Do I need a new thread?

[benwestgarth]

Hi,
I am trying to write my first OpenGL app - a falling blocks tetris style game (using glut). I want the blocks to periodically descend the screen as the player positions them. What is the best way in OpenGl to perform this periodic adjustment?
Thanks,
Ben

[nexusone]

This part is not a function of openGL, but of how you structure the program.

Since you are using GLUT, I would use one of the GLUT timer functions.

// Call in your startup code
glutTimerFunc( 10, TimeEvent, 1); // Ourtime event

static void TimeEvent(int te)
{
// animation and objects that are moving without user intervention.

My_falling_blocks_que(); // Call routine to see if a block needs to start falling.

My_falling_blocks_update(); // Call to update current falling blocks.

glutPostRedisplay(); // Update screen with new falling blocks locations.
glutTimerFunc( 100, TimeEvent, 1); // Reset our timmer, so that it is called again in 100ms.
}

void display(void)
{


Draw_blocks();
}

[This message has been edited by nexusone (edited 03-02-2004).]

[This message has been edited by nexusone (edited 03-02-2004).]