FoFiX v3.1xx development thread

[d3vkit]

Although I agree that some posts are redundant and the answer can usually be "Don't be a tester if you don't know how/want stability", I myself before a couple days ago didn't know how to set up SVN and test this (the wiki helped a LOT, and it was actually fairly simple). But the mic issue gets repeated and then buried every day it seems. Can the OP be update with mic enabling instructions? I can write them; if not updating the OP, you can just link my post :D

1. Get the latest Fofix SVN. Start here if you don't know how.
2. Change mic_features_enabled to True in the fofix.ini settings file (under the [game] heading in the file). This file can usually be found in %appdata%/fofix, or you can simply create a blank one in the root directory where you are running fofix (ie, if your just running from the src folder FoFiX.py, create it there; if you made an executable, put the file where the exe is, etc)
3. Plug in your microphone. In the game, go to Options>Control Settings>New Controller. Name this whatever you like (Microphone might be a good choice), and set Controller Type to <Microphone>. Under Mic Device, select your mic.
4. You'll need at least another player (such as Jurgen), so set this up now.
5. Go to the main menu and enter Multiplayer>RB Co-op (this is the only mode that the mic is currently working with). From here it ought to be pretty simple.

If I missed something or didn't explain it correctly, just let me know. Hopefully people will see this; I was in their shoes just days ago and it actually was a little hard to get all of this info since it's usually handed out in bits and pieces across posts. I do understand however, that this is the dev thread for issues and not guidance, so I hope my post can alleviate some of that strain from the awesome developers that take their time to make this great game even greater.

[Qstick]

I suggest if the career has a guitar battle, what if we make a name for your enemy in the song.ini file?

Kinda like:

battle_enemy = Tom Morello

career does have a guitar battle
just add boss_battle = True to your songs. :)

[angellinus]

I know but does the career know who are ya battling?

Oh its bad english. sorry.

I meant IF there is a guitar battle song in a career, we should make a name for him and replace jurgen.(Like Tom Morello and Slash)

[Nickman]

I know but does the career know who are ya battling?

Oh its bad english. sorry.

I meant IF there is a guitar battle song in a career, we should make a name for him and replace jurgen.(Like Tom Morello and Slash)

And maybe a line like: battle_ai = 1,2,3,4,5
To set skill level.

[angellinus]

But its mostlu set the skill depending on difficulty.

[DesertDiamond]

Py2.6 is really pokey.

[evilbobthebob]

Akedrou, next time you (or any other dev) updates a major feature (such as vocals) it would be helpful if you told us exactly how you expect it should behave. For example, the vocals part doesn't seem to register taps in game, even though it works fine in the key tester.

[boomydude]

Hi. I can't get the latest svn (r1470) to run. I have a new installation of linux ubuntu 9.04 32-bit. I have done all the modules in http://code.google.com/p/fofix/wiki/Req ... rceModules. I have ctypes. The error occurs whether I use python 2.5 / pygame 1.8.1 or python2.6 / pygame 1.8.1 or python2.6 / pygame svn. Disabling psyco doesn't make a difference. I am using PYTHONPATH to point to the pygame svn. My videocard is a mobility Radeon X700 which only supports up to DirectX 9 Shaders 2.0. Is this a problem? Also, I am using the open-source ATI drivers. GLXGears works. Using python-OpenGL 3.0.

Here is the error:

joseph@josephs-acer-laptop-ubuntunew:~/fofix-svn-r1470/src$ PYTHONPATH=/home/joseph/pygame-svn/build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/ python2.6 FoFiX.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "FoFiX.py", line 249, in <module>
main()
File "FoFiX.py", line 112, in main
engine = GameEngine(config)
File "/home/joseph/fofix-svn-r1470/src/GameEngine.py", line 530, in __init__
Shader.list.set(os.path.join(Version.dataPath(), "shaders"))
File "/home/joseph/fofix-svn-r1470/src/Shader.py", line 455, in set
if self.make("lightning","stage"):
File "/home/joseph/fofix-svn-r1470/src/Shader.py", line 77, in make
program = self.compile(open(fullname+".vs"), open(fullname+".ps"))
File "/home/joseph/fofix-svn-r1470/src/Shader.py", line 129, in compile
program = glCreateProgramObjectARB()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/OpenGL/platform/baseplatform.py", line 280, in __call__
self.__name__, self.__name__,
OpenGL.error.NullFunctionError: Attempt to call an undefined function glCreateProgramObjectARB, check for bool(glCreateProgramObjectARB) before calling

[Slash666]

I'm not an expert but I think that you have to have 3.0 shaders suported graphics card.

[oesick]

after downloading all i need from http://code.google.com/p/fofix/wiki/Run ... erPython26 and svn update + RebuildWin.bat i get this in FoFix.exe.log:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "FoFiX.py", line 37, in <module>
File "Config.pyo", line 27, in <module>
File "Log.pyo", line 25, in <module>
File "Resource.pyo", line 26, in <module>
File "Queue.pyo", line 5, in <module>
ImportError: No module named heapq

and i check lib dir in phyton there is heapq

also after RunFofFromSources.bat i get other error:


any ideas?

