Multithread mod
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Here it is a little test that i did trying to add multithreading to the simulation.
Atm it runs on 2 threads, i could easy add more but the chance of instabilities appear would increase.For a simple test fill the screen with dust while the game is paused, unpause an look a the fps's.
Repeat the process with the unmodded exe.https://github.com/Nylok/The-Powder-Toy
Zip with exe
https://github.com/Nylok/The-Powder-Toy/downloads -
whats multithreading? sorry to be a nooby newbie...
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@fireball5000 (View Post)
I do believe it has to do with utilizing multiple cores on a computer. :)
I benefit from this due to my new laptop carrying quad i5 cores. :D -
@Uberness (View Post)
I think the way this is designed, it only does anything and creates a new thread if more than half the screen is full. It might be better if it was, if a certain amount of particles, split the updates in half between 2 threads maybe. Although there were a few glitches, but we really do need multithreading somehow.
Edit: I might try using code like this to add multithreading to other things that maybe cause less funny glitches. I didn't know how to do that before. -
