python pygame mouse events not working and not raising errors

Question

I'm new to python and I'm trying to make a chess game with pygame, I have the chessboard and the various pieces placed as objects on it. This is the pieces class:

class piece(object):
    def __init__(self, x, y, which):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y
        self.which = which
        self.square = getsquare(x + PIECE/2, y + PIECE/2)
        self.dragging = False

    def drag(self, x, y):
        limit = 720
        if x >= limit:
            x = limit
        self.x = x - PIECE/2
        self.y = y - PIECE/2
    def draw(self, win):
        win.blit(self.which, (self.x, self.y))
        self.square = getsquare(self.x + PIECE/2, self.y + PIECE/2)

where PIECE is the dimension of the spritesheets with the pieces images. I tried to make a drag system for pieces (stored in a 64 element long list) and by using only 1 piece it worked, but when I used the full list it stopped working without rasing any error. This is the drag system:

"""event listeners"""
for event in pygame.event.get():
    if event.type == pygame.QUIT: #quit event
        run = False
    """mouse release"""
    if event.type == pygame.MOUSEBUTTONUP:
        clickpos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
        x = clickpos[0]
        y = clickpos[1]
        sqr = getsquare(x, y)
        for i in pieceslist:
            if not i == "none":
                if i.dragging:
                    i.dragging = False
                    try:
                        i.x = squarepos(i.square[0], i.square[1])[1]
                        i.y = squarepos(i.square[0], i.square[1])[0]
                    except:
                        i.x = squarepos(originalsquare[0], originalsquare[1])[1]
                        i.y = squarepos(originalsquare[0], originalsquare[1])[0]
    """mouse click"""
    if event.type == pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
        clickpos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
        x = clickpos[0]
        y = clickpos[1]
        #print("X: " + str(x) + ", Y: " + str(y))
        sqr = getsquare(x, y)
        for i in pieceslist:
            if not i == "none":
                if sqr == i.square:
                    originalsquare = sqr
                    i.dragging = True
    """mouse drag"""
    if event.type == pygame.MOUSEMOTION:
        clickpos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
        x = clickpos[0]
        y = clickpos[1]
        #print("X: " + str(x) + ", Y: " + str(y))
        sqr = getsquare(x, y)
        for i in pieceslist:
            if not i == "none":
                if i.dragging:
                    i.drag(x, y)

since pieceslist is filled with piece objects and "none" strings I made the if checks (I know there surely are better ways to do this but I'm new to python)

So, the problem is that the click event works and it modifies dragging, but when it comes to the drag event the object no longer has dragging == True

EDIT:

squarepos() returns the coordinates where to put the spritesheet, getsquare() returns the coordinates by row-column:

def getsquare(x, y):
    if x <= BORDER or y <= BORDER or x >= squarepos(1,  9)[0] or y >= squarepos(9, 1)[1]:
        pass #not on the board
    else:
        x -= BORDER
        y -= BORDER
        x /= SQUARE
        y /= SQUARE
        return [int(x) + 1, int(y) + 1]

EDIT:

Full program here for testing and debugging

For dragging see Drag multiple sprites with different “update ()” methods from the same Sprite class in Pygame or How can I drag more than 2 images in PyGame? — Rabbid76
– Rabbid76, Commented May 7, 2021 at 15:46

Rabbid76 · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-08 16:48:24Z

1

The dragging algorithm actually works. However, defBoardPieces() is called in every frame. Therefore, the game is reset every frame. And the dragging has no effect.

Remove the defBoardPieces() call from the drawBoardPieces function, but call it once before the application loop:

#renders board pieces
def drawBoardPieces(win):

    # defBoardPieces()    <--- DELETE

    for i in pieceslist:
        if not i == "none":
            i.draw(win)

pieceslist = []
startsquare = []

defBoardPieces()    # <--- INSERT

run = True
while run:
    # [...]

Call defBoardPieces() also in reset:

def reset():
    global position
    position = "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR"
    defBoardPieces()

answered May 8, 2021 at 16:48

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marienbad · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-07 21:37:55Z

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Use mouse.get_pressed()[0] to drag. 0 is left button.

if event.type == pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
    if pygame.mouse.get_pressed()[0]:
    ... drag code here

answered May 7, 2021 at 21:37

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