OS Win10
PsychoPy version 2020 1.3
What are you trying to achieve?:
I am using the builder to create a working memory task where multiple triangles are simultaneously presented in random locations in a study display. I can do this in the coder, but am using the builder because I would like to eventually run this online through Pavlovia.
What did you try to make it work?:
At the start of my study display routine, I use a code component to create arrays containing stimuli proporties, such as location, colours, orientations etc. For example:
orientations = np.random.rand(1, 10)*360
One easy option is to create a triangle polygon component for every item, and refer to these arrays in the relevant field. For example, in the orientation field I can put:
orientations[0, 0]
I can change how many items are presented using this approach by defining the ‘set size’ as a condition, and making them either transparent or not.
alphas = np.zeros(15)
alphas[0:setSize] = 1
And in the polygon component’s opacity field:
alphas[0]
The problem with this is that I need to create a new component for every possible item. If I decide to add more items in the future, I would need to add more components. I also find that after adding more than a few components, the program runs very slowly. I would prefer to be able to just change a variable some where (e.g., in an xlsx file containing the set size conditions) to dynamically change the number of items presented.
I can achieve this dynamically in the coder with:
# Define the shape of the polygon (a 0.8x2 triangle).
verteces = ((-0.4, -1), (0, 1), (0.4, -1))
# Pick some random locations on a circle
locations = linspace(-pi+2*pi/15, pi, 15)
loc_indexes = np.random.permutation(15)
loc_rads = locations[loc_indexes]
X = (cos(loc_rads)* radius)
Y = (sin(loc_rads)* radius)
# Possible colours to choose from.
colours = [[1, 0, 0], [1, 0.498039, 0], [1, 0.831373, 0], [1, 1, 0], [0.74902, 1, 0],
[0.415686, 1, 0], [0, 0.917647, 1], [0, 0.584314, 1], [0, 0.25098, 1],
[0.666667, 0, 1], [1, 0, 0.666667], [0.968627, 0.72549, 0.72549], [0.905882, 0.913725, 0.72549],
[0.72549, 0.929412, 0.878431], [0.72549, 0.843137, 0.929412], [0.862745, 0.72549, 0.929412],
[0.560784, 0.137255, 0.137255], [0.560784, 0.415686, 0.137255], [0.309804, 0.560784, 0.137255],
[0.137255, 0.384314, 0.560784]]
# Randomise the indexes of these colours.
col_indexes = np.random.permutation(15)
# Loop through each item you want to present.
for N in range(setSize):
stim = visual.ShapeStim(win, lineColor = None,
fillColor = colours[col_indexes[N]], fillColorSpace = 'rgb',
vertices = verteces,
pos = (X[N], Y[N]),
opacity = 1)
# Set the orientation.
stim.setOri(orientations[N])
stim.draw()
win.flip()
core.wait(0.5) # Present the display for however long you want (half a second).
What specifically went wrong when you tried that?:
This works in the coder. However, when I paste the above code into the ‘begin routine’ tab of a code component in the builder, nothing appears. I also receive this message in the runner:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\ ... \Experiments\WM_large_set_sizes2_lastrun.py", line 207, in <module>
stim.draw()
File "C:\Program Files\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\visual\shape.py", line 584, in draw
self.verticesPix.shape[0] > 2 and
File "C:\Program Files\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\visual\shape.py", line 539, in verticesPix
self._updateVertices()
File "C:\Program Files\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\visual\basevisual.py", line 520, in _updateVertices
win=self.win, units=self.units)
File "C:\Program Files\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\tools\monitorunittools.py", line 95, in convertToPix
return unit2pixFunc(vertices, pos, win)
File "C:\Program Files\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\tools\monitorunittools.py", line 38, in _deg2pix
return deg2pix(pos + vertices, win.monitor)
ValueError: operands could not be broadcast together with shapes (2,) (3,2,15)