<p>I&#39;m making a simulation game where you control a nation and watch as it progresses through the years and you can make decisions when certain things happen.<br />
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I basically have a while loop to handle the main part of the game (which is normal, i think). But in my while loop i have it set to where when a variable reaches a certain point, it goes to another while loop handling a seperate part of the game that gives you two options (to help your nation out or not). This works perfectly except that in this second while loop, i&#39;m trying to make it where once the user chooses an option it will go back to the first while loop, making the changes the user selected and run the same way it did before.<br />
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The problem i&#39;m having is that the program doesn&#39;t seem to even pick up the user hitting the key, it doesn&#39;t hang or close, it just sits there running the second while loop.<br />
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Here is the two while loops (i can add the whole code if needed, but its pretty big and would take up a lot of space):<br />
<br />
[source lang=&quot;python&quot;]#################################Game loop##################################<br />
elect_new = False<br />
<br />
<br />
while game:<br />
x = random.randint(1, 10)<br />
y = random.randint(1, 3)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
show_year = fontObj1.render(str(year), True, BLACK)<br />
show_pop = fontObj1.render(str(pop), True, BLACK)<br />
<br />
<br />
DISPLAY.blit(gbg, (0, 0))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(controls_1, (225, 50))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(controls_2, (225, 66))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(controls_3, (225, 82))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(controls_4, (225, 100))<br />
<br />
<br />
for event in pygame.event.get():<br />
<br />
#the pplrty determiner<br />
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:<br />
if event.key == pygame.K_RETURN:<br />
year += 1<br />
<br />
DISPLAY.blit(show_year, (563, 400))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(show_pop, (400, 400))<br />
<br />
if x == 1:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_1, (45, 50))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_1_2, (45, 66))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_1_3, (45, 82))<br />
p += 2<br />
if x == 2:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_2, (45, 50))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_2_2, (45, 66))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_2_3, (45, 82))<br />
p -= 2<br />
if x == 3:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_3, (45, 50))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_3_2, (45, 66))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_3_3, (45, 82))<br />
p -= 3<br />
if x == 4:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_4, (45, 50))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_4_2, (45, 66))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_4_3, (45, 82))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_4_4, (45, 98))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_4_5, (45, 114))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_4_6, (45, 130))<br />
p -= 5<br />
if x == 5:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_5, (45, 50))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_5_2, (45, 66))<br />
p -= 5<br />
if x == 6:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_6, (45, 50))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_6_2, (45, 66))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_6_3, (45, 82))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_6_4, (45, 98))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_6_5, (45, 114))<br />
p -= 4<br />
if x == 7:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_7, (45, 50))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_7_2, (45, 66))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_7_3, (45, 82))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_7_4, (45, 98))<br />
p -= 4<br />
if x == 8:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_8, (45, 50))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_8_2, (45, 66))<br />
p -= 2<br />
if x == 9:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_9, (45, 50))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_9_2, (45, 66))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_9_3, (45, 82))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_9_4, (45, 98))<br />
p -= 6<br />
if x == 10:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_10, (45, 50))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_10_2, (45, 66))<br />
DISPLAY.blit(events_10_3, (45, 82))<br />
p += 0<br />
<br />
if p &gt;= 50 and p &lt; 60:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(pplrty_decent, (225, 400))<br />
elif p &gt;= 60 and p &lt; 85:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(pplrty_good, (230, 400))<br />
elif p &gt;= 85 and p &lt;= 100:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(pplrty_great, (230, 400))<br />
elif p &gt;= 25 and p &lt; 50:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(pplrty_bad, (225, 400))<br />
elif p &lt; 25:<br />
DISPLAY.blit(pplrty_awful, (225, 400))<br />
<br />
pygame.display.update()<br />
<br />
if event.type == QUIT:<br />
pygame.quit()<br />
sys.exit()<br />
[/source]</p>
<p> </p>
<p>It wouldn&#39;t let me put i into one code segment so here it is continued:</p>
<pre>
[source lang=&quot;python&quot;] #this is where i handle whether the loop needs to break and move on
#to the &quot;elect_new&quot; loop
if p &lt;= 15 and y == 1:
game = False
elect_new = True


while elect_new:
DISPLAY.blit(help_bg, (0, 0))
DISPLAY.blit(elect_1, (165, 75))
DISPLAY.blit(elect_2, (165, 93))
DISPLAY.blit(elect_3, (165, 111))
DISPLAY.blit(yes, (285, 350))
DISPLAY.blit(no, (335, 350))
DISPLAY.blit(under, (285, 350))
DISPLAY.blit(under, (335, 350))
pygame.display.update()

for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_y:
p += 30
elect_new = False
game = True

if event.type == QUIT:
pygame.quit()
sys.exit()
pygame.display.update()
[/source]</pre>

