Multi-Thread Test

myThread mt;

float ang;

int curr;

PImage frame[];

boolean bLoadDone;

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void setup() {

  size(305,395);

  background(0);

  smooth();

  noStroke();

  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);

  frame = new PImage[116];

  bLoadDone = false;

  mt = new myThread(this);

  mt.start();

  ang = 0.0;

}

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void draw() {

  float x, y;

  if (!bLoadDone) {

    ang += .1;

    x = cos(ang)*8;

    y = sin(ang)*8;

    fill(0, 8);

    rect(50,150, 100,100);

    fill(32,32,255);

    ellipse(x + 100, y + 200, 8, 8);

    fill(0);

    rect(120,150,170,100);

    fill(128);

    text("loading frame ("+curr+" of 115)", 200, 200);

  }

  else {

    background(0);

    image(frame[curr++], 0,0);

    if (curr > 115) curr = 0;

  }

}

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public class myThread implements Runnable {

  Thread thread;

  public myThread(PApplet parent) { parent.registerDispose(this); }

  public void start() {

    thread = new Thread(this);

    thread.start();

  }

  public void dispose() { stop(); }

  public void stop() { thread = null; }

  public void run() {

    for (curr = 0; curr < 116; curr++) {

      frame[curr] = loadImage("a"+nf(curr,3)+" copy.jpg");

      delay(75); //just slows down this thread - the main draw() cycle is unaffected...

    }

    curr = 0;

    frameRate(30);

    bLoadDone = true;

  }

} 

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