An important aspect of my game is the music. And even using ogg files many of the audio tracks come in at 1mb+, so when a player presses the 'm' key to change music while they're playing, EVERYTHING freezes for a couple of seconds.
So I just came across a dll called GMThreads:http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=390517This utility will launch a line of GML code in a separate thread while your game continues on its merry way. (how about using this with background_replace, sound_replace, etc.)There is a test program that loads a 2mb jpg file while you control a block with the arrow keys, and it never stops or pauses.Definitely worth a look if you are swapping large files in and out, or for other stuff too.
Red Light Green Light- How I Learned to Love Loading Resources
Posted by Reek on Sept. 3, 2008, 12:44 a.m.
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I saw that, I think OL pointed it to me.
Interesting.
After spending a couple of hours today trying to use this to load an ogg file in its own thread, I learned that it will not work with supersound or other external dlls. It is still a good app, it just doesn't let you call another dll from within it.
It does allow other dll calls (at least, I got one working). Its just buggy, often something works, and if you change your game it doesn't work anymore.
Its really wierd.But it'd definatly work for loading :)