From shannyk at mac.com Thu Mar 3 00:18:26 2005 From: shannyk at mac.com (- drive - drift - dream -) Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 00:18:26 -0500 Subject: Stupid Panther questions... Message-ID: I'm a frustrated Panther user who hates StepMania, but can't figure out how to get PyDance to not crash immediately on startup, with no dock bounces, and nothing showing up in the console log... Tried installing it from the source code, this is what I got... Hera:/Users/catherine/pydance-1.0.2 root# make install install -d /usr/local/bin /usr/local/games /usr/local/share/games/pydance install -d /usr/local/share/games/pydance/songs install -d /usr/local/share/man/man1 /usr/local/share/man/man6 cp -R themes images sound CREDITS /usr/local/share/games/pydance cp docs/man/*.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1 cp docs/man/*.6 /usr/local/share/man/man6 cp pydance.posix.cfg pydance.cfg install -D -m 644 pydance.cfg /etc/pydance.cfg install: illegal option -- D usage: install [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 file2 install [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 ... fileN directory install -d [-v] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] directory ... make: *** [install-data] Error 64 Hera:/Users/catherine/pydance-1.0.2 root# From tgz at orotech.net Thu Mar 3 01:45:36 2005 From: tgz at orotech.net (theGREENzebra) Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:45:36 -0500 Subject: [pyddr-discuss] Stupid Panther questions... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4226B290.1070808@orotech.net> You don't actually have to install pydance, you can just run it out of the directory you unpacked it into. What do you get in the console when you just run it? Also, in the past you had to be sure to use the python that came with the kitchen sink and not the python that came with OSX, I'm not sure if this is still the case. B -- * http://clickass.org * ICQ# 1107012 * AIM/Yahoo: theGREENzebra * -----GEEK CODE 3.12----- GCM/CS/IT/MU d? s: a24 C++++ UL++++ P+ L+++>$ E---- W++ N+ o K- w---$ O- M V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP- t++(+++) 5- X R tv(+) b+(-) DI+++ D+ G++ e h++ r+(---) y+ UF*++ From amasayoshii at operamail.com Thu Mar 3 02:55:35 2005 From: amasayoshii at operamail.com (Tyrell Johnson) Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 08:55:35 +0100 Subject: [pyddr-discuss] Stupid Panther questions... Message-ID: <20050303075535.5DCDF21AFF9@ws5-6.us4.outblaze.com> Since we are talking about stupid questions. I have a stupid question. Pydance works beautifully for me. mp3s work great.Backgrounds? yep. Banners? yep yep. However the arrows are reversed. Yes the arrows are reversed. 4th notes register as 8th notes so every song is kinda boned, and backwards. All of my .sm files work only in this same way. This is my only problem. Period. I hate Stepmania WITH A PASSION. I have even offered to donate once this problem is resolved. I have yet to get an answer (most of the time when you offer people money they become your friend. Of course till the scratch dries up :) ) At any rate I am using win2k, 2ghz processor etc etc etc. good power is what im trying to say. ANY help on this matter is welcome. I have to idea how to use IDLE. Thanks in advance -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze From tgz at orotech.net Thu Mar 3 03:44:37 2005 From: tgz at orotech.net (theGREENzebra) Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 03:44:37 -0500 Subject: [pyddr-discuss] Stupid Panther questions... In-Reply-To: <20050303075535.5DCDF21AFF9@ws5-6.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20050303075535.5DCDF21AFF9@ws5-6.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <4226CE75.4090309@orotech.net> > Since we are talking about stupid questions. I have a stupid question. Pydance works beautifully for me. mp3s work great.Backgrounds? yep. Banners? yep yep. However the arrows are reversed. Yes the arrows are reversed. 