, 480))
pygame.mixer.init()
sndAtk = pygame.mixer.Sound("OOT_AdultLink_Attack1.wav")
#goal is to create a game
#must have menu to start game
#menu should have a start and quit button.. start runs gaming operations and quit exits program
#sprites for character and enemies and bullets maybe, use one large image and simply move visibiliy
#this saves memory as 1 image is loaded instead of many
"""
class game(gameEngine.scene):
def __init__(self, scene):
self.background()
self.sprites["spawn.gif", "badguys.gif"]
"""
"""
protaganist is our hero sprite
should run left and right, jump left and right
and attack left and right...
I might add in the bow and jump attack
"""
class scrollinggrass(gameEngine.SuperSprite):
def __init__(self, scene):
gameEngine.SuperSprite.__init__(self, scene)
self.setImage("gamebackground.jpg")
self.rect.centerx = 20
self.rect.centery = 500
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
self.dx = 10
self.dy = 0
self.checkKeys()
def checkKeys(self):
keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
if keys[pygame.K_RIGHT]:
print("working")
self.forward(3)
run.play()
if keys[pygame.K_LEFT]:
self.forward(-3)
class hearts(gameEngine.SuperSprite):
def __init__(self, scene):
gameEngine.SuperSprite.__init__(self, scene)
self.setImage("heart.png")
self.setTransparentColor = self.imageMaster.get_at((1,1))
self.imageMaster.set_colorkey(self.setTransparentColor)
self.setPosition((550 , 30))
class badguy(gameEngine.SuperSprite):
def __init__(self, scene):
gameEngine.SuperSprite.__init__(self, scene)
self.setImage("badguy1.png")
self.rect = self.imageMaster.get_rect()
self.health = 2
self.DEAD = 1
self.state = 0
class protaganist(gameEngine.SuperSprite):
def __init__(self, scene):
gameEngine.SuperSprite.__init__(self, scene)
self.imageList = []
self.rect = self.imageMaster.get_rect()
self.STANDING = 0
self.RUNNING = 1
self.ATTACKING = 2
self.JUMPING = 3
self.DEAD = 10
self.imageFrame = 0
self.state = self.STANDING
self.hearts = 1
self.heartPts = self.hearts * 3
self.stats()
self.loadImages()
# self.image = self.imageList[0]
self.checkKeys()
def stats(self):
#sets it up so each heart is essentially 3 hit points
if self.heartPts >= 3:
self.hearts = 1
elif self.heartPts >= 6:
self.hearts = 2
elif self.heartPts == 9:
self.hearts = 3
elif self.heartPts > 9:
self.heartPts = 9
# changes state to dead if hp == 0
if self.heartPts == 0:
self.state = DEAD
def loadImages(self):
self.setPosition((320 , 380))
self.setImage("heroSTANDING.gif")
self.setTransparentColor = self.imageMaster.get_at((1,1))
self.imageMaster.set_colorkey(self.setTransparentColor)
def checkKeys(self):
keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
if keys[pygame.K_RIGHT]:
self.state = runRight
self.frame += 1
if self.frame >= len(self.imageList):
self.frame = 1
self.image = self.imageList[self.frame]
# self.image = self.image.get_rect()
# self.rect.center = (320, 240)
if keys[pygame.K_LEFT]:
self.state = 1
while keys[pygame.K_g]:
self.state = Attacking
sndAtk.play()
if self.state == self.DEAD:
self.image = self.deadImgList[0]
self.frame += 1
self.image = self.deadImgList[self.frame]
#self.image = self.image.get_rect()
#self.rect.center = (320, 240)
class game(gameEngine.Scene):
def __init__ (self):
gameEngine.Scene.__init__(self)
pygame.display.set_caption("Link's Mediocre Adventure")
background = pygame.Surface(screen.get_size())
background.fill((0, 0, 0))
screen.blit(background, (0, 0))
pro = protaganist(self)
baddy = badguy(self)
baddy1 = badguy(self)
heart = hearts(self)
grass = scrollinggrass(self)
goodlySprites = self.makeSpriteGroup((grass, pro, heart))
baddySprites = self.makeSpriteGroup((baddy, baddy1))
# self.addSpriteGroup(goodlySprites)
self.addGroup((baddySprites))
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
keepGoing = True
while keepGoing:
clock.tick(30)
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
keepGoing = False
if pro.state == pro.ATTACKING:
if pro.collidesGroup(baddySprites):
baddy.health -= 1