[WildSioux]

I just noticed NVIDIA beta drivers with "OpenGL 3.0/3.1 Support for Windows, Linux"
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/opengl_3_driver.html

I haven't installed them yet. But with FoFiX using opengl3.0 now in a python2.6 setup, would this driver help out a lot?

[fenolftalein]

Hi. I can't get the latest svn (r1470) to run. I have a new installation of linux ubuntu 9.04 32-bit. I have done all the modules in http://code.google.com/p/fofix/wiki/Req ... rceModules. I have ctypes. The error occurs whether I use python 2.5 / pygame 1.8.1 or python2.6 / pygame 1.8.1 or python2.6 / pygame svn. Disabling psyco doesn't make a difference. I am using PYTHONPATH to point to the pygame svn. My videocard is a mobility Radeon X700 which only supports up to DirectX 9 Shaders 2.0. Is this a problem? Also, I am using the open-source ATI drivers. GLXGears works. Using python-OpenGL 3.0.

Here is the error:

joseph@josephs-acer-laptop-ubuntunew:~/fofix-svn-r1470/src$ PYTHONPATH=/home/joseph/pygame-svn/build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/ python2.6 FoFiX.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "FoFiX.py", line 249, in <module>
main()
File "FoFiX.py", line 112, in main
engine = GameEngine(config)
File "/home/joseph/fofix-svn-r1470/src/GameEngine.py", line 530, in __init__
Shader.list.set(os.path.join(Version.dataPath(), "shaders"))
File "/home/joseph/fofix-svn-r1470/src/Shader.py", line 455, in set
if self.make("lightning","stage"):
File "/home/joseph/fofix-svn-r1470/src/Shader.py", line 77, in make
program = self.compile(open(fullname+".vs"), open(fullname+".ps"))
File "/home/joseph/fofix-svn-r1470/src/Shader.py", line 129, in compile
program = glCreateProgramObjectARB()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/OpenGL/platform/baseplatform.py", line 280, in __call__
self.__name__, self.__name__,
OpenGL.error.NullFunctionError: Attempt to call an undefined function glCreateProgramObjectARB, check for bool(glCreateProgramObjectARB) before calling

Fixed. It looks like some functions are undefined in linux version of PyOpenGL 3.0.
You may help me to add these functions. Just execute this example in Python and tell me if it's work fine.

[jstump91]

after downloading all i need from http://code.google.com/p/fofix/wiki/Run ... erPython26 and svn update + RebuildWin.bat i get this in FoFix.exe.log:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "FoFiX.py", line 37, in <module>
File "Config.pyo", line 27, in <module>
File "Log.pyo", line 25, in <module>
File "Resource.pyo", line 26, in <module>
File "Queue.pyo", line 5, in <module>
ImportError: No module named heapq

and i check lib dir in phyton there is heapq

After EXEs are made they're completely independent of your Python installation - that's the whole point of them, which is distribution to those who do not have a Python environment to run the game in.

(Insert my usual rant about there being no advantage whatsoever to making the EXEs here.)

also after RunFofFromSources.bat i get other error:


any ideas?

I don't think you read the RequiredSourceModules page all the way through.

This calls for another big bold post for everyone's future reference...
Do not post errors ending with "ImportError: No module named ..." unless you are absolutely, positively, 100% sure that you read all the way through either RequiredSourceModules or RunningUnderPython26 (depending on which Python version you're running) and did everything it told you to do. If it worked before but suddenly started giving you such an error, please check whether we added a new dependency since you set up your environment (in which case we will post about it here and update the wiki pages). Violators will be ignored and/or ridiculed.

(It may just have happened that we added a new dependency and forgot to update those pages, but that's very rare, and all of FoFiX's dependencies are covered in both pages at this time.)

[boomydude]

Fixed. It looks like some functions are undefined in linux version of PyOpenGL 3.0.
You may help me to add these functions. Just execute this example in Python and tell me if it's work fine.

I tried the example. A black window came up, then disappeared. However, no error messages came up, either.

As far as my original error:
I now realized that the program was able to make a log and and an ini file. The program runs ok if I disable shaders in the ini. Also, here is my log file when I run the program after I erase the .fofix folder in linux (before I try your fix)

(W) Missing either pypitch or pyaudio - microphone support will not be possible
(D) GameEngine class init (GameEngine.py)...
(D) FoFiX v3.120 alpha (r1470) starting up...
(D) pygame version: 1.8.1release
(D) Initializing audio.
(D) Audio configuration: (44100, -16, 2)
(D) Initializing pygame.mixer & audio system at 44100 Hz.
(D) Initializing video.
(E) Couldn't find matching GLX visualTraceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/joseph/fofix-svn-r1470/src/Video.py", line 62, in setMode
self.screen = pygame.display.set_mode(resolution, flags)
error: Couldn't find matching GLX visual

(W) Video setup failed. Trying without antialiasing.
(D) Compiling lightning shader.



Which do you guys recommend for microphone support? pypitch or pyaudio? Or do I need both?

EDIT: Just tried r1471. Works fine. Thanks fenolftalein.

[p_025]

Does anyone else think it's odd that after Jurgen plays in a game, he laughs at you for the adjusted score of zero, even if you didn't play?