On 2/2/2014 10:04 PM, edvoge...@gmail.com wrote:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Ed\Documents\SOMA\Minecraft and Python\inventwithpython_src\dodger.py", line 1, in <module>
>> import pygame, random, sys File
"C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pygame\__init__.py", line 95, in <module>
>> from pygame.base import *
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
Found the answer here: http://www.reddit.com/r/inventwithpython/comments/1dzl8m/when_importing_pygame_i_get_importerror_dll_load/ Questions but no big deal - 1. Why doesn't pygame.org have the most recent install files compatible with the most recent python I ended up finding them here: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
The base problem is that Microsoft changes the Visual C runtime with each version of the VC compiler. Python 3.3 was compiled with a newer version. It is a nuisance for packages to keep recompiling with a new VC version. Py 3.4 is using the same version as 3.4, so PyGames *might* work with 3.4, or there might be other compatibilities.
2. Interesting that "3.2" pygames works with "3.3" python on my XP but the Win 7 required the "3.3" pygames. Thoughts?
It is possible that the VC++2010 runtime does not work with XP, but requires Vista+ and that the Microsoft installer installs the older VC++2008 runtime on XP even when installing 3.3. If you install for a single user, the vcxxxxx.dll is in the python directory or subdirectory. For all-user installs, it is in one of the windows/systemxx directories. But this is just a guess.
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