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Separating rendering and logic thread in GLFW? [closed]

I want to separate my rendering thread (the main thread) and my logic thread in my GLFW game. I'm new to the concept of threading inside games. How would this be done? GLFW isn't thread safe so it ...
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How wise is this multithreading architecture?

I'm rewriting a game engine I wrote in an attempt to parallelize as much as possible. I'm considering making properties which may be accessed from multiple threads all use accessors which use boost ...
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Implementing multithreaded loading screens

Ok, I have fairly little multi-threading experience, but i have done a similar thing before without issue...but this has me stumped. This is in C++, Directx9 Visual Studio... My game basically runs ...
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Game engine development in C++ [closed]

I am arriving at completion on a multithreaded concurrency framework designed for high-performance computing. Though I am not a gamer, it has occurred to me that this stand-alone software core could ...
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How to separate my rendering from game loop?

If I have a (complex) operation that takes a long time for it to finish, for instance, a couple of seconds, my frame rate drops far below the acceptable. How could I still implement it while it is not ...
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Vector Class Mutex String Is Missing [closed]

UPDATE After going over all my code, the updating code was pointing to the wrong variable which made it null. It works now, very good may I add, thanks for anyone who took the time. I have a C++ ...
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Best way to separate display and game logic (threads)

What is the best way to separate render and game logic threads? I'd like to make logic-heavy game (ai, machine learning, and network) in which world updates 50-60 times per second. I want to ...
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Why does V8 not run with SDL threads?

i was able to compile and link V8 against my game and code interpretation works fine. However I want to divide my code and the game loop should exist in one thread and the scripting engine should run ...
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How do I start writing an MMO game server?

I am developing a multi-player on-line game. I just started coding the server but I have no idea how to do it. Do I have to use threads ? And if i do, do I need one thread for every client? Knowing ...
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How can I make message passing between threads in a multithreaded engine less cumbersome?

The C++ engine I'm working on currently is split up into several large threads- Generation (for creating my procedural content), Gameplay (for AI, scripts, simulation), Physics, and Rendering. The ...