[Solved] Loop in client source

[Cr5x 0]

Hello,

i have the client source and i try to make a function which should be called in a loop.

I tried threading, but it doesn´t work. If i use while and threads, the game doesn´t appear, but the function gets called in a loop.

Does somebody know how to call a function in a loop from UserInterface without freezing the game?

Thank you

 

 

[Ikh 35]

8 minutes ago, Cr5x said:

Hello,

i have the client source and i try to make a function which should be called in a loop.

I tried threading, but it doesn´t work. If i use while and threads, the game doesn´t appear, but the function gets called in a loop.

Does somebody know how to call a function in a loop from UserInterface without freezing the game?

Thank you

 

 

Please provide test code

[Cr5x 0]

#include <Windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>
#include <fstream>


void TestFunc(){
	while (1){
		ofstream myfile;
		myfile.open("example.txt");
		myfile << "Just a test";
		myfile.close();
	}
}
  

And the call in the mainfunc:

 

std::thread t1(TestFunc);
t1.join();

 

The function works, but the game doesnt appear..

[Ikh 35]

56 minutes ago, Cr5x said:

#include <Windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>
#include <fstream>


void TestFunc(){
	while (1){
		ofstream myfile;
		myfile.open("example.txt");
		myfile << "Just a test";
		myfile.close();
	}
}
  

And the call in the mainfunc:

 

std::thread t1(TestFunc);
t1.join();

 

The function works, but the game doesnt appear..

 

The thread destructor will terminate your program if the object is destroyed while the thread is still running.  Do you know what is a thread ?

Is not better to create a class for  TestFunc and after you call? Or you can even make function inline.  while(1) in above example these statements will be executed forever... and will never stops. You are sure about that? You may use an "if condition" and inside it a break statement to terminate loop in some specific situation.

 

I do not really understand what you want to do.  

inline
void TestFunc() {
	std::ofstream ofs("example.txt", std::ofstream::out);
	ofs << "Just a test";
	ofs.close();
}

int main() {

	for (;;)
	{
		TestFunc();
	}
}

 

[Cr5x 0]

Thank you. I just want to make a function do detect if a program is running. Just a test.

So yes, it must run forever.. other solutions?

The function "TestFunc" is just a test to see how to loop without freezing the game.

[Ikh 35]

5 minutes ago, Cr5x said:

Thank you. I just want to make a function do detect if a program is running. Just a test.

So yes, it must run forever.. other solutions?

The function "TestFunc" is just a test to see how to loop without freezing the game.

Is this what you need ?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13179410/check-whether-one-specific-process-is-running-on-windows-with-c

You not need a loop for that. Just search on google

[Cr5x 0]

But this isn´t in a loop, is it? I think the function there is called once..

 

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{

  bool bAnyBrowserIsOpen = false;

  if ( FindProcessId(L"chrome.exe") || FindProcessId(L"firefox.exe") || FindProcessId(L"iexplore.exe"))
  {
     bAnyBrowserIsOpen = true;
  }

  return 0;
}

 

It just checks once. I need to check it the whole time. With timers it would be easy, but in the metin2 source i can´t use timers..

Thank you in advance

 

Edit: Solved

[Vanilla 1449]

The error in your first post is pretty much the join-statement.

if you use t1.join() then the game will synchronize with the thread meaning it's waiting for the thread to be finished. A thing that will actually never occur since your thread is running into infinity. The precise point where you're using join() is the moment when the game stops executing. Yes, your thread will still run, but the actual game won't because it's always waiting for your thread. At the very moment you're spawning the thread, execution starts. So there's no need for join anyway.