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winter grail Oct 10, 2024, 3:21 PM

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upload the whole file. Use the + to the lift so you don't have to paste it, which takes a lot of vertical space.

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@stray dragon let's talk in this thread

stray dragon Oct 10, 2024, 3:22 PM

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Thanks!

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📎 code.py

winter grail Oct 10, 2024, 3:24 PM

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ok, give me a few minutes

stray dragon Oct 10, 2024, 3:25 PM

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Thank you. I've been trying to figure this out for 2 weeks so I truly appreciate the help

winter grail Oct 10, 2024, 3:28 PM

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def play_file(filename):
    """Plays a WAV file in its entirety (function blocks until done)."""
    print("Playing", filename)
    with open(f"/sounds/{filename}", "rb") as file:
        audio.play(audiocore.WaveFile(file))
        while audio.playing:
            if any(neokey1.get_keys()) or any(neokey2.get_keys()):
                audio.stop()
                return

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change play_file() to the above. How it works:

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neokey_something.get_keys() returns a list of True/False values for all the keys, e.g. something like [True, False, False, False]

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any() returns True if any of the items in the sequence it is passed is "truthy" (not False or None). So this is checking if any of the buttons are pressed.

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If so, then it stops the audio early, and returns immediately.

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Then your existing code will check which button is actually pressed and start playing the new sound

stray dragon Oct 10, 2024, 3:31 PM

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Hmmm I'm getting the clicking again

winter grail Oct 10, 2024, 3:32 PM

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upload code.py again

stray dragon Oct 10, 2024, 3:32 PM

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📎 code.py

winter grail Oct 10, 2024, 3:33 PM

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Oh, I know what the problem is, it's that it starts playing right away, and the key is still pressed, so it exits immediately

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lemme think about that...

stray dragon Oct 10, 2024, 3:34 PM

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Take your time

winter grail Oct 10, 2024, 4:07 PM

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📎 code_3.py

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quite rewritten. Uses lists of fileanmes and colors. Note how there isn't repeated code

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you'll have to test it: I only have one NeoKey

stray dragon Oct 10, 2024, 4:09 PM

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Sure thing one sec

winter grail Oct 10, 2024, 4:15 PM

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i encourage you to figure out how it works

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i also removed unused code

stray dragon Oct 10, 2024, 4:16 PM

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It works PERFECTLY

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I will

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Thank you so much!

winter grail Oct 10, 2024, 4:16 PM

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It's rare to write code that works the first time!

stray dragon Oct 10, 2024, 4:16 PM

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Oh I know! (I dabble in ASM for NES dev so I know the feeling

winter grail Oct 10, 2024, 4:19 PM

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note the + that concatenates the two lists instead of doing an addition, for instance

stray dragon Oct 10, 2024, 5:02 PM

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It’s little things like that man

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