🔒 i have a problem where my games code crashes every time player tries to shoot a bullet at enemy

[floral spear]

is there someone that can look at my code to se if there is something i have missed or simply forgotten to do.

[trail shuttle]

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[tired stump]

You have not defined BULLET_SIZE

[lapis whale]

Where's the code?

But ya, your code is attempting to use a variable that you haven't assigned.

[floral spear]

ok, i chatted with ai and it said it was defined XD, i can send the code if you want

[lapis whale]

!paste

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[floral spear]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/7EKQ

there the complete code is

[lapis whale]

You do not define BULLET_SIZE anywhere in the code. What value are you expecting it to have?

[floral spear]

im not 100% sure i started coding today XD so im new to all of this but bullet size needs to be 5 by 12 pixels, i cannot for the life of me figure out what to write or where to write it to make it work

[lapis whale]

You should not be writing code like Pygame games if you just started today. Did you get this code from AI?

[floral spear]

yes i have used a bit of ai to make the parts of code that i dont know, but the base game with the square, movements and enemies i made by looking at python codes on the internet, i have made ai add bullets damage and health

[lapis whale]

That's part of the problem. AI tends to produce broken slop. Even if you fix this one issue, there is a good chance there are other bugs in the code. You're unlikely to be able to debug code that you weren't able to write in the first place.

For this initial bug, though, you just need to assign a value to that name. You use = to assign names. Note the code you have at the top.

[floral spear]

and next problem... what do i assign where

[lapis whale]

If it's uppercase like BULLET_SIZE, that suggests the intent was for it to be a global constant, so it should be at the top with the other names that are uppercase.

Unless you're just doing this as a one off, I would highly encourage you to take a step back and actually learn Python. Clobbering code together from random sources will not teach you how to write code.

[floral spear]

no iknow this is more of a one time fun thing XD, im currently watching tutoials on python

but is this where i assign it

[lapis whale]

That isn't assigning BULLET_TIME. Assignments have the syntax:

name_to_assign = the_value_to_give it

self.speed = BULLET_SPEED is assigning self.speed the value that BULLET_TIME holds.

[floral spear]

ok so i need to change self speed to bullet size or time ?

[lapis whale]

Wait, the error is BULLET_SIZE

It's BULLET_SIZE that you need to assign a value to.

[floral spear]

ok imma try it gimme a sec

bullet speed says 8 but

self speed goes to bullet size

wait im a idiot XD

[lapis whale]

BULLET_SIZE

[floral spear]

i just added it under the speed

now it works without any problems. thank you for the help i have been stuck here for an hour no joke

[lapis whale]

That is part of why you should at least study the basics before attempting code like this. This is a extremely basic error (no offence). Knowing even a little of the basics would have made this easily solvable in seconds.

But, you're welcome. I'm glad it's fixed.

[floral spear]

yeah i see now that i have to take some classes in python, i used c++ in highscool for automatoin class

[lapis whale]

I'd give this list a look-over:

!resources

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[floral spear]

so i can find most of what i need there for future faults ?

[lapis whale]

Those are learning resources. Debugging itself is a whole other set of skills, and I don't think resources in that list focus on debugging. Debugging is more something that you learn as you write code.

Everyone writes broken code initially, so writing code inevitably leads to you learning how to fix broken code.

[floral spear]

yeah i figured XD i have some versions of the game

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