What is the scope of this code? That is, is it in a function? Script only? Also,where is game declared because if it is initialized as false then it will skip the first while loop.
You are also only rendering in the first loop whenever the user presses enter as seen below:
[source lang="python"] for event in pygame.event.get():

#the pplrty determiner
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_RETURN:
year += 1
# Drawing/Reaction code here...
pygame.display.update()[/source]
Is this intended?
Does it catch any of the inputs? That is, have you tried this:
[source lang="python"]for event in pygame.event.get():

#the pplrty determiner
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_RETURN:
print "RETURN Key Hit."[/source]

What is the scope of this code? That is, is it in a function? Script only? Also,where is game declared because if it is initialized as false then it will skip the first while loop.
You are also only rendering in the first loop whenever the user presses enter as seen below:
[source lang="python"] for event in pygame.event.get():

#the pplrty determiner
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_RETURN:
year += 1
# Drawing/Reaction code here...
pygame.display.update()[/source]
Is this intended?
Does it catch any of the inputs? That is, have you tried this:
[source lang="python"]for event in pygame.event.get():

#the pplrty determiner
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_RETURN:
print "RETURN Key Hit."[/source]

The entire source code is too big to put on here but game is initialized in a while loop before it that controls the starting screen of the game. And yes that is intentional because otherwise certain things are not drawn to the screen correctly.

And yes it does catch input, i had it print "x" earlier everytime the user hit enter and it printed everytime.

It is possible that it is always going to the second while loop because of this:

[source lang="python"]if p < 15 and y == 1:
game = False
elect_new = True[/source]
(There is a weird glitch with this code block, if i use "p <= 15" it fails to display so assume it is "p <= 15" instead of "p < 15")


Is this code supposed to be evaluated every loop iteration?
What is the initial value of p? This code is evaluated every iteration and if p is initialized as <= 15 then this will evaluate true almost immediately because y is determined by:
[source lang="python"]y = random.randint(1, 3)[/source]
Which is also evaluated every loop and because the loop time is really fast, as in < 10ms (this may be faster because you have no sleep/fps timing), y will be 1 in about 3-4 loops. so it would take about 30-40ms to evaluate true and jump to the second loop.

It is possible that it is always going to the second while loop because of this:

[source lang="python"]if p < 15 and y == 1:
game = False
elect_new = True[/source]
(There is a weird glitch with this code block, if i use "p <= 15" it fails to display so assume it is "p <= 15" instead of "p < 15")


Is this code supposed to be evaluated every loop iteration?
What is the initial value of p? This code is evaluated every iteration and if p is initialized as <= 15 then this will evaluate true almost immediately because y is determined by:
[source lang="python"]y = random.randint(1, 3)[/source]
Which is also evaluated every loop and because the loop time is really fast, as in < 10ms (this may be faster because you have no sleep/fps timing), y will be 1 in about 3-4 loops. so it would take about 30-40ms to evaluate true and jump to the second loop.

The initial value of p is 50 and is changed according to x (as shown in the "game" loop). Yes it is supposed to be evaluated every loop because when i tried doing it otherwise it didn't work (x stayed one number the whole time).

Is it possible that the reason it refuses to return to the "game" loop from the "new_elect" loop because the "new_elect" loop is at a lower position in the text than the "game" loop? so by the time it sees to return to the "game" loop it can't?

This was an accidental post and i cant delete it.

From what I understand now both while loops are not inside an outer loop are they? If they are, ensure that the code loops back around to the beginning and that p is above 15. If not you need a while loop that wraps around both inner while loops.
The reason why I suspect this is because you have no indent in front of your while loops in your pasted code. Did you remove the indentation when you pasted the code?

They are not in a while a loop, they are on their own. So i should put them in a while loop? Should i put them in my main loop? because it is just sitting at the bottom doing nothing.

Yes you need to follow this format for this to work correctly:
[source lang="python"]#Initialize here

while True:
#Some code can go here
while game:
# First while loop code here
# Transition code here
while elect_new:
# Second while loop code here
# More Transition code here[/source]

If you do not have an outer while loop, it will not return back to the first loop.

This worked perfectly until i tried implementing a new part of the game. I need it to be able to control how many times it can access "elect_new". I tried this:

[source lang="python"]help_credits = 5

while True:
while game:

if help_credits >= 1:
help_events = True

elif help_credits == 0:
help_events = False

[/source]

[source lang="python"] while help_events:

if p < 15 and y == 1:
game = False
elect_new = True
elif p < 15 and y == 2:
game = False
lower_int = True
elif p < 15 and y == 3:
game = False
cut_taxes = True[/source]

Of course i cut out most of the code only leaving in the new parts i added. Using this, the program just hangs and becomes unresponsive. (sorry for it being in two parts again, look at it like one piece of code because the code segment insert thing isn't working for me at all)

CORRECTION: The program doesn't go to the "elect_new" loop at all now using this.