From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Threading Advice
Organization: Pin Eight Software  http://pineight.8m.com/
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 14:41:27 GMT
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 17:04:35 +1200, "Edmund Horner"
<ejrh AT paradise DOT net DOT nz> wrote:

>My game has several things it needs to be doing all the time:
>
>1. Redrawing the screen.
>2. Responding to input.
>3. Moving and updating units.
>4. Occassionally doing big things like pathfinding.
>
>Can any of you guys tell me whether I would be advised to use real
>threading, or how I can accomplish an adequate solution without it?

pthreads, which only works in DOS and WinDOS due to severe bugs in NT,
or:
while(...)
{
  draw();
  input();
  move_units();
  pathfind();
}
where pathfind() is a small number of steps in a pathfinding
algorithm.  Warcraft II, for instance, uses a pathfinding algorithm
that takes small steps from the unit's current location.

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