Question

I have created a simple score system for my pygame. but it’s pausing the game. I know it’s because of time.sleep but I don’t how to sort it out.

The score system is to +100 every 5 seconds while start is true, code:

while start == True:
   time.sleep(5)
   score = score + 100 

Full code with indentation: http://pastebin.com/QLd3YTdJ
code at line : 156-158

Thank you

Answer 1

If i understand you correctly you dont want the while True: score += 100 loop to block your entire program?

You should solve it by moving the score adding to a seperate function
and use the intervalfunction of APScheduler http://packages.python.org/APScheduler/intervalschedule.html

from apscheduler.scheduler import Scheduler

# Start the scheduler
sched = Scheduler()
sched.start()

# Schedule job_function to be called every 5 seconds
@sched.interval_schedule(seconds=5)
def incr_score():
    score += 100

This will result in APScheduler creating a thread for you running the function every 5 seconds.

you might need to do some changes to the function to make it work but it should get you started at least :).