Java creating game loop (game update)

Question

In my 2D game, I am not sure about my FPS and my game frame update method. When I want it to print out, to check if it is working in the console, it never writes anything. Am I missing something?

public class Main extends JFrame implements Runnable{

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

static boolean running = true;

/* My game fps */
public void run() {

    int FRAMES_PER_SECOND = 25;
    int SKIP_TICKS = 1000 / FRAMES_PER_SECOND;
    long next_game_tick = System.currentTimeMillis();
    long sleep_time = 0;

    while(running){

        updateGame();
        System.out.println("game updated")
        next_game_tick = SKIP_TICKS;
        sleep_time = next_game_tick - System.currentTimeMillis();

        if(sleep_time > 0){

            try {

                Thread.sleep(sleep_time);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
}

public static void main(String[] args){

    platform g = new platform();
    g.setVisible(true);
    g.setSize(900, 900);
    g.setDefaultCloseOperation(DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
    g.setResizable(false);

    (new Thread(new Main())).start();
}   

private void updateGame() {

    /*(e.g)all game code*/
}

}

and is my thread running correctly?

I feel stupid sorry for miss writing i thought i revised it before posting it — Heroxlegend, Dec 09 '15 at 13:29
You shouldn't feel stupid, it's a simple mistake, I know I've definitely done similar stuff in the past. — liquidsystem, Dec 09 '15 at 13:30
This is the original source, which works correctly https://dewitters.com/dewitters-gameloop/. In your code you have `next_game_tick = SKIP_TICKS;`, which should be `next_game_tick += SKIP_TICKS;`. You are missing a `+`. — stonar96, Apr 02 '22 at 02:12

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 09 '15 at 13:22

You can use the method ScheduledExecutorService.scheduleAtFixedRate():

public class GameLoop {
    private static final int FPS = 60;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new GameLoop().startGame();
    }

    private void startGame() {
        ScheduledExecutorService executor = Executors
                .newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
        executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                updateGame();
            }
        }, 0, 1000 / FPS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
    }

    private void updateGame() {
        System.out.println("game updated");
        // the game code
    }
}

This calls the method updateGame 60 times per second. Unlike the method ScheduledExecutorService.scheduleAtFixedDelay(), this method tries to keep up. So if one game tick took long enough to delay the next game tick, the executor service will consider this in the calculation for the next sleep duration.

Thanks for the help the code you posed seems very useful i will go write it down thanks @stefan dollase — Heroxlegend, Dec 09 '15 at 13:43

Java creating game loop (game update)

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