Fix for issue where Pygame sometimes can't play Ogg Vorbis files - menu sounds in Boing and Soccer will no longer crash the game in that circumstance

boing-master/boing.py

@@ -350,10 +350,12 @@ class Game:
                 image = "digit" + colour + str(score[i])
                 screen.blit(image, (255 + (160 * p) + (i * 55), 46))
 
-    def play_sound(self, name, count=1):
+    def play_sound(self, name, count=1, menu_sound=False):
         # Some sounds have multiple varieties. If count > 1, we'll randomly choose one from those
         # We don't play any in-game sound effects if player 0 is an AI player - as this means we're on the menu
-        if self.bats[0].move_func != self.bats[0].ai:
+        # Updated Jan 2022 - some Pygame installations have issues playing ogg sound files. play_sound can skip sound
+        # errors without stopping the game, but it previously couldn't be used for menu-only sounds
+        if self.bats[0].move_func != self.bats[0].ai or menu_sound:
             # Pygame Zero allows you to write things like 'sounds.explosion.play()'
             # This automatically loads and plays a file named 'explosion.wav' (or .ogg) from the sounds folder (if
             # such a file exists)
@@ -362,7 +364,7 @@ class Game:
             # to access an attribute of Pygame Zero's sounds object, we must use Python's built-in function getattr
             try:
                 getattr(sounds, name + str(random.randint(0, count - 1))).play()
-            except:
+            except Exception as e:
                 pass
 
 def p1_controls():
@@ -416,10 +418,10 @@ def update():
         else:
             # Detect up/down keys
             if num_players == 2 and keyboard.up:
-                sounds.up.play()
+                game.play_sound("up", menu_sound=True)
                 num_players = 1
             elif num_players == 1 and keyboard.down:
-                sounds.down.play()
+                game.play_sound("down", menu_sound=True)
                 num_players = 2
 
             # Update the 'attract mode' game in the background (two AIs playing each other)
@@ -459,7 +461,7 @@ try:
 
     music.play("theme")
     music.set_volume(0.3)
-except:
+except Exception:
     # If an error occurs (e.g. no sound device), just ignore it
     pass
 

soccer-master/soccer.py

@@ -708,7 +708,8 @@ class Game:
                 # No players - we must be on the menu. Play title music.
                 music.play("theme")
                 sounds.crowd.stop()
-        except:
+        except Exception:
+            # Ignore sound errors
             pass
 
         self.score_timer = 0
@@ -945,6 +946,7 @@ class Game:
             try:
                 getattr(sounds, name+str(random.randint(0, c-1))).play()
             except:
+                # Ignore sound errors
                 pass
 
 
@@ -1039,7 +1041,11 @@ def update():
             elif key_just_pressed(keys.UP):
                 selection_change = -1
             if selection_change != 0:
-                sounds.move.play()
+                try:
+                    sounds.move.play()
+                except Exception:
+                    # Ignore sound errors
+                    pass
                 if menu_state == MenuState.NUM_PLAYERS:
                     menu_num_players = 2 if menu_num_players == 1 else 1
                 else:
@@ -1098,11 +1104,12 @@ def draw():
             img = "l" + str(i) + str(game.teams[i].score)
             screen.blit(img, (HALF_WINDOW_W + 25 - 125 * i, 144))
 
-# Set up sound
+# Set up sound system
 try:
     pygame.mixer.quit()
     pygame.mixer.init(44100, -16, 2, 1024)
-except:
+except Exception:
+    # Ignore sound errors
     pass
 
 # Set the initial game state