PyGame NotImplementedError

Question

I made a pygame application using PyInstaller but for some reason when I open it it raises the NotImplementedError, if found out that this error is being raised in the _has func

Answer 1

I finally figured it out, I had to save the ttf file in the same directory as the code. This works for compiling the application into a folder, but for one file you have to change the code.

def rp(relative_path):
    """ Get absolute path to resource, works for dev and for PyInstaller """
    try:
        # PyInstaller creates a temp folder and stores path in _MEIPASS
        base_path = sys._MEIPASS
    except Exception:
        base_path = os.path.abspath(".")

    return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)

upon adding this function you must call it with the name and extension of the file you wish to use, like:

rp('freesansbold.ttf')

to initialize the font just do this:

Font = p.font.Font(rp('freesansbold.ttf'), 12) #initializes font

it works to same for the images I was using too, but i had the take them out to the Sprites folder and package each picture individually with the program. Here's the spec file for Pyinstaller:

# -*- mode: python -*-

block_cipher = None


a = Analysis(['DVD.py'],
             pathex=['C:\\Users\\Kaden\\Desktop\\dvd builds'],
             binaries=[],
             datas=[('./w.png', '.'), ('./b.png', '.'), ('./g.png', '.'), ('./o.png', '.'), ('./p.png', '.'), ('./p2.png', '.'), ('./y.png', '.'), ('./freesansbold.ttf', '.')],
             hiddenimports=[],
             hookspath=[],
             runtime_hooks=[],
             excludes=[],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher,
             noarchive=False)
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
             cipher=block_cipher)
exe = EXE(pyz,
          a.scripts,
          a.binaries,
          a.zipfiles,
          a.datas,
          [],
          name='DVD',
          debug=False,
          bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
          strip=False,
          upx=True,
          runtime_tmpdir=None,
          console=False , icon='icon.ico')

then just call pyinstaller like you usually would:

pyinstaller DVD.spec