From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: Threading Advice
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 14:57:30 GMT
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 20:25:14 +0600 (LKT), Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel
<kalum AT lintux DOT cx> wrote:

>The plain and simple illusion method is the best IMHO.
>
>Great games like doom etc don't use threads

So how do they do complex things (AI, etc.) that may take more than
the 1/200 second between drawing one frame and starting the next?

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