Event is action that is usually happenes "outside" of main program thread, but handled inside of it.
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Algorithm for determining random events
I'm struggling with coming up with an elegant solution to generating random events in the game that I'm working on.
Say there are 4 classes of events that can happen, with varying events in those ...
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Event Driven Communication in Game Engine - Yes or No?
As I am reading book Game Coding Complete (http://www.amazon.com/Game-Coding-Complete-Third-McShaffry/dp/1584506806/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295978774&sr=8-1), the author recommend Event Driven ...
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Keyboard input system handling
Note: I have to poll, rather than do callbacks because of API limitations (SFML). I also apologize for the lack of a 'decent' title.
I think I have two questions here; how to register the input I'm ...
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Best way to manage in-game events?
I'm working on a game where some in-game events need to happen once in a while. A nice example would be a tutorial.
You start the game, and at several points in the game an event occurs:
You ...
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Polling vs event driven input
I'm developing a game using polling for the input method. However, now that I'm delving deeper into the game menus and other UI components, I'm finding that I'd probably like to have event driven ...
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Game log format for MMO servers
A log of game events (as opposed to error / debug logs) for an entire cluster/shard is very useful for a commercial MMO that is in a live production environment, providing vital support for customer ...
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Per-Frame Function Calls versus Event Driven Messaging in Game Design
The traditional game design, as I know it, uses polymorphism and virtual functions to update game objects states. In other words, the same set of virtual functions are called in regular(ex: per-frame) ...
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What role does developing with events have in games?
Most application development is based around developing with events, but considering the game-loop style of developing games and the (often) need for high performance/throughput, what role does ...
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What should I be considering when designing an Event Manager System?
I have been puttering around with the fundamentals of a Java game engine, and I've reached the point where I'm ready to add in an Event Manager system.
I know, in theory, what an Event Manager should ...
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what is the best way to use loops to detect events while the main loop is running?
I am making an "game" that has pathfinding using pygame. I am using Astar algo.
I have a main loop which draws the whole map. In the loop I check for events. If user press "enter" or "space", random ...
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Farseer Physics EndContact events don't fire for all registered delegates
Here's my situation:
I have several objects that contain a body and a fixture. They are set to sensor = true;
atmosphere = BodyFactory.CreateCircle(world, atmosphereRadius / Level.METER_IN_PIXELS, ...
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Building a touch event driven UI from scratch: what algorithms or data types? [closed]
I have a touch display. As input I can receive the coordinates and how many touch points are in use, basically I just get an X,Y couple for every touch event/activated point at a customizable rate.
I ...
