How to add a pause menu and how to play the music without drums in the pause menu

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I would love A LOT to add a pause menu to this game, however I would like when I put the pause menu, in the music it takes the drums out of the music, and when I re-enter the game the drums in the music starts again, can this be done?

import pygame
import time
import random
 
pygame.init()
 
white = (255, 255, 255)
yellow = (255, 255, 102)
black = (0, 0, 0)
red = (213, 50, 80)
green = (0, 255, 0)
blue = (50, 153, 213)
 
dis_width = 1280
dis_height = 720
 
dis = pygame.display.set_mode((dis_width, dis_height))
pygame.display.set_caption('Zio peppe - Serpente Edition')
 
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
 
snake_block = 10
snake_speed = 15
 
font_style = pygame.font.SysFont("bahnschrift", 19)
score_font = pygame.font.SysFont("8514oem Normale", 35)
 
 
def Your_score(score):
    value = score_font.render("Punteggio:" + str(score), True, yellow)
    dis.blit(value, [0, 0])
 
 
 
def our_snake(snake_block, snake_list):
    for x in snake_list:
        pygame.draw.rect(dis, black, [x[0], x[1], snake_block, snake_block])
 
 
def message(msg, color):
    mesg = font_style.render(msg, True, color)
    dis.blit(mesg, [dis_width / 6, dis_height / 3])
 
pygame.mixer.init()
pygame.mixer.music.load("C:\\Users\\Ercol\\Desktop\\music.mp3") 
pygame.mixer.music.play(loops=-1)

def gameLoop():
    game_over = False
    game_close = False
 
    x1 = dis_width / 2
    y1 = dis_height / 2
 
    x1_change = 0
    y1_change = 0
 
    snake_List = []
    Length_of_snake = 1
 
    foodx = round(random.randrange(0, dis_width - snake_block) / 10.0) * 10.0
    foody = round(random.randrange(0, dis_height - snake_block) / 10.0) * 10.0
 
    while not game_over:
 
        while game_close == True:
            dis.fill(blue)
            message("Che nobo. Premi E per Ricominciare o Q per uscire.", red)
            Your_score(Length_of_snake - 1)
            pygame.display.update()
 
            for event in pygame.event.get():
                if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
                    if event.key == pygame.K_q:
                        pygame.mixer.music.fadeout(2000)
                        pygame.time.wait(1500)  # waits for 1 second
                        game_over = True
                        game_close = False
                    if event.key == pygame.K_e:
                        gameLoop()
 
        for event in pygame.event.get():
            if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
                game_over = True
            if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
                if event.key == pygame.K_a:
                    x1_change = -snake_block
                    y1_change = 0
                elif event.key == pygame.K_d:
                    x1_change = snake_block
                    y1_change = 0
                elif event.key == pygame.K_w:
                    y1_change = -snake_block
                    x1_change = 0
                elif event.key == pygame.K_s:
                    y1_change = snake_block
                    x1_change = 0
 
        if x1 >= dis_width or x1 < 0 or y1 >= dis_height or y1 < 0:
            game_close = True
        x1 += x1_change
        y1 += y1_change
        dis.fill(blue)
        pygame.draw.rect(dis,   11186139, [foodx, foody, snake_block, snake_block])
        snake_Head = []
        snake_Head.append(x1)
        snake_Head.append(y1)
        snake_List.append(snake_Head)
        if len(snake_List) > Length_of_snake:
            del snake_List[0]
 
        for x in snake_List[:-1]:
            if x == snake_Head:
                game_close = True
 
        our_snake(snake_block, snake_List)
        Your_score(Length_of_snake - 1)
 
        pygame.display.update()
 
        if x1 == foodx and y1 == foody:
            foodx = round(random.randrange(0, dis_width - snake_block) / 10.0) * 10.0
            foody = round(random.randrange(0, dis_height - snake_block) / 10.0) * 10.0
            Length_of_snake += 1
 
        clock.tick(snake_speed)
 
    pygame.mixer.music.fadeout(2000) # Fade out the music for 1 second
        # Fade out the screen before quitting
    fade_surface = pygame.Surface((dis_width, dis_height))
    fade_surface.fill(black)
    for alpha in range(0, 255, 5):
        fade_surface.set_alpha(alpha)
        dis.blit(fade_surface, (0, 0))
        pygame.display.update()
        pygame.time.delay(2)
        pygame.time.wait(1000)
        pygame.quit()
    quit()
gameLoop()

can someone help me please? i already have the music file with and without drums (or only drums).

Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking. — Community, Mar 20 '23 at 08:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 22 '23 at 20:47

You can use the pygame.mixer library which has many good options for playing multiple sounds at the same time and stopping them. I would recommend checking out the docs at: Pygame Mixer Docs. You can import a sound, put it on a channel, and start and stop that channel at anytime in the code.

For example: If you had a sound file called: 'Drums.mp3' or something, you could use it as:

#get the sound file

drums = pygame.mixer.Sound('Drums.mp3')

#play it

drums.play(-1) #play it until stopped

paused = False

#Game loop

while True:
    #Other code.......
    
    if paused: #Stop it if it's paused
        drums.stop()
    elif not paused and drums.get_num_channels() == 0:
        drums.play(-1) #Start playing again

This is a very simple and limited example but you should get the idea. Again, if you read the docs a little, it will be pretty easy to get it integrated fully.

How to add a pause menu and how to play the music without drums in the pause menu

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