Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-14 Thread jeltedeproft
this is what i have right now, it tells me i can't multiply a vector with a vector, i have to find a way to multiply the speed with the updated angle (=hoek in dutch) code : from visual import * import time import math import random class lunar_lander(object): def __init__(self):

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-14 Thread stefaang
Hi, I only skimmed through the code, but I think your problem resides at the "while True" in your brandstofmeter update(). This function never stops.. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-13 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 13 January 2013 13:57, wrote: > this is again a newer version, right now the velocity does in fact turn, but > the view doesn't follow, it keeps the ship vertical. > > i'm also having trouble letting the flame appear when pressing the "up" button > > and when the ship rotates the horizontal v

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-13 Thread jeltedeproft
this is again a newer version, right now the velocity does in fact turn, but the view doesn't follow, it keeps the ship vertical. i'm also having trouble letting the flame appear when pressing the "up" button and when the ship rotates the horizontal velocity keeps getting bigger and bigger i a

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-13 Thread jeltedeproft
corrected a bit, loop works, gas doesn't work from visual import * import time import math import random from datetime import datetime import operator class lunar_lander(object): def __init__(self): scene.title = 'mini star wars' scene.width = 375 scene.height = 550

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-13 Thread jeltedeproft_8
sorry for the extremely late reply, i have been very very busy :s i implemented the solution that was posted in the second to last post. but now it gets a little confusing because i think a couple terms where deleted that i refered to in other code blocks, so once again i''l post the full code h

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-07 Thread Vincent Vande Vyvre
Le 07/01/13 17:22, jeltedepr...@hotmail.com a écrit : > ok after another round of reparations, my update works again and it updates > the fuel meter, but i still can't get the view of the spaceship to rotate, > for now only the direction the spaceship accelerates when pressing "up" > changes aft

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-07 Thread jeltedeproft
ok after another round of reparations, my update works again and it updates the fuel meter, but i still can't get the view of the spaceship to rotate, for now only the direction the spaceship accelerates when pressing "up" changes after a rotation, but the spaceship itself keeps pointing up. Thi

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-05 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 12:14 AM, wrote: > that's probably it, how do i solve it? I'm afraid I can't help you there. Check out the docs for the getkey function and see if it can be put into non-blocking mode; if not, you may have to completely change your model. For instance, if I were writing th

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-05 Thread jeltedeproft
that's probably it, how do i solve it? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-05 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 11:24 PM, wrote: > hy again,thanx, i updated my code with your more efficient approach :), so > that possibly resolves problem number 2, but still leaves me with problem > n°1, my code is still stuck in the first update of the fuel tank > (brandstoftank), for the sake of

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-05 Thread jeltedeproft
hy again,thanx, i updated my code with your more efficient approach :), so that possibly resolves problem number 2, but still leaves me with problem n°1, my code is still stuck in the first update of the fuel tank (brandstoftank), for the sake of your easyness i'll paste the code again from vi

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-04 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 7:01 AM, wrote: > woow jeezes, thanks for the amazingly fast and detailed response, you guys > are amazing. > > thanks again, are you guys getting paid for this or is this voluntarily? > either way i really appreciate it We're all volunteers (and it's now 7:30AM Saturday

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-04 Thread jeltedeproft
woow jeezes, thanks for the amazingly fast and detailed response, you guys are amazing. let's clear a few things up : 1) points is a module in vpython to make points, the points do in fact appear although its not really the effect i intended to have, the points are "lined up" in stead of ran

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-04 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Joshua Landau wrote: > It might measure a brand in femtometers ;). LOL! > But, seriously, it's Dutch for Fuel Gauge. Google told me, in case you think > I know Dutch, but it's in the Python Spirit either way. > > ruimteschip -> Spaceship > hoek -> angle > sterren

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-04 Thread Joshua Landau
On 4 January 2013 19:00, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > > Google tells me that brandstofmeter might mean "Babylon 9" > > And by the way, in case it didn't come across, I'm jesting there. What > I mean is that Google didn't have any useful and obvi

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-04 Thread MRAB
On 2013-01-04 18:59, Chris Angelico wrote: On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 5:23 AM, wrote: hy everyone, for my exam this year i had to write a computer game on vpython (visualpython).we had to make a lunar lander game where the ship drops by gravity and is able to manouver to safely land on the moon.

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-04 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > Google tells me that brandstofmeter might mean "Babylon 9" And by the way, in case it didn't come across, I'm jesting there. What I mean is that Google didn't have any useful and obvious results indicating what this actually means. But I'm g

Re: problem with exam task for college

2013-01-04 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 5:23 AM, wrote: > hy everyone, for my exam this year i had to write a computer game on vpython > (visualpython).we had to make a lunar lander game where the ship drops by > gravity and is able to manouver to safely land on the moon.right now i am > completely stuck on tr

problem with exam task for college

2013-01-04 Thread jeltedeproft
hy everyone, for my exam this year i had to write a computer game on vpython (visualpython).we had to make a lunar lander game where the ship drops by gravity and is able to manouver to safely land on the moon.right now i am completely stuck on trying to make the visual of the ship rotate.i'm ne