OpenEuphoria

Re: Timer

• Posted by Chris Saik <csaik2002 at yahoo.com> Oct 02, 2002
• 439 views

Thanks Rob!


--- Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> wrote:
> 
> Chris Saik writes:
> > My question is, what in your opinion is the best
> way
> > to accomplish the timing procedure?  
> 
> You should take a look at sched.e 
> in euphoria\demo\langwar. It manages several
> independent "tasks" using cooperative multitasking.
> A centralized scheduler maintains a list of tasks
> (procedures)
> along with the next time that they should be
> activated.
> Even when a phasor is quickly drawn across the
> screen,
> there's an opening every .01 seconds for another
> task
> to get in and do something. Occasionally you'll see
> multiple phasors or torpedos drawn simultaneously,
> along with a planet exploding, the "Euphoria" ship
> moving etc.
> 
> Regards,
>    Rob Craig
>    Rapid Deployment Software
>    http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
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