Pyinstaller EXE file loads no saved states

[David Chavez]

Hello,

I am having an issue with pyinstaller where it would create the executable file just fine, however it would not load saved states. For example, after a checkpoint is made, it saves to a file which file is then used to load variables if/when the player gets game over or closes the game. Normally, when testing in development mode opening the program via terminal, this functionality works fine. However, when creating the executable file, since it keeps things in a frozen state, it does not reach the updated save file(s).

Here's a piece of my code which is used to load saved states which works fine when open via command line/terminal:

if pygame.sprite.spritecollide(player, exit_level_group, False):
if not level == 99:
score_count += 100
if level == 99:
with open('savestate.py', 'w') as file:
file.write('check_point = ' + str(check_point) + '\
\nlives_count = ' + str(lives_count) + '\
\ncash_count = ' + str(cash_count) + '\
\nscore_count = ' + str(score_count) + '\
\nrock_sold = ' + str(rock_sold) + '\
\ncard_sold = ' + str(card_sold) + '\
\ncigs_sold = ' + str(cigs_sold) + '\
\ngear_sold = ' + str(gear_sold) + '\
\ngame1_won = ' + str(game1_won) + '\
\ngame2_won = ' + str(game2_won) + '\
\ngame3_won = ' + str(game3_won) + '\
\ngame4_won = ' + str(game4_won) + '\
\ndoorlevel_46 = ' + str(doorlevel_46) + '\
\ndoorlevel_47 = ' + str(doorlevel_47) + '\
\ndoorlevel_48 = ' + str(doorlevel_48) + '\
\ndoorlevel_49 = ' + str(doorlevel_49) + '\
\ndoorlevel_52 = ' + str(doorlevel_52) + '\
\ndoorlevel_53 = ' + str(doorlevel_53) + '\
\ndoorlevel_54 = ' + str(doorlevel_54) + '\
\ndoorlevel_55 = ' + str(doorlevel_55))

Please let me know how I may resolve this issue. I couldn't find anything in documentation which would have addressed my issue and worked. 

Best regards,

David Chavez.

[David Chavez]

Sorry, here is a portion of the script which loads a saved state when game over is triggered. The code in the first post is for when the exe saves but that portion works fine as intended. This part is where the trouble starts. 

# Check whether the game is over or not.
if lives_count <= 0:
lives_count = 0
enemy_count = 0
game_over = True
level = 66
if time_count != str("OUT"):
gameMusic()
bg_img = black_bg
draw_text('GAME OVER', font_s_game_over, white, (screen_width // 2) - 200, (screen_height // 2) -100)
player.rect.x = (screen_width // 2) - 25
player.rect.y = (screen_height // 2) + 125
player.image = dead_ball_img
exit_level_group.empty()
bricks_group.empty()
brickschange_group.empty()
breakbricks_group.empty()
barbwire_group.empty()
cash_group.empty()
info_ball_group.empty()
spike_goon_group.empty()
spike_boss_group.empty()
soccer_goon_group.empty()
soccer_boss_group.empty()
tnt_group.empty()
boobytrap_group.empty()
hooks_goon_group.empty()
hooks_boss_group.empty()
shadow_goon_group.empty()
shadow_boss_group.empty()
foot_goon_group.empty()
foot_boss_group.empty()
if rock_inuse:
level = 64
time_count = int(555)
if card_inuse:
level = 65
time_count = int(777)
if cigs_inuse:
level = 67
time_count = int(666)
draw_text('Need a clue? Click the pack...', font_s, blue, 360, 670)
if gear_inuse:
level = 68
time_count = int(888)
if continue_button.draw():
game_over = False
if check_point == -1:
level = 0
lives_count = 2
cash_count = 0
score_count = 0
elif not check_point == -1:
importlib.reload(savestate)
level = savestate.check_point + 1
score_count = savestate.score_count
gameMusic()

It seems to import the save state (savestate) from the frozen exe instead of the update as I have stated previously.

[Chris Barker]

Your going to need to refactor you code a bit.

If you want saved state, you should store that in a file that isn't part of the source code. And it should get saved outside of the application. 

You can save the data in pretty much any format -- even python code, but I'd recommend a "standard" text format, like JSON.

So your app would:

on start up, look for the "state" file.

if it it exists, it would load the state from there.

if it doesn't exist, it will create one from defaults you have in the code.

- when the state changes, or on app exit, or ??? the state file is updated.

This is how state (and preferences, etc) are usually handled.

There are standard places on each OS to put things like this -- the platformdirs module provides a pretty good set.

HTH,

-CHB

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