basically, I have some code like this:
while True:
number = int(len(oilrigs)) * 49
number += money
time.sleep(1)
In front of this I have a start up screen. However because of this while true loop, it blocks it from running the actual start up screen. Instead, it just displays this.
So how do you put the code in the background?
Try multithreading.
import threading
def background():
while True:
number = int(len(oilrigs)) * 49
number += money
time.sleep(1)
def foreground():
# What you want to run in the foreground
b = threading.Thread(name='background', target=background)
f = threading.Thread(name='foreground', target=foreground)
b.start()
f.start()
background thread is running your loop, whereas the foreground thread is running whatever you want in the foreground.
background as such because it was running an infinite loop. There's no prioritization here or at least no attempt to imply there is prioritization.