From 6b879cb0138db47ed807f553a71fea0821845d15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Billy <70792552+billyeatcookies@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:00:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Effect class is imported wrong, Fails to create cache files
 inside a new directory. (#308)

Fixed bad import and case where cache directory doesn't exist in maps sample
---
 samples/maps.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/samples/maps.py b/samples/maps.py
index d4945c70..3ba03f0f 100755
--- a/samples/maps.py
+++ b/samples/maps.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from asciimatics.event import KeyboardEvent
 from asciimatics.renderers import ColourImageFile
-from asciimatics.widgets import Effect, Button, Text, Layout, Frame, Divider, PopUpDialog
+from asciimatics.effects import Effect
+from asciimatics.widgets import Button, Text, Layout, Frame, Divider, PopUpDialog
 from asciimatics.scene import Scene
 from asciimatics.screen import Screen
 from asciimatics.exceptions import ResizeScreenError, StopApplication, InvalidFields
@@ -136,6 +137,10 @@ def __init__(self, screen):
         self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._get_tiles)
         self._thread.daemon = True
         self._thread.start()
+        
+        # a separate directory to store cached files.
+        if not os.path.isdir('mapscache'):
+            os.mkdir('mapscache')
 
     def _scale_coords(self, x, y, extent, xo, yo):
         """Convert from tile coordinates to "pixels" - i.e. text characters."""