Need help with pygame to exe

[sinisterduke]

So i made a small game using pygame, and I want to be able to give it out to some friends who don't have python, so I want to make it into an EXE. i've been trying for several hours using several different methods, but nothings seems to be working. I would REALLY appreciate any help.

So after all this time I think py2exe appears to be the best tool to use. I have it installed, I just can't get it to work correctly on my game. After looking for many different setup.py file thingys, this is the one i've been using most recently:

try:
    from distutils.core import setup
    import py2exe, pygame
    from modulefinder import Module
    import glob, fnmatch
    import sys, os, shutil
except ImportError, message:
    raise SystemExit,  "Unable to load module. %s" % message
 
class pygame2exe(py2exe.build_exe.py2exe): #This hack make sure that pygame default font is copied: no need to modify code for specifying default font
    def copy_extensions(self, extensions):
        #Get pygame default font
        pygamedir = os.path.split(pygame.base.__file__)[0]
        pygame_default_font = os.path.join(pygamedir, pygame.font.get_default_font())
 
        #Add font to list of extension to be copied
        extensions.append(Module("pygame.font", pygame_default_font))
        py2exe.build_exe.py2exe.copy_extensions(self, extensions)
 
class BuildExe:
    def __init__(self):
        #Name of starting .py
        self.script = "game.py"
 
        #Name of program
        self.project_name = "MyApps"
 
        #Project url
        self.project_url = "about:none"
 
        #Version of program
        self.project_version = "0.0"
 
        #License of the program
        self.license = "MyApps License"
 
        #Auhor of program
        self.author_name = "Me"
        self.author_email = "[e-mail]"
        self.copyright = "Copyright (c) 2009 Me."
 
        #Description
        self.project_description = "MyApps Description"
 
        #Icon file (None will use pygame default icon)
        self.icon_file = None
 
        #Extra files/dirs copied to game
        self.extra_datas = ['background.mid','background.png','bonus.png','cowbell.wav','highscore.txt']
 
        #Extra/excludes python modules
        self.extra_modules = []
        self.exclude_modules = []
        
        #DLL Excludes
        self.exclude_dll = ['']
 
        #Zip file name (None will bundle files in exe instead of zip file)
        self.zipfile_name = None
 
        #Dist directory
        self.dist_dir ='dist'
 
    ## Code from DistUtils tutorial at http://wiki.python.org/moin/Distutils/Tutorial
    ## Originally borrowed from wxPython's setup and config files
    def opj(self, *args):
        path = os.path.join(*args)
        return os.path.normpath(path)
 
    def find_data_files(self, srcdir, *wildcards, **kw):
        # get a list of all files under the srcdir matching wildcards,
        # returned in a format to be used for install_data
        def walk_helper(arg, dirname, files):
            if '.svn' in dirname:
                return
            names = []
            lst, wildcards = arg
            for wc in wildcards:
                wc_name = self.opj(dirname, wc)
                for f in files:
                    filename = self.opj(dirname, f)
 
                    if fnmatch.fnmatch(filename, wc_name) and not os.path.isdir(filename):
                        names.append(filename)
            if names:
                lst.append( (dirname, names ) )
 
        file_list = []
        recursive = kw.get('recursive', True)
        if recursive:
            os.path.walk(srcdir, walk_helper, (file_list, wildcards))
        else:
            walk_helper((file_list, wildcards),
                        srcdir,
                        [os.path.basename(f) for f in glob.glob(self.opj(srcdir, '*'))])
        return file_list
 
    def run(self):
        if os.path.isdir(self.dist_dir): #Erase previous destination dir
            shutil.rmtree(self.dist_dir)
        
        #Use the default pygame icon, if none given
        if self.icon_file == None:
            path = os.path.split(pygame.__file__)[0]
            self.icon_file = os.path.join(path, 'pygame.ico')
 
        #List all data files to add
        extra_datas = []
        for data in self.extra_datas:
            if os.path.isdir(data):
                extra_datas.extend(self.find_data_files(data, '*'))
            else:
                extra_datas.append(('.', [data]))
        
        setup(
            cmdclass = {'py2exe': pygame2exe},
            version = self.project_version,
            description = self.project_description,
            name = self.project_name,
            url = self.project_url,
            author = self.author_name,
            author_email = self.author_email,
            license = self.license,
 
            # targets to build
            windows = [{
                'script': self.script,
                'icon_resources': [(0, self.icon_file)],
                'copyright': self.copyright
            }],
            options = {'py2exe': {'optimize': 2, 'bundle_files': 1, 'compressed': True, \
                                  'excludes': self.exclude_modules, 'packages': self.extra_modules, \
                                  'dll_excludes': self.exclude_dll} },
            zipfile = self.zipfile_name,
            data_files = extra_datas,
            dist_dir = self.dist_dir
            )
        
        if os.path.isdir('build'): #Clean up build dir
            shutil.rmtree('build')
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
	if len(sys.argv):
		sys.argv.append('py2exe')
    	BuildExe().run()
    	raw_input("Press any key to continue") #Pause to let user see that things ends

When I try this however, I get the error:
NotImplementedError: font module not available
(ImportError: MemoryLoadLibrary failed loading pygame\font.pyd)

In my actual code, I'm loading font using:
font = pygame.font.SysFont("freesansbold", 48)

as I heard this is the better way to do it.

I've tried many different setup.py files, but each gives me a different error, whether it be missing DLL's, or font, or something else. If I could get any help with this, i would appreciate it.

[sinisterduke]

Just a small update:

I went through my code and removed all instances of font. Now I get this:

(ImportError: MemoryLoadLibrary failed loading pygame\mixer.pyd)

[sinisterduke]

and I went through and removed every instance of using sounds/mixer, and now it works. The problem is, I kinda need text and sound. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it. It's probably just something small or stupid

[ov3rcl0ck]

Pygame and py2exe don't get along well, you have to do a few things to get it working. Take a look: http://www.moviepartners.com/blog/2009/03/20/making-py2exe-play-nice-with-pygame/

A great idea is to make a list of the modules you need.

[sinisterduke]

I've tried that site and everything it suggests already, but it hasn't worked.

[tendragons]

I realize this's and older thread and is being addressed a few other places, but since it is the result that came up when i googled the exact error message i received, please consider the following: To the best of my knowledge, pygame2exe only works with a slightly older version of python/pygame libraries. I've banged into the exact same brick walls as sinisterduke here, until i uninstalled python 2.6 and reloaded with the following, which are still available somewhere on the respective product's sites.

python-2.5.4.msi
pygame-1.9.1.win32-py2.5.msi
py2exe-0.6.9.win32-py2.5.exe

Good Luck!