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whenever i make a wait function after the door is opened it just freezes the game instead of just freezing the door.

    def door_open(self):
        if self.flag == 'door_h':
            self.y -= 3
            if abs(self.y - self.door_prev_pos) > TILE:
                self.door_open_trigger = False
                self.door_close_trigger = True

        elif self.flag == 'door_v':
            self.x -= 3
            if abs(self.x - self.door_prev_pos) > TILE:
                self.door_open_trigger = False
                pygame.time.wait(2000)
                self.door_close_trigger = True

I believe the reason is because pygame.time.wait() is not meant to work on an object itself in the way you are intending. As described in the documentation this method is actually intended to stop or 'freeze' the process overall which is the main application or the program itself for the allotted time you specify in milliseconds, which you have put 2,000. So, at this point in the program you are saying that you want to pause the entire process for 2000 milliseconds or 2 seconds. Which it should be fairly consistent to your arguments each time unless there are any latency issues it should be freezing for around 2 seconds and continuing.

I am not sure if I am correct, I personally don't use PyGame as much but I aspire to do so in the future and it is sorta what I spend so much time scripting and preparing for. I may be completely wrong but I think what you are looking for is something along the lines of the event queue using pygame.event() read the documentation about handling events in python. You may be able to create key press event, or an event timer or something that allows the doors to stay in the relevant position (open) during the timer or event period. This is just a long shot idea but I hope it helps you get to the overall answer!

This is basically the same as the last question you asked. You need to track the passage of time with either get_ticks() or time.time(). sleep() and wait() are not suited to your needs.