[java] Main game loop problem

Your game is probably looping so fast that its using 100% cpu power, making keyboard events seem sluggish.

You need to lock the game to a framerate, or make it wait and allow the cpu to do other things. This topic applies to all programming languages, so it shouldn't be hard to find information on it.

Thread.sleep().

shmoove

Yep, that should do it.

Ok, thanks for the help :)
I used Thread.sleep(1000) and the game is running faster but, the "Exit" command still doesn't work... I mean, I press the "Exit" button in my game and the game doesn't quit.
Now, if I disable the main game loop then the "Exit" command works.
One thing I want to emphasize is that, for testings, I only left the Thread.sleep() command in the loop and the "Exit" command still won't work when the loop exists...

Thanks again for all the help :)

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Original post by LinkOfTime Ok, thanks for the help :) I used Thread.sleep(1000) and the game is running faster but, the "Exit" command still doesn't work... I mean, I press the "Exit" button in my game and the game doesn't quit. Now, if I disable the main game loop then the "Exit" command works. One thing I want to emphasize is that, for testings, I only left the Thread.sleep() command in the loop and the "Exit" command still won't work when the loop exists... Thanks again for all the help :)

Just a note: Thread.sleep(1000) will wait for one entire second (the parameter is in milliseconds). Unless this is what you want, I'd go with a smaller value such as 16 approximates at just under 60 frames a second for better performance.

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Original post by LinkOfTime Ok, thanks for the help :) I used Thread.sleep(1000) and the game is running faster but, the "Exit" command still doesn't work... I mean, I press the "Exit" button in my game and the game doesn't quit. Now, if I disable the main game loop then the "Exit" command works. One thing I want to emphasize is that, for testings, I only left the Thread.sleep() command in the loop and the "Exit" command still won't work when the loop exists... Thanks again for all the help :)

If the code for your exit button isn't in your main loop you will need to add some code to gameloop to check for keypress.