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Started by beehorf Oct 9, 2003 at 1:08 AM 7 replies 400+ views

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Oct 9, 2003 at 1:08 AM

Hi, I use simple message loop which is nearly the same in the SDK samples. Following is my message loop. When I run the program when winamp is running, CPU usage of winamp goes to %30 and my program looses its smoothness( Its like it does not draw some of the frames). Interestingly if Visual C is running at the same time no such thing happens. I installed last version and patches Winamp and VC nothing changed. If you encounter such a problem please help me. I dont want to debug my code for hours to find the problem...

    // Enter the message loop

    MSG msg;
    ZeroMemory( &msg, sizeof(msg) );
    while( msg.message!=WM_QUIT )
    {
        if( PeekMessage( &msg, NULL, 0U, 0U, PM_REMOVE ) )
        {
             TranslateMessage( &msg );
             DispatchMessage( &msg );
        }
        else
            if (game.active) 
			{
				game.StepGame();
			}
			else 
			{
				game.timer.stop();
				WaitMessage();
			}
    }

be yourself.

adiash

Oct 9, 2003 at 1:55 AM

How about something like this:


// Enter the message loop    

MSG msg;    
ZeroMemory( &msg, sizeof(msg) );    
while( 1 )    
{        
	if( PeekMessage( &msg, NULL, 0U, 0U, PM_REMOVE ) )        
	{             
		if (msg.message == WM_QUIT)
			return 0;

		TranslateMessage( &msg );             
		DispatchMessage( &msg );        
	}
	else            
		if (game.active) 			
		{				
			game.StepGame();			
		}			
		else 			
		{				
			game.timer.stop();					
		}    
}

[edited by - adiash on October 9, 2003 2:56:38 AM]

beehorf

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beehorf

Oct 9, 2003 at 2:13 AM

I think it does not change anything.
you only reorganized the code but no addition ,no change.

Btw, I added some Sleep(1) function in the game.StepGame()
function the problem doesnt appears but with the half frame rate

.
I think there is some CPU time fighting with winamp.

beehorf

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beehorf

Oct 9, 2003 at 2:26 AM

I tried it but it does not solve my problem.
Also it is only called when my program is
deactivated. So in main rendering loop it is
never called.

I use the optimization of maximize
speed in Visual C++ 6.0.

adiash

Oct 9, 2003 at 3:49 AM

I actully thought that waitmessage is the problem. If you have a game loop, then you definitely do not want to wait for a message. Rather, you want to keep a steady pace of rendering (e.g. 30 FPS). Anyway, sorry I can''t help more.

beehorf

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beehorf

Oct 9, 2003 at 4:01 AM

What I do not understand is when I run Visual C once , the problem never appears again even if I close VC. Until I reboot of course.

btw I see %53 cpu usage of winamp. But when I close my program it drops to %0-1. It makes me nervous.

[edited by - beehorf on October 9, 2003 5:02:04 AM]

FenrirWolf

Oct 9, 2003 at 1:28 PM

Are you using any visul plugins with Winamp? I''ve noticed that some DX apps don''t "play nice" when run concurrently.

For example, if I have my 3d model converter open (which uses a D3D preview window) while I try to run my game, I notice about a %15-%30 percent drop in framerate -- even if the converter is minimized.

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beehorf

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beehorf

Oct 10, 2003 at 1:35 AM

hi,

quote:
Are you using any visul plugins with Winamp? I''ve noticed that some DX apps don''t "play nice" when run concurrently.

For example, if I have my 3d model converter open (which uses a D3D preview window) while I try to run my game, I notice about a %15-%30 percent drop in framerate -- even if the converter is minimized.

---
http://www.gapingwolf.com

Yes it was my problem. Winamp uses directx to display visual plugins i think. I tryed it with windowed direcx sdk examples they suffered from this problem too.
Minimizing winamp or some application like Visual C++

that hides winamp solves the problem. That is why when running under VC the problem is not observed.

Thanks all...

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