What type of delay will work for me?

[keo]

I am making a game, and since this is normally a real life game, I need to set a delay between each computer player.


In the following example, when either a computer or player finishes their turn, the whosturn method will be called again.

public void whosTurn()
if(computer player) {
     //comuter stuff
     //turn++;
     //update GUI
     DELAY
}
else {
     //player stuff
     //turn++;
     //update GUI
}
whosTurn();
}

I tried the sleep (below) but it would accumulate into 6 (or even longer) seconds instead of (delay 2 seconds, update gui)x3. I've also tried, wait, delay, (pause?) but those haven't worked yet... So which one am I supose to use for this situation?

        try {
            Thread.sleep(2000);
        }
        catch (InterruptedException e) {
        }

[Fubarable]

Is this a GUI? If so, what kind? Swing?

[keo]

yes it is a swing gui. i'm using, repaint(), removeAll(), *changes* revalidate() for my updates.

[Fubarable]

If it's Swing, then don't call Thread.sleep() in the GUI code (actually on the event dispatch thread or main Swing thread) which will put the whole application to sleep. If you need a delay, use a Swing Timer.

[keo]

that whosTurn method I wrote there is not in the GUI class, its from the "brains of it" class..

[Fubarable]

that whosTurn method I wrote there is not in the GUI class, its from the "brains of it" class..

But is it called on the EDT, on the main Swing thread?

[keo]

EDT? I don't think the

try {
Thread.sleep(2000);
}
catch (InterruptedException e) {
}

interfears much with the GUI, But i'm not sure where "Tread" is from, as this is my first time writing swing.

[Fubarable]

EDT? I don't think the

try {
Thread.sleep(2000);
}
catch (InterruptedException e) {
}

interfears much with the GUI, But i'm not sure where "Tread" is from, as this is my first time writing swing.

It would be hard for us to know what else is going on in your code though as we're only privy to a small glimpse. Consider creating a small compilable and runnable app that demonstrates your problem, an SSCCE

[JosAH]

EDT? I don't think the

try {
Thread.sleep(2000);
}
catch (InterruptedException e) {
}

interfears much with the GUI, But i'm not sure where "Tread" is from, as this is my first time writing swing.

If you can find an execution path starting at a, say, ActionListener, called by the Event Dispatch Thread (EDT) owned by Swing, to your Thread.sleep( ... ) call without your code having started a new Thread for that call, you are executing that entire execition path on the EDT so Swing will freeze when it sleeps.

kind regards,

Jos