[09 Dec 2007] Priority

[Juan Carlos]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Sun, 9 Dec 2007 18:06:34 +0100 (CET)

Hello Andreas:

How I can change the priority in the Hollywood programs? because when I programmed one application the program with Hollywood take the CPU speed when there are others programs working in parallel, and also I have other doubt, the InstallEvenHandler for read the keyboard touch is any slow also there is some way for avoid it? and when I play some key as ESC the effect be itso facto? because now the action wait the cycle of the program.

Best regards from your friend Juan Carlos.

[airsoftsoftwair]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:13:18 +0100

Hello Andreas:

How I can change the priority in the Hollywood programs? because when I programmed one application the program with Hollywood take the CPU speed when there are others programs working in parallel, and also I have other doubt, the InstallEvenHandler for read the keyboard touch is any slow also there is some way for avoid it? and when I play some key as ESC the effect be itso facto? because now the action wait the cycle of the program.

If a Hollywood program eats up all your CPU, it's probably not written correctly. Make sure that you do not use any polling loops. E.g. something like this is bad:

Code: Select all

Repeat
	p_GameLoop()
Forever

This would eat up all your CPU. Instead use a timer to ensure that the game loop isn't executed more often than 30 times a second or so, e.g.

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; run p_GameLoop 30 times per second
SetInterval(1, p_GameLoop, 1000 / 30)

Repeat
	WaitEvent
Forever

And to answer your question: There's NO WAY to give Hollywood a higher priority because that's not what it was meant for. Hollywood was concepted to run smoothly in a multitasking environment, side by side with other programs.