Re: [pygame] Network game programming with python

[Bob Ippolito <bob@threeoh.com>]

On Tuesday, Apr 15, 2003, at 15:27 America/New_York, RPGnMets@aol.com 
wrote:

> "In regard to your mainloop, what's wrong with registering those events
> with the reactor?  That's the Twisted way of doing things.  Here's an
> oversimplified example:
>
> FRAMEDELAY = 1.0 / 30.0
> def oneFrame():
>    handle_input()
>    update_game_entities()
>    draw_frame()
>    if not over:
>        # call oneFrame after a short delay
>        reactor.callLater(FRAMEDELAY, oneFrame)
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>    from twisted.internet import reactor
>    gameSetup()
>    # call oneFrame at the next reactor iteration
>    reactor.callLater(0.0, oneFrame)
>    reactor.run()
>    gameShutdown()
> "
>
> I was thinking about doing something like this.  That way, I can keep 
> the familair game loop while still benefitting from twisted for the 
> network stuff.  However, where would the gamestate be kept?  
> Obviously, whatever twisted calls back into will need access to the 
> state somehow, and the mainloop needs state too.
That's what classes are for... or generators I guess, but you really 
want to use classes.

-bob