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tar
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10 years ago

Scene Graph m.global is not reliable under moderate load (returns invalid sometimes)

So here is a major problem:  1. The app heavily relies on m.global and accesses it's fields from Task nodes 2. Recently I've discovered that sometimes m.global fields are invalid (however returns va...
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tar
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10 years ago
temporary solved it next way

myVar = m.global.someImportantField
while myVar = invalid
    ' do not spam render thread (m.global owner) with requests, but try at least 10 times per second '
    sleep(100)
    ' usually works from the first try '
    myVar = m.global.someImportantField
end while