I'm trying to make an algorithm that plays chess. It makes a list of all the possible moves in a certain depth. I'm trying to draw the possible scenarios after every move one by one in order to test it. I use the recursive function cr_list in order to calculate the moves in a depth-first manner. After a move is chosen I change the respective positions of the pieces involved and call the draw function to see the diferrence.But the canvas doesn't update. The way I use the after method seems to not be right. I also tried using the self.canvas.update_idletasks() method but it works only once and than it stops changing again. After I use ctrl+c to stop the programm it updates and I also print the positions of all the pieces in the draw function and they are what they should be.I use the x=input() statement to stop the program to see the changes.
def draw(self,piece):
if self.flag:
self.canvas.delete('all')
self.flag=1
x=(800-(int(self.n)*int((660/int(self.n)))))/2
y=(800-(int(self.n)*int((660/int(self.n)))))/2
for i in range(int(self.n)):
if i%2==0:
for j in range(int(self.n)):
if j%2==0:
self.canvas.create_rectangle(x,y,x+int((660/int(self.n))),y+int((660/int(self.n))), fill='navajo white')
else:
self.canvas.create_rectangle(x,y,x+int((660/int(self.n))),y+int((660/int(self.n))), fill='saddle brown')
x+=int((660/int(self.n)))
else:
for j in range(int(self.n)):
if j%2==0:
self.canvas.create_rectangle(x,y,x+int((660/int(self.n))),y+int((660/int(self.n))), fill='saddle brown')
else:
self.canvas.create_rectangle(x,y,x+int((660/int(self.n))),y+int((660/int(self.n))), fill='navajo white')
x+=int((660/int(self.n)))
y+=int((660/int(self.n)))
x=(800-(int(self.n)*int((660/int(self.n)))))/2
x=(800-(int(self.n)*int((660/int(self.n)))))/2
y=(800-(int(self.n)*int((660/int(self.n)))))/2
for i in range(16):
if piece[i]!=None:
if (piece[i].pos[0]+piece[i].pos[1])%2==0:
word=piece[i].species+'_aa.ppm'
else:
word=piece[i].species+'_am.ppm'
self.img[i]=tkinter.PhotoImage(file=word)
self.canvas.create_image(x+piece[i].pos[1]*int((660/int(self.n)))+(int((660/int(self.n)))-73)/2,y+piece[i].pos[0]*int((660/int(self.n)))+(int((660/int(self.n)))-73)/2, anchor=tkinter.NW,image=self.img[i])
print(piece[i].pos)
for i in range(16):
if piece[i]!=None:
if (piece[i+16].pos[0]+piece[i+16].pos[1])%2==0:
word=piece[i+16].species+'_ma.ppm'
else:
word=piece[i+16].species+'_mm.ppm'
self.img[i+16]=tkinter.PhotoImage(file=word)
self.canvas.create_image(x+piece[i+16].pos[1]*int((660/int(self.n)))+(int((660/int(self.n)))-73)/2,y+piece[i+16].pos[0]*int((660/int(self.n)))+(int((660/int(self.n)))-73)/2, anchor=tkinter.NW,image=self.img[i+16])
def cr_list(self,i,lm,met,pieces):
# .....
root.after(1000,self.draw(pieces2))
self.cr_list(i2,lm,met,pieces2)
# .....
x=input()
# .....
