python - pygame: drawing font fails in class: -

i have class alert creates popup type feature in pygame. want draw text popup body, doesn't work. tested rendering text , saving bitmap. black box. thing kills me, class (button) below works perfectly, , gets called instance of class alert! @ least know can't parameter passing issue guess

class alert(object):     def __init__(self,msg,x,y,dim_x,dim_y,the_game,screen,size=16):         self.x = x         self.y = y         self.e_x = x+dim_x         self.e_y = y+dim_y         self.dim_x=dim_x         self.real_dim_y=dim_y         self.dim_y = dim_y          self.the_game = the_game         self.the_screen = screen         self.font = the_game.font.font(none,size)          self.bitmap = the_game.surface((dim_x,dim_y))         self.bitmap.fill(alert_body)         print "msg: %r" % msg         if((msg!=none) , (msg!=false)):             text = self.font.render(msg,1,(0,0,0))             the_game.image.save(text,"text-test.bmp")             self.bitmap.blit(text,[5, (self.e_y-((3*self.dim_y)/4))])             the_game.image.save(self.bitmap,"alert-test.bmp")          newx = self.x+(self.dim_y-45)/2         newy = (self.e_y-(dim_y/6))         self.close_button = button(the_game,newx,newy,45,12,alert_button,"ok",18)         ret = self.close_button.setaction(self.btn_quit,false)          self.answer = false         self.quit=false 

this works reason, , don't see difference:

class button(object):     def __init__(self,pygame,x,y,dim_x,dim_y,color,phrase,font_size,text_color=(255,255,255)):         self.is_clicked = false         self.has_next = false         self.next = none         self.has_prev = false         self.prev = none         self.enable=true          self.x=x         self.y=y         self.dim_x=dim_x         self.dim_y=dim_y         self.e_x=x+dim_x         self.e_y=y+dim_y         self.color=color         self.color2=color         self.phrase=phrase         self.has_action=false          self.regularbitmap = pygame.surface((dim_x,dim_y))         self.clickedbitmap = pygame.surface((dim_x,dim_y))         self.regularbitmap.fill(color)         self.clickedbitmap.fill((255,255,255))         font = pygame.font.font(none,font_size)         text1 = font.render(phrase,1,text_color)         text2 = font.render(phrase,1,(240,240,32))         self.regularbitmap.blit(text1,[1, 1])         self.clickedbitmap.blit(text2,[1, 1])         self.currentbitmap = self.regularbitmap