can't get anything to work

Huh , it’s really about the basics and not really Panda3D related.

Ok, to get a start at python using the command line, you can check this video tutorial
showmedo.com/videos/video?name=p … eriesID=49

If you get an error msg saying that python/pptyhon is not a recognized command, you get 2 Options

  1. add ppython.exe in your path
    To do so, there is a tutorial in the manual for windows user
    panda3d.org/manual/index.php/Insta … in_Windows
    (at the very end of the page)

  2. use a full qualified path to your python exe in your command line.
    Ex instead of typing you should type
    <“C:\MyPython\Bin\python.exe” myscript.py>
    Note a) replace C:\MyPython\Bin\python.exe by the real path to your python.exe
    Note b) you must be in the same directory that myscript.py for this to work.