pygame Creating a window in pygame - pygame.display.set_mode()
Syntax
- pygame.display.set_mode(resolution=(0,0), flags=0, depth=0) # Returns a pygame.Surface representing the window on screen
- flags = pygame.FULLSCREEN | pygame.OPENGL # Flags can be combined using the "|" (bitwise OR or "pipe") character.
Parameters
| parameter | explaination |
|---|---|
| resolution | a pair of numbers representing the width and height of the window |
| flags | additional options that change the type of window - see "Remarks" for avaliable flags |
| depth | amount of bits used for color |
Remarks
- Possible values for the
flagarguments are:
| flag | description |
|---|---|
| pygame.FULLSCREEN | window is fullscreen |
| pygame.RESIZABLE | window is resizeable |
| pygame.NOFRAME | window has no border or controls |
| pygame.DOUBLEBUF | use double buffer - recommended for HWSURFACE or OPENGL |
| pygame.HWSURFACE | window is hardware accelerated, only possible in combination with FULLSCREEN |
| pygame.OPENGL | window is renderable by OpenGL |
Other remarks:
-
Pygame can currently only handle one single window at a time. Creating a second window by calling
pygame.display.set_mode((x,y))a second time will close the first window. -
Changing the
depthsargument is almost never required - pygame will select the best one by itself. In case a depth that is not supported by the system is set, pygame will emulate this depth, which can be very slow. -
Things that are drawn onto the surface returned by
pygame.display.set_mode()are not immediately visible on screen - the display first has to be flipped usingpygame.display.update()orpygame.display.flip().
