trouble running Python scripts

Coding Python Support
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Hi all.
It’s the usual old question I guess.
How do you run Python scripts?
I know it’s Alt-P with the cursor in the text window.
But it only works with the “head” script.
When I run say, the grass3 script I get this:

PYTHON SCRIPT ERROR:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “Grass3”, line 40, in ?
ImportError: No module named random

I installed Python 2.0.1 but I get the same result as with the earlier
version. Nothing.

I have Win '98 SE and Blender 2.23.

Any idea?

2

Did you set your PYTHONPATH envirronement variable in Autoexec.bat?

If not, you can still do it directly in Blender in one of these two ways:

  • Pull down the top window and type the path to the LIB directory (in the Python folder) in the Python button (on the left)

  • add this code directly in the script at the top:


import sys
sys.path.append("c:/python20/lib")

that is, if you instaled in c:/python20, of course.

Martin

3

I was just wondering where you could do that directly using blender.

thanks for the info theeth.

I never knew about that pull down at the top… :wink:

4

Thanks Martin!
That’s what it was.