🔒 Having trouble with installing pygame and OpenGL acceralerate

[quick loom]

@pastel grotto

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[copper jewel]

Are you getting errors?

[pastel grotto]

it didn't post one sec

[copper jewel]

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[pastel grotto]

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that file is for pygame

[copper jewel]

Which python version do you have?

[pastel grotto]

Python 3.9.19 (a2113ea87262, Apr 21 2024, 08:21:29)
[PyPy 7.3.16 with MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)]

[copper jewel]

Huh, it should work then. I wasn't sure pygame supported 3.12 but for 3.9 it sure does

[pastel grotto]

i just got a new pc and before this never had an issue

could not actiavating window be a problem?

[copper jewel]

Do you have python installed from Microsoft store?

[copper jewel]

I don't think so

[pastel grotto]

not the microsoft store. But i downloaded it from the offical python website

[copper jewel]

Yeah, that's the one you want (from the official site)

[pastel grotto]

i thought it was a problem with Cython

[copper jewel]

And the error from gl accelerate is the same?

[pastel grotto]

no

[copper jewel]

Tbh it might be idk.

Oh, what version is your pip tho?

Try upgrading to to the latest one if possible

[pastel grotto]

already did that

  × Building wheel for PyOpenGL_accelerate (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  Γöé exit code: 1
  Γò░ΓöÇ> [14 lines of output]
      running bdist_wheel
      running build
      running build_py
      creating build
      creating build\lib.win-amd64-pypy39
      creating build\lib.win-amd64-pypy39\OpenGL_accelerate
      copying OpenGL_accelerate\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-pypy39\OpenGL_accelerate
      running build_ext
      Compiling src\wrapper.pyx because it changed.
      [1/1] Cythonizing src\wrapper.pyx
      building 'OpenGL_accelerate.wrapper' extension
      C:\Users\Kristopher\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-fgcovadc\overlay\Lib\site-packages\Cython\Compiler\Main.py:381: FutureWarning: Cython directive 'language_level' not set, using '3str' for now (Py3). This has changed from earlier releases! File: C:\Users\Kristopher\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d5w3vpn0\pyopengl-accelerate_f698a42116d74371b467d88ce945eebe\OpenGL_accelerate\wrapper.pxd
        tree = Parsing.p_module(s, pxd, full_module_name)
      error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for PyOpenGL_accelerate
Failed to build PyOpenGL_accelerate
ERROR: ERROR: Failed to build installable wheels for some pyproject.toml based projects (PyOpenGL_accelerate)

i do have the c++ build tool but there not in my eviromental varables

[copper jewel]

Oh ok that shouldn't be too much of an issue then. The problem is pygame here. I honestly don't know why it'd do that.

If no one else answers here try putting the link in #python-discussion , and explaining the situation (python from site, 3.9.19, new pc)

Just as a last resource, the command you're running is pip install pygame right? Try py -m pip install pygame, just in case

[pastel grotto]

Nope didnt work

[copper jewel]

From this thread, there's this: pygame is written in C, so it needs to be compiled before it can be installed. setup.py tries to compiled it using Visual Studio Build Tools, and if they're not installed on your PC, it fails.But it says that it's just because it's not compiled for your version of python yet and you should downgrade, and that doesn't make sense here, since you already have 3.9, which 100% most definitely works with pygame. But the problem is something to do with that, it might be failing to find the compiled version, and resorting to compiling pygame itself, which it's not equipped to because of visual studio build tools. Maybe try adding them to your path and it might solve all your problems. Or read the rest of the thread something there might work idk

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