Re: [pygame] problem with load_extended

[Farai Aschwanden <fash@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Larry

Did you try to load the TGA image with the file extension like:

image_var = pygame.image.load('.../.../imagename.tga')

I'm just asking because I got similar error (on Mac) if I don't add  
the file extension (in your case "tga"). Even if the extension is  
wrong (you try to load tga but the image is a png-file) Pygame checks  
the graphic type and shows it correct. It seems that Pygame wants an  
extension, wether it's the right one or not (probably Windows thingy).

Just my 2 cents
Tyger


Am 26.02.2006 um 17:54 schrieb Larry Keber:

> Greetings, I'm fairly new to both Python and PyGame.  I'm running  
> under OS X 10.4.5, python 2.4.1.  I've tried the pre-packaged  
> PyGame 1.7.0, and I've built pygame 1.71 along with the latest SDL  
> and SDL_image libraries from source.  In all cases I see this  
> behavior:
>
> pygame.image.load() won't load a TGA file (or a GIF, etc); it  
> complains that it isn't a Windows BMP file.  I've read that this is  
> because PyGame wasn't compiled with SDL_image support.  I'm certain  
> it is, however.  Things get strange - when I attempt to load a TGA  
> as root, it works, but as a basic user, it doesn't.  In fact,  
> pygame.image.get_extended() returns 1 as root, and 0 as a normal  
> user.  I've checked things like pygame.ver, and pygame.__file__ and  
> both users are running the same code, as far as I can tell.  I've  
> checked permissions on /usr/local/lib, and under /Library/ 
> Frameworks and they look like everything is at least world  
> readable, and world executable.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> Larry