PyWeek - PyODE 2d physics demo.

We have some nice 2d physics working now, thanks to PyODE. Still a long way from being a game though.


Demo code, tap the arrow keys. Needs PyODE.

— erik on 2007/04/03 06:38 of The Black Shoe

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By simono on 2007/04/03 12:25:

hi, tried the demo on ubuntu linux. i have python 2.4 and the pyode, that comes with ubuntu installed. but sadly it crashes with 
simon@silentia:~/Desktop/Pyweek other entries/balloon-demo-1.0$ python run_game.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "run_game.py", line 13, in ?
    main.main()
  File "/home/simon/Desktop/Pyweek other entries/balloon-demo-1.0/lib/main.py", line 71, in main
    ball = Balloon(world,space, object_list, pos=(.5,3))
  File "/home/simon/Desktop/Pyweek other entries/balloon-demo-1.0/lib/Balloon.py", line 19, in __init__
    ODEObject.__init__(self,world,space,list,ode.GeomSphere(space, radius), mass, pos=pos,image='ball')
  File "/home/simon/Desktop/Pyweek other entries/balloon-demo-1.0/lib/ODEObject.py", line 33, in __init__
    self.join2d = ode.Plane2DJoint(world)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Plane2DJoint'

By faassen on 2007/04/03 12:38:

You need a newer version of ODE PyODE for the Plane2DJoint - 0.7 I believe.

By simono on 2007/04/03 12:41:

I see - could you package that with the game? I really don't want to install it. I think including as much as possible will make your rating go up :-)

By selsine on 2007/04/03 13:49:

Yeah I was thinking of working with pyODE and was wondering if there was an easy way to package it up, or to use it as a simple module.

Does anyone have any experience with this or any helpful links?

By erik on 2007/04/03 14:46:

For the final release we will do py2exe and py2app versions. I'm not sure about building linux binaries though, we've never done it before.

By faassen on 2007/04/03 16:55:

For linux support, I have a zc.buildout configuration that builds ode and pyode more or less automatically (and installs them locally, so the system setup remains intact). I will post about it at some stage.

By saluk on 2007/04/03 18:00:

erik: you can use cx_freeze to make a linux exe, I've had success with this in the past. It will package up pygame, I'm not sure about pyode, but it's work a shot.