baddy1.health -= 1
if baddy.health == 0:
baddy.reset()
elif baddy1.health == 0:
baddy.reset()
elif pro.state != pro.ATTACKING:
if pro.collideGroup(baddySprites):
pro.heartPts -= 1
goodlySprites.update()
baddySprites.update()
goodlySprites.draw(screen)
baddySprites.draw(screen)
pygame.display.flip()
def main():
game.start()
if __name__ == "__main__":
game()
game engine
class SuperSprite(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
""" An enhanced Sprite class
expects a gameEngine.Scene class as its one parameter
Use methods to change image, direction, speed
Will automatically travel in direction and speed indicated
Automatically rotates to point in indicated direction
Five kinds of boundary collision
"""
def __init__(self, scene):
pygame.sprite.Sprite.__init__(self)
self.scene = scene
self.screen = scene.screen
#create constants
self.WRAP = 0
self.BOUNCE = 1
self.STOP = 2
self.HIDE = 3
self.CONTINUE = 4
#create a default text image as a placeholder
#This will usually be changed by a setImage call
self.font = pygame.font.Font("freesansbold.ttf", 30)
self.imageMaster = self.font.render(">sprite>", True, (0, 0,0), (0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF))
self.image = self.imageMaster
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
#create properties
#most will be changed through method calls
self.x = 200
self.y = 200
self.dx = 0
self.dy = 0
self.dir = 0
self.rotation = 0
self.speed = 0
self.maxSpeed = 10
self.minSpeed = -3
self.boundAction = self.WRAP
self.pressed = False
self.oldCenter = (100, 100)
self.states = {}
self.currentState = "default"
def update(self):
self.oldCenter = self.rect.center
self.checkEvents()
self.__rotate()
self.__calcVector()
self.__calcPosition()
self.checkBounds()
self.rect.center = (self.x, self.y)
def checkEvents(self):
""" overwrite this method to add your own event code """
pass
def __rotate(self):
""" PRIVATE METHOD
change visual orientation based on
rotation property.
automatically called in update.
change rotation property directly or with
rotateBy(), setAngle() methods
"""
oldCenter = self.rect.center
self.oldCenter = oldCenter
self.image = pygame.transform.rotate(self.imageMaster, self.rotation)
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
self.rect.center = oldCenter
def __calcVector(self):
""" calculates dx and dy based on speed, dir
automatically called in update
"""
theta = self.dir / 180.0 * math.pi
self.dx = math.cos(theta) * self.speed
self.dy = math.sin(theta) * self.speed
self.dy *= -1
def __calcPosition(self):
""" calculates the sprites position adding
dx and dy to x and y.
automatically called in update
"""
self.x += self.dx
self.y += self.dy
def checkBounds(self):
""" checks boundary and acts based on
self.BoundAction.
WRAP: wrap around screen (default)
BOUNCE: bounce off screen
STOP: stop at edge of screen
HIDE: move off stage and wait
CONTINUE: keep going at present course and speed
automatically called by update
"""
scrWidth = self.screen.get_width()
scrHeight = self.screen.get_height()
#create variables to simplify checking
offRight = offLeft = offTop = offBottom = offScreen = False
if self.x > scrWidth:
offRight = True
if self.x < 0:
offLeft = True
if self.y > scrHeight:
offBottom = True
if self.y < 0:
offTop = True
if offRight or offLeft or offTop or offBottom:
offScreen = True
if self.boundAction == self.WRAP:
if offRight:
self.x = 0
if offLeft:
self.x = scrWidth
if offBottom:
self.y = 0
if offTop:
self.y = scrHeight
elif self.boundAction == self.BOUNCE:
if offLeft or offRight:
self.dx *= -1
if offTop or offBottom:
self.dy *= -1
self.updateVector()
self.rotation = self.dir
elif self.boundAction == self.STOP:
if offScreen:
self.speed = 0
elif self.boundAction == self.HIDE:
if offScreen:
self.speed = 0
self.setPosition((-1000, -1000))
elif self.boundAction == self.CONTINUE:
pass
else:
# assume it's continue - keep going forever
pass
def setSpeed(self, speed):
""" immediately sets the objects speed to the
given value.