4th notes register as 8th notes so every song is kinda boned, and backwards. All of my .sm files work only in this same way. This is my only problem. Period. I hate Stepmania WITH A PASSION. I have even offered to donate once this problem is resolved. I have yet to get an answer (most of the time when you offer people money they become your friend. Of course till the scratch dries up :) ) At any rate I am using win2k, 2ghz processor etc etc etc. good power is what im trying to say. ANY help on this matter is welcome. I have to idea how to use IDLE. Have you tried the DWIs, if included, that come with the same song? All of the .SM files I have seem to work fine. Can you put a sample somewhere for us to grab so we can try it? Your frustration with support is not unheard, but neither Joe nor I are in a position to support pydance, presently, even if there's money involved (well, I can't speak for Joe, but I'm guessing it applies). So, please don't think it's just you, but please do be patient once you supply a sample, if you can. B -- * http://clickass.org * ICQ# 1107012 * AIM/Yahoo: theGREENzebra * -----GEEK CODE 3.12----- GCM/CS/IT/MU d? s: a24 C++++ UL++++ P+ L+++>$ E---- W++ N+ o K- w---$ O- M V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP- t++(+++) 5- X R tv(+) b+(-) DI+++ D+ G++ e h++ r+(---) y+ UF*++ From shannyk at mac.com Thu Mar 3 23:47:32 2005 From: shannyk at mac.com (- drive - drift - dream -) Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 23:47:32 -0500 Subject: [pyddr-discuss] Stupid Panther questions... In-Reply-To: <4226B290.1070808@orotech.net> References: <4226B290.1070808@orotech.net> Message-ID: <8562C4A2-8C68-11D9-8354-0050E4A06312@mac.com> On 3-Mar-05, at 1:45 AM, theGREENzebra wrote: > You don't actually have to install pydance, you can just run it out of > the directory you unpacked it into. That doesn't work either. How do I fix the stuff it's complaining about below? It's kinda been years since I did much command line stuff, and what I did know how to do back then wasn't much anyways... :-( Hera:~/pydance-1.0.2 catherine$ python pydance.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "pydance.py", line 32, in ? from constants import * # This needs to be here to set sys.path. File "/Users/catherine/pydance-1.0.2/constants.py", line 62, in ? import pygame File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ python2.3/site-packages/pygame/__init__.py", line 158, in ? raise ImportError, "Can not access the window manager, use bundlebuilder or execute with the pythonw script" ImportError: Can not access the window manager, use bundlebuilder or execute with the pythonw script Hera:~/pydance-1.0.2 catherine$ > What do you get in the console when you just run it? Also, in the past > you had to be sure to use the python that came with the kitchen sink > and not the python that came with OSX, I'm not sure if this is still > the case. How do I specify what python to use? I get absolutely *nothing* in the console log, it doesn't seem to register as ever having attempted to open. From spam_all_you_want at yahoo.com Fri Mar 4 07:23:02 2005 From: spam_all_you_want at yahoo.com (Richard Smith) Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:23:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: [pyddr-discuss] Stupid Panther questions... In-Reply-To: 6667 Message-ID: <20050304122302.89675.qmail@web30704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --- - drive - drift - dream - wrote: > ImportError: Can not access the window manager, use > bundlebuilder or > execute with the pythonw script This error seems pretty informative - it is telling you to type: pythonw pydance.py __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ From shannyk at mac.com Fri Mar 4 18:32:28 2005 From: shannyk at mac.com (- drive - drift - dream -) Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:32:28 -0500 Subject: [pyddr-discuss] Stupid Panther questions... In-Reply-To: <20050304122302.89675.qmail@web30704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20050304122302.89675.qmail@web30704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On 4-Mar-05, at 7:23 AM, Richard Smith wrote: >> ImportError: Can not access the window manager, use >> bundlebuilder or >> execute with the pythonw script > > This error seems pretty informative - it is telling > you to type: > pythonw pydance.py But that doesn't improve things, really, it brings up the weight icon in the dock, which changes to a snake and freezes as soon as it does, with no error messages at all. From shannyk at mac.com Fri Mar 4 18:38:46 2005 From: shannyk at mac.com (- drive - drift - dream -) Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:38:46 -0500 Subject: [pyddr-discuss] Stupid Panther questions... In-Reply-To: References: <20050304122302.89675.qmail@web30704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8D625B76-8D06-11D9-A244-0050E4A06312@mac.com> On 4-Mar-05, at 6:32 PM, - drive - drift - dream - wrote: >> This error seems pretty informative - it is telling >> you to type: >> pythonw pydance.py > > But that doesn't improve things, really, it brings up the weight icon > in the dock, which changes to a snake and freezes as soon as it does, > with no error messages at all. Ok, if I quit it through the terminal rather than through the dock, I get this... ^CTraceback (most recent call last): File "pydance.py", line 41, in ? import menudriver File "/Users/catherine/pydance-1.0.2/menudriver.py", line 4, in ? import menus File "/Users/catherine/pydance-1.0.2/menus.py", line 82, in ? class Menu(object): File "/Users/catherine/pydance-1.0.2/menus.py", line 90, in Menu move_sound = pygame.mixer.Sound(os.path.join(sound_path, "move.ogg")) KeyboardInterrupt Bus error From shannyk at mac.com Fri Mar 4 18:54:00 2005 From: shannyk at mac.com (- drive - drift - dream -) Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:54:00 -0500 Subject: [pyddr-discuss] Stupid Panther questions... In-Reply-To: References: <20050304122302.89675.qmail@web30704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Nevermind, I tried doing this on a faster computer and having more patience, and *eventually* the spinning beachball went away and the program started! Thanks, everyone that helped with this! >>> ImportError: Can not access the window manager, use >>> bundlebuilder or >>> execute with the pythonw script >> >> This error seems pretty informative - it is telling >> you to type: >> pythonw pydance.py > > But that doesn't improve things, really, it brings up the weight icon > in the dock, which changes to a snake and freezes as soon as it does, > with no error messages at all. > -------------- Stupidity is not a handicap...park elsewhere! AIM: AnotherTrinity Craziness, aardvarks, and cesspools of fabric softener... http://tinyurl.com/5un9w http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannyk/ From 53effie at rogers.com Fri Mar 18 20:10:27 2005 From: 53effie at rogers.com (Glen) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:10:27 -0500 Subject: PyDance Message-ID: Hi Folks, I am having problems with the MacOS X version of the game PyDance. Every time I try to run the program, the program appears in the dock for a couple seconds and then quits (appears to start loading but quits before it finishes). I have installed the pygame / PyOpenGL kitchensink distribution and Vison Egg. I have also been able to run some of the Vision Egg demos (haven't tried them all) although the only way to quit pygame afterward is to force quit it. I am currently running MacOS X 10.3.8. Any idea what the problem might be? -- Thank you for your time. Glen Mead - 53effie at rogers.com --- http://www.glenmead.com Animation and Multimedia --- 2D & 3D Animation - Web Sites - DVD - CD-ROM - PowerPoint From shannyk at mac.com Sat Mar 19 16:57:36 2005 From: shannyk at mac.com (- drive - drift - dream -) Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:57:36 -0500 Subject: [pyddr-discuss] PyDance In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 18-Mar-05, at 8:10 PM, Glen wrote: > I am having problems with the MacOS X version of the game PyDance. > Every time I try to run the program, the program appears in the dock > for a couple seconds and then quits (appears to start loading but > quits before it finishes). I have installed the pygame / PyOpenGL > kitchensink distribution and Vison Egg. I have also been able to run > some of the Vision Egg demos (haven't tried them all) although the > only way to quit pygame afterward is to force quit it. I am currently > running MacOS X 10.3.8. Any idea what the problem might be? Only known workaround is run it from the source code. It'll take a lot longer than normal to start up, but it should. -------------- Stupidity is not a handicap...park elsewhere! AIM: AnotherTrinity Craziness, aardvarks, and cesspools of fabric softener... http://tinyurl.com/5un9w http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannyk/ From gleung4 at hotmail.com Fri Mar 25 23:26:21 2005 From: gleung4 at hotmail.com (George Leung) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:26:21 -0800 Subject: Introduction and question Message-ID: Hello everyone, I am interested in taking part of the PyDance project; however, I do not intended to work on it as a DDR simulator, but as a GitaDora simulator (aka GuitarFreaks/Drummania), though more focus upon drummania aspect. I will be basing this upon the algorithm and source code of PyDance, for while I know some python, programming techniques, and have played Drummania, I do not know how to program it in such a way. Before I decided to put my effort into this project, I have a few question to ask: 1) Will the PyDance team work on a drummania simulator, and if not, is there any other team that is working upon something similar? 2) Many drummania simulator accept MIDI input from real digital drums. How do I accept these inputs? 3) What is needed to keep this open source and kept in the Debian package/license? In any case, nice to meet you all, and Thanks in advance. George.