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(Jan-13-2019, 09:18 PM)ichabod801 Wrote: [ -> ]How are you running it, and what version are you using?

Python 3.6.4. I'm just running it on the shell of IDLE. I downloaded the file you said, t_games-0.36.0a4.zip, extracted it and tried running it. What version python are you working with?

(Jan-15-2019, 02:03 AM)Trinx Wrote: [ -> ]Python 3.6.4. I'm just running it on the shell of IDLE. I downloaded the file you said, t_games-0.36.0a4.zip, extracted it and tried running it. What version python are you working with?

Sorry, I didn't see your post in the unreads. It works for me in 3.6 and 2.7. I'm using Anaconda for Python, and if I start IDLE from the folder containing the t_games folder, you can import t_games, call t_games.play() and it works. Otherwise it doesn't work, at least not if the t_games folder isn't in the pythonpath.

I would not recommend using IDLE. I would navigate to the t_games folder in the command line, and try [icode]python play.py[/code].

(Jan-16-2019, 03:46 AM)ichabod801 Wrote: [ -> ]Sorry, I didn't see your post in the unreads. It works for me in 3.6 and 2.7. I'm using Anaconda for Python, and if I start IDLE from the folder containing the t_games folder, you can import t_games, call t_games.play() and it works. Otherwise it doesn't work, at least not if the t_games folder isn't in the pythonpath. I would not recommend using IDLE. I would navigate to the t_games folder in the command line, and try [icode]python play.py[/code].

Oye, the inbox on this gets confusing sometimes. I had never heard of Anaconda before. I looked it up and saw it was 614mbs, so I haven't downloaded it yet. Why don't you recommend using IDLE? I haven't done much on the cmd of python so I'm not sure how to navigate to files. I tried this but it kept giving me errors:

import os

os.chdir(C:\"""path to desktop""")

It said : was invaild...

???

What I am suggesting is open the system command line, navigate to the t_games folder in the system command line, and try python play.py.

Without the full error traceback, I can't diagnose the problem you are having with os.chdir. It is working for me, however:

Output:
>>> import t_games
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named t_games
>>> import os
>>> os.chdir('Documents')
>>> import t_games
>>> dir(t_games)
['Interface', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', '__path__', 'board', 'cards', 'dice', 'full_credits', 'game', 'interface', 'options', 'other_cmd', 'play', 'player', 'test', 'utility']

You can also use the sys module to modify the pythonpath:

Output:
>>> import t_games
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named t_games
>>> import sys
>>> sys.path.insert(0, 'C:\\Users\\Craig\\Documents')
>>> import t_games
>>> dir(t_games)
['Interface', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', '__path__', 'board', 'cards', 'dice', 'full_credits', 'game', 'interface', 'options', 'other_cmd', 'play', 'player', 'test', 'utility']

(Jan-16-2019, 05:40 PM)Trinx Wrote: [ -> ]I had never heard of Anaconda before. I looked it up and saw it was 614mbs, so I haven't downloaded it yet. Why don't you recommend using IDLE?

I wasn't saying you should download Anaconda, I was just clarifying my set up, as that could affect how things work.

I would not recommend IDLE because it is one of the lowest quality environments for Python out there. There are plenty of free options out there that are much better. And t_games wasn't even designed for a Python environment. It was designed to be run on the system command line.

(Jan-16-2019, 05:40 PM)Trinx Wrote: [ -> ]Why don't you recommend using IDLE?

Under IDE -> IDLE explains a little about its low quality aspects here.

All that and it works Thanks for helping me through that, I'll try them out tonight (hopefully). I don't know when I will be able to get on again after today. I'll look into other python environments. Thanks!