"""
self.speed = speed
def speedUp(self, amount):
""" changes speed by the given amount
Use a negative value to slow down
"""
self.speed += amount
if self.speed < self.minSpeed:
self.speed = self.minSpeed
if self.speed > self.maxSpeed:
self.speed = self.maxSpeed
def setAngle(self, dir):
""" sets both the direction of motion
and visual rotation to the given angle
If you want to set one or the other,
set them directly. Angle measured in degrees
"""
self.dir = dir
self.rotation = dir
def turnBy (self, amt):
""" turn by given number of degrees. Changes
both motion and visual rotation. Positive is
counter-clockwise, negative is clockwise
"""
self.dir += amt
if self.dir > 360:
self.dir = amt
if self.dir < 0:
self.dir = 360 - amt
self.rotation = self.dir
def rotateBy(self, amt):
""" change visual orientation by given
number of degrees. Does not change direction
of travel.
"""
self.rotation += amt
if self.rotation > 360:
self.rotation = amt
if self.rotation < 0:
self.rotation = 360 - amt
def setImage (self, image):
""" loads the given file name as the master image
default setting should be facing east. Image
will be rotated automatically """
self.imageMaster = pygame.image.load(image)
self.imageMaster = self.imageMaster.convert()
def setDX(self, dx):
""" changes dx value and updates vector """
self.dx = dx
self.updateVector()
def addDX(self, amt):
""" adds amt to dx, updates vector """
self.dx += amt
self.updateVector()
def setDY(self, dy):
""" changes dy value and updates vector """
self.dy = dy
self.updateVector()
def addDY(self, amt):
""" adds amt to dy and updates vector """
self.dy += amt
self.updateVector()
def setComponents(self, components):
""" expects (dx, dy) for components
change speed and angle according to dx, dy values """
(self.dx, self.dy) = components
self.updateVector()
def setBoundAction (self, action):
""" sets action for boundary. Values are
self.WRAP (wrap around edge - default)
self.BOUNCE (bounce off screen changing direction)
self.STOP (stop at edge of screen)
self.HIDE (move off-stage and stop)
self.CONTINUE (move on forever)
Any other value allows the sprite to move on forever
"""
self.boundAction = action
def setPosition (self, position):
""" place the sprite directly at the given position
expects an (x, y) tuple
"""
(self.x, self.y) = position
def moveBy (self, vector):
""" move the sprite by the (dx, dy) values in vector
automatically calls checkBounds. Doesn't change
speed or angle settings.
"""
(dx, dy) = vector
self.x += dx
self.y += dy
self.checkBounds()
def forward(self, amt):
""" move amt pixels in the current direction
of travel
"""
#calculate dx dy based on current direction
radians = self.dir * math.pi / 180
dx = amt * math.cos(radians)
dy = amt * math.sin(radians) * -1
self.x += dx
self.y += dy
def addForce(self, amt, angle):
""" apply amt of thrust in angle.
change speed and dir accordingly
add a force straight down to simulate gravity
in rotation direction to simulate spacecraft thrust
in dir direction to accelerate forward
at an angle for retro-rockets, etc.
