@cvp Thanks it worked perfectly! And yeah I realized @JonB, now i can adjust parameters since it works. Thank you both very much :)

Here is the code for the alternate method. The line moves like a loading bar but it draws behind the sprite image.

from scene import *
import scene
import ui

class MyScene (Scene):
	def setup(self):
		self.background_color = 'grey'
		self.sprite = SpriteNode('test:Boat', position=(self.size.w/2, self.size.h/2), scale=3.0, parent=self)
		self.x = 200
	def draw(self):
		stroke('white')
		stroke_weight(2)
		line(200, 200, self.x, 200)
		self.x += 1
		if self.x > 400:
			self.x = 400

if __name__ == '__main__':
    run(MyScene(), show_fps=False)```

I don’t know why it is the case, but even when I run it with the if statement you posted, nothing happens. It is like I cannot modify self.w after the init function, because I attempted altering it in setup with self.load.w but it did not affect the rectangle.

from scene import *
import scene
import ui

class load_bar(scene.ShapeNode):
	def __init__(self, **kwargs):
		self.w = 0
		super().__init__(path=ui.Path.rect(0,0,self.w,5), fill_color='white', stroke_color=None, shadow=None, **kwargs) 

class MyScene (Scene):
	def setup(self):
		self.background_color = 'grey'
		self.load = load_bar(position=(200,200), parent=self)
		self.load.anchor_point = (0,0)
		self.load.w = 0
	def update(self):
		if self.load.w < 100.0:
			self.load.w += 1

if __name__ == '__main__':
	run(MyScene(), show_fps=False)```

@cvp Thanks, but it doesn’t seem to make a difference either way. But I did figure it out using the line() function which is much more simple. However the layer it draws on is always behind the spritenode background. How could I bring it to the front using scene or ui? I looked at a few examples similar to mine years ago but the functions they called seemed to have been removed from pythonista.

Hi all. I tried to demo a loading bar using a ShapeNode class. I used self.w as a variable for the width but it won’t update its width when I run the code. What must I change/add?

from scene import *
import scene
import ui

class load_bar(scene.ShapeNode):
	def __init__(self, **kwargs):
		self.w = 0
		super().__init__(path=ui.Path.rect(0,0,self.w,5), fill_color='white', stroke_color=None, shadow=None, **kwargs)	
	
class MyScene (Scene):
	def setup(self):
		self.background_color = 'grey'
		self.load = load_bar(position=(200,200), parent=self)
		self.load.anchor_point = (0,0)
		self.load.w = 0
	def update(self):
		while self.load.w < 100.0:
			self.load.w += 1

if __name__ == '__main__':
	run(MyScene(), show_fps=False)```

Hey @cvp, would you care to help me again lol? I tried to demo a loading bar using a ShapeNode class. I used self.w as a variable for the width but it won’t update its width when I run the code.

from scene import *
import scene
import ui

class load_bar(scene.ShapeNode):
	def __init__(self, **kwargs):
		self.w = 0
		super().__init__(path=ui.Path.rect(0,0,self.w,5), fill_color='white', stroke_color=None, shadow=None, **kwargs)	
	
class MyScene (Scene):
	def setup(self):
		self.background_color = 'grey'
		self.load = load_bar(position=(200,200), parent=self)
		self.load.anchor_point = (0,0)
		self.load.w = 0
	def update(self):
		while self.load.w < 100.0:
			self.load.w += 1

if __name__ == '__main__':
	run(MyScene(), show_fps=False)```

@cvp Thanks so much it worked perfectly! I don’t know why I didn’t think of modifying the text attribute.

Hello all, I am fairly new to Python, as well as Pythonista. I wanted to know if there is a way to change a LabelNode text overtime using the scene timer. I tried executing my code in the update function but it just keeps overlapping tons of text instead of altering the existing one. What am I doing wrong?

from scene import *
import sound
import random
import math
A = Action

class MyScene (Scene):
	def setup(self):
		self.clock = 0
		self.background_color = 'black'
		self.label = LabelNode(str(self.clock), font=('Courier', 40), color='white', position=(self.size.w/2, self.size.h/2), parent=self)
	def update(self):
		self.clock += int(self.t)
		self.label = LabelNode(str(self.clock), font=('Courier', 40), color='white', position=(self.size.w/2, self.size.h/2), parent=self)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	run(MyScene(), show_fps=False)```