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Re: Best way to cache/preload images and other assets for later use?
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:34 am
by ivan
grump wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:52 pm
OP is specifically asking about loading a bunch of images at the start of the program, not about loading in the background. Frame rate is irrelevant.
True, as long as there is no input and nothing moving on the screen (like I said, a static splash screen).
In that case, you don't need threads or coroutines at all.
Re: Best way to cache/preload images and other assets for later use?
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:48 am
by Nixola
You still need coroutines if you want to be sure the OS knows the program is still responding.
Re: Best way to cache/preload images and other assets for later use?
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:50 am
by grump
ivan wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:34 am
In that case, you don't need threads or coroutines at all.
My OS shows a "Program is unresponsive. Force quit?" dialog if the program is in a busy loop for a while and the window does not process its message queue. I think Windows does this too.