> To: python-list@python.org
> From: breamore...@yahoo.co.uk
> Subject: Re: Writing game-state data...
> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 07:37:56 +0000
>
> On 09/11/2012 07:20, Graham Fielding wrote:
> >
> > Hey, folks, me again! I've been puzzling over this for a while now: I'm
> > trying to write data to a file to save the state of my game using the
> > following function: def save_game():
> > #open a new empty shelve (possibly overwriting an old one) to write
> > the game data
> > file_object = open('savegame.sav', 'wb')
> > file['map'] = map
> > file['objects'] = objects
> > file['player_index'] = objects.index(player) #index of player in
> > objects list
> > file['inventory'] = inventory
> > file['game_msgs'] = game_msgs
> > file['game_state'] = game_state
> > file['stairs_index'] = objects.index(stairs)
> > file['dungeon_level'] = dungeon_level
> > file.close() However, while 'savegame.sav' is created in the directory
> > I specify, the function dies on file['map'] = map. This is the end of the
> > stack trace:
> > File "C:\Python Project\Roguelike.py", line 966, in save_game
> > file['map'] = map
> > TypeError: 'type' object does not support item assignment Now, the map is
> > randomly generated -- could that be an issue? Should I just scrap the
> > current system and use pickle?
> >
>
> Please always give the complete stack trace, it's provided for a
> purpose. Here I'll grope around in the dark and guess that you need
> file_object = shelve.open(...
>
> --
> Cheers.
>
> Mark Lawrence.
>
> --
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list Here's the full stack
> trace: File "C:\Python Project\Roguelike.py", line 1048, in <module>
main_menu()
File "C:\Python Project\Roguelike.py", line 1030, in main_menu
play_game()
File "C:\Python Project\Roguelike.py", line 1007, in play_game
player_action = handle_keys()
File "C:\Python Project\Roguelike.py", line 717, in handle_keys
quit_menu() #exit game
File "C:\Python Project\Roguelike.py", line 698, in quit_menu
save_game()
File "C:\Python Project\Roguelike.py", line 909, in save_game
file['map'] = map
TypeError: 'type' object does not support item assignment
>>> What I'm trying to do is figure out a way to get the game to save its
>>> state; I compiled it to an EXE using py2exe, but after that, the game
>>> refuses to hold onto its data. Thanks for all the help!
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