So i got a big Problem and im researching it since 5 hours without getting anywhere, thats, why im asking here now. at the bottom you can see the Code, where i got my problem. So what it basically does is: it opens an pygame window with 3 buttons: one with start, one with stop and one with quit
when you press start an loop should run, where it plays an sound every x seconds until you press the stop button. the problem is, that the time.sleep() does freeze the whole window. and yes i researched a lot and i didnt came to a conclusion for myself... iam an beginner in python, im doing it for like 2 weeks. Also this is my first post at this Community, so sorry, if this post is different! :p
What i wanna have is, that while the Tonemaker Loop is running, the pygame window stays active and youre able to click the other buttons.
if you need any more informations just ask! Thanks for your Help! Iam really thankful for every answer, because iam really stuck right now.
import pygame, threading
from pygame import *
import time
run = True
distance = int(input("What Distance you wanna Run? [Meters]:"))
timer = int(input("How fast do you wanna Run it? [Seconds]:"))
frequence = int(input("The Tone should come every? [Meters]:"))
# Ask all the needed informations and save them as Variables
tonerepeats = distance / frequence
tonetimer = timer / tonerepeats # Calculate the time the progam should wait inbetween the sounds
tonetimer = float(tonetimer) # make the tonetimer an float (number) important, otherwise sleep will give an error
pygame.init()
displaywidth = 800
displayheight = 800
black = (0, 0, 0)
grey = (30, 30 ,30)
white = (255, 255, 255) #stuff for the pygame window
red = (200, 0, 0)
green = (0, 200, 0)
brightgreen = (0, 255, 0)
brightred = (255, 0, 0)
gameDisplay = pygame.display.set_mode((displaywidth, displayheight))
pygame.display.set_caption("Tulsa Driller 1.0")
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
tulsaimg = pygame.image.load("D:/python/tulsa.png")
def Tonemaker(): #the loop for the playsound function
while run == True: # as long as run is true do this
pygame.mixer.init() # needed line for playing an sound
pygame.mixer.music.load("D:/python/sound.wav") # load up the sound from libarys
pygame.mixer.music.play(0) # play the sound (0 = play 1 time) (1= play infinite)
time.sleep(tonetimer)
# After playing the sound wait x time till play it again
clock = pygame.time.Clock() # needed line for pygame to work
clock.tick() # needed line for pygame to work
while pygame.mixer.music.get_busy(): # avoid errors with the playsound. "while the sound is playing do nothing"
pygame.event.poll()
clock.tick()
def tu(x,y):
gameDisplay.blit(tulsaimg, (x,y))
x = (displaywidth*0.25 )
y = (displayheight*0.25 )
def text_objects(text, font):
textSurface = font.render(text, True, white)
return textSurface, textSurface.get_rect()
def button(msg,x,y,w,h,ic,ac,action=None): #function for the buttons
mouse= pygame.mouse.get_pos()
click= pygame.mouse.get_pressed()
if x+w > mouse[0] > x and y+h > mouse[1] > y:
pygame.draw.rect(gameDisplay, ac, (x, y, w, h))
if click[0] == 1 and action !=None:
if action == "start": Tonemaker() # if you press start it starts the loop
elif action== "stop": run= False #if you press stop the loop will stop
elif action== "quit": quit() #quit the program, when quit button is pressed
smalltext = pygame.font.Font("freesansbold.ttf", 20)
textSurf, textRect = text_objects(msg, smalltext)
textRect.center = ((x + (w / 2)), (y + (h / 2)))
gameDisplay.blit(textSurf, textRect)
crashed = False
while not crashed:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
crashed = True
gameDisplay.fill(grey)
tu(x, y)
button("Start",150,650,100,50,green,brightgreen,"start")
button("Stop", 350, 650, 100, 50, red, brightred,"stop") #the 3 buttons
button("Quit", 550, 650, 100, 50, red, brightred,"quit")
pygame.display.update()
clock.tick(75)
pygame.quit()
quit()
Here is a way to do it that incorporates the main loop you already have. It checks the time each iteration through the loop. If enough time has elapsed, it calls the Tonemaker() function. (Omitted irrelevant code).
import time
last_time = None
# Start the timer
def StartTone():
last_time = time.time()
ToneMaker()
# Stop the timer
def StopTone():
last_time = None
# Play the sound
def Tonemaker():
pygame.mixer.init() # needed line for playing an sound
pygame.mixer.music.load("D:/python/sound.wav") # load up the sound from libarys
pygame.mixer.music.play(0) # play the sound (0 = play 1 time) (1= play infinite)
while not crashed:
# Other stuff.....
# Check elapsed time if timer is running
if last_time != None:
now = time.time()
# Has time elapsed?
if now - last_time >= tonetimer:
Tonemaker()
# Reset
last_time = now