Re: [pygame] Pausing a function

[Casey Duncan <casey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You will need a loop that continuously calls methods to update, draw  
and refresh the screen. At the top of the loop you could check for  
events to see if you need to do anything. Basically something like:

clock = pygame.time.Clock()
while playing:
	for event in pygame.event.get():
		handle_event(event)
	sprites.update() # update all sprites, including ambient animation
	dirty = sprites.draw(screen)
	pygame.display.update(dirty)
	pygame.display.flip() # May not be necessary depending on display  
config
	clock.tick(40) # Limit to 40 fps (set this to whatever you like)

You can also be kinder to the system by inserting a short time.sleep 
() in there, but I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader ;)

-Casey

On Sep 21, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Samuel Mankins wrote:

> Hi.
> Is there a way to pause one function, but to keep all the others  
> going? I'm building a 2D RPG, and my current animation function  
> uses pygame.time.wait(), which is good, but means I can't have  
> "ambient" animations (Things that move around randomly, like plants  
> waving in the wind), and I can only have on going at a time. Does  
> anyone know a way around this?
>
> Thanks!