"""
#calculate dx dy based on angle
radians = angle * math.pi / 180
dx = amt * math.cos(radians)
dy = amt * math.sin(radians) * -1
self.dx += dx
self.dy += dy
self.updateVector()
def updateVector(self):
#calculate new speed and angle based on dx, dy
#call this any time you change dx or dy
self.speed = math.sqrt((self.dx * self.dx) + (self.dy * self.dy))
dy = self.dy * -1
dx = self.dx
radians = math.atan2(dy, dx)
self.dir = radians / math.pi * 180
def setSpeedLimits(self, max, min):
""" determines maximum and minimum
speeds you will allow through
speedUp() method. You can still
directly set any speed you want
with setSpeed() Default values:
max: 10
min: -3
"""
self.maxSpeed = max
self.minSpeed = min
def dataTrace(self):
""" utility method for debugging
print major properties
extend to add your own properties
"""
print "x: %d, y: %d, speed: %.2f, dir: %.f, dx: %.2f, dy: %.2f" % \
(self.x, self.y, self.speed, self.dir, self.dx, self.dy)
def mouseDown(self):
""" boolean function. Returns True if the mouse is
clicked over the sprite, False otherwise
"""
self.pressed = False
if pygame.mouse.get_pressed() == (1, 0, 0):
if self.rect.collidepoint(pygame.mouse.get_pos()):
self.pressed = True
return self.pressed
def clicked(self):
""" Boolean function. Returns True only if mouse
is pressed and released over sprite
"""
released = False
if self.pressed:
if pygame.mouse.get_pressed() == (0, 0, 0):
if self.rect.collidepoint(pygame.mouse.get_pos()):
released = True
return released
def collidesWith(self, target):
""" boolean function. Returns True if the sprite
is currently colliding with the target sprite,
False otherwise
"""
collision = False
if self.rect.colliderect(target.rect):
collision = True
return collision
def collidesGroup(self, target):
""" wrapper for pygame.sprite.collideany
simplifies checking sprite - group collisions
returns result of collision check (sprite from group
that was hit or None)
"""
collision = pygame.sprite.spritecollideany(self, target)
return collision
def distanceTo(self, point):
""" returns distance to any point in pixels
can be used in circular collision detection
"""
(pointx, pointy) = point
dx = self.x - pointx
dy = self.y - pointy
dist = math.sqrt((dx * dx) + (dy * dy))
return dist
def dirTo(self, point):
""" returns direction (in degrees) to
a point """
(pointx, pointy) = point
dx = self.x - pointx
dy = self.y - pointy
dy *= -1
radians = math.atan2(dy, dx)
dir = radians * 180 / math.pi
dir += 180
return dir
def drawTrace(self, color=(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)):
""" traces a line between previous position
and current position of object
"""
pygame.draw.line(self.scene.background, color, self.oldCenter,
self.rect.center, 3)
self.screen.blit(self.scene.background, (0, 0))
def addState(self, stateName, stateImageFile):
""" Creates a new sprite state with the associated name
and image. Useful to build multi-state sprites.
"""
#load the image
tempImage = pygame.image.load(stateImageFile)
tempImage.convert()
self.states[stateName] = tempImage
def setState(self, stateName):
""" attempts to set the sprite to the indicated state
(image)
"""
self.imageMaster = self.states[stateName]
self.rect = self.imageMaster.get_rect()
self.currentState = stateName
def getState(self):
""" returns the current state name
(default if no states have been explicitly set)
"""
return self.currentState

if pro.state == pro.ATTACKING:
if pro.collidesWith(baddySprites):
baddy.health -= 1
if baddy.health == 0:
baddy.reset()
elif pro.state != pro.ATTACKING:
if pro.collidesWith(baddySprites):
pro.heartPts -= 1
baddySprites is a sprite group, so I bet you have to use collidesGroup instead of collidesWith.
if pro.state == pro.ATTACKING:
if pro.collidesGroup(baddySprites):
baddy.health -= 1
if baddy.health == 0:
baddy.reset()
elif pro.state != pro.ATTACKING:
if pro.collidesGroup(baddySprites):
pro.heartPts -= 1
But even if you do this, it seems like you'll still have problems. Namely, this code only ever deducts health from baddy and not baddy1. I'm assuming sprite groups support iteration. If so, you should perform collision detection independently on each enemy.
for enemy in baddySprites:
if pro.state == pro.ATTACKING:
if pro.collidesWith(enemy):
enemy.health -= 1
if enemy.health == 0:
enemy.reset()
elif pro.state != pro.ATTACKING:
if pro.collidesWith(enemy):
pro.heartPts -= 1