start screen refactor

src/main.cpp

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 		std::cerr << "Failed to set '" << SDL_HINT_VIDEO_ALLOW_SCREENSAVER << "' to 1\n";
 	}
 
-	auto last_time = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+	auto last_time_render = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+	auto last_time_tick = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 
 	// actual setup
 	if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) {
@@ -68,9 +69,23 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	bool quit = false;
 	while (!quit) {
 		auto new_time = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
-		//const float time_delta {std::chrono::duration<float, std::chrono::seconds::period>(new_time - last_time).count()};
-		last_time = new_time;
 
+		const float time_delta_tick = std::chrono::duration<float, std::chrono::seconds::period>(new_time - last_time_tick).count();
+		const float time_delta_render = std::chrono::duration<float, std::chrono::seconds::period>(new_time - last_time_render).count();
+
+		bool tick = time_delta_tick >= screen->nextTick();
+		bool render = time_delta_render >= screen->nextRender();
+
+		if (tick) {
+			Screen* ret_screen = screen->tick(time_delta_tick, quit);
+			if (ret_screen != nullptr) {
+				screen.reset(ret_screen);
+			}
+			last_time_tick = new_time;
+		}
+
+		// can do both in the same loop
+		if (render) {
 			SDL_Event event;
 			while (SDL_PollEvent(&event)) {
 				if (event.type == SDL_EVENT_QUIT) {
@@ -97,12 +112,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 			ImGui_ImplSDL3_NewFrame();
 			ImGui::NewFrame();
 
-		//ImGui::ShowDemoWindow();
-
-		Screen* ret_screen = screen->poll(quit);
+			{ // render
+				Screen* ret_screen = screen->render(time_delta_render, quit);
 				if (ret_screen != nullptr) {
 					screen.reset(ret_screen);
 				}
+			}
 
 			ImGui::Render();
 			ImGui_ImplSDLRenderer3_RenderDrawData(ImGui::GetDrawData());
@@ -112,10 +127,38 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 			SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer.get(), 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, SDL_ALPHA_OPAQUE);
 			SDL_RenderClear(renderer.get());
 
-		std::this_thread::sleep_for( // time left to get to 60fps
-			std::chrono::duration<float, std::chrono::seconds::period>(0.0166f) // 60fps frame duration
-			- std::chrono::duration<float, std::chrono::seconds::period>(std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - new_time) // time used for rendering
-		);
+			last_time_render = new_time;
+		}
+
+		//// TODO: seperate out render and tick
+		//const float time_to_next_loop = std::min<float>(screen->nextRender(), screen->nextTick());
+
+		//std::this_thread::sleep_for( // time left to get to 60fps
+			//std::chrono::duration<float, std::chrono::seconds::period>(time_to_next_loop)
+			//- std::chrono::duration<float, std::chrono::seconds::period>(std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - new_time) // time used for rendering
+		//);
+
+
+		if (render || tick) {
+			std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(1)); // yield for 1ms
+		} else {
+
+#if 0
+			// pretty hacky and spins if close to next update
+			// if next loop >= 1ms away, wait 1ms
+			if (time_delta_tick+0.001f < screen->nextTick() && time_delta_render+0.001f < screen->nextRender()) {
+				std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(1)); // yield for 1ms
+			}
+#else
+			// dynamic sleep, sleeps the reminder till next update
+			std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::duration<float, std::chrono::seconds::period>(
+				std::min<float>(
+					screen->nextTick() - time_delta_tick,
+					screen->nextRender() - time_delta_render
+				)
+			));
+#endif
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;

src/main_screen.cpp

@@ -81,11 +81,7 @@ bool MainScreen::handleEvent(SDL_Event& e) {
 	return false;
 }
 
-Screen* MainScreen::poll(bool& quit) {
-	auto new_time = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
-	const float time_delta {std::chrono::duration<float, std::chrono::seconds::period>(new_time - last_time).count()};
-	last_time = new_time;
-
+Screen* MainScreen::render(float time_delta, bool& quit) {
 	quit = !tc.iterate();
 
 	tcm.iterate(time_delta);
@@ -123,34 +119,14 @@ Screen* MainScreen::poll(bool& quit) {
 		ImGui::ShowDemoWindow();
 	}
 
-#if 0
-	{ // texture tests
-		const size_t width = 8;
-		const size_t height = 8;
-#define W 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff
-#define B 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff
-#define P 0xff, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff
-		static uint8_t raw_pixel[width*height*4] {
-			P, W, W, W, W, W, W, P,
-			W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W,
-			W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W,
-			W, W, W, B, B, W, W, W,
-			W, W, W, B, B, W, W, W,
-			W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W,
-			W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W,
-			P, W, W, W, W, W, W, P,
-		};
+	return nullptr;
+}
 
-		static uint64_t texture = sdlrtu.uploadRGBA(raw_pixel, width, height);
-
-		if (ImGui::Begin("test texture")) {
-			ImGui::Text("test texture windoajsdf");
-
-			ImGui::Image(reinterpret_cast<void*>(texture), {width*10, height*10});
-		}
-		ImGui::End();
-	}
-#endif
+Screen* MainScreen::tick(float time_delta, bool& quit) {
+	_min_tick_interval = std::min<float>(
+		tc.toxIterationInterval()/1000.f,
+		0.03f // HACK: 30ms upper bound, should be the same as tox but will change
+	);
 
 	return nullptr;
 }

src/main_screen.hpp

@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ struct MainScreen final : public Screen {
 
 	// return nullptr if not next
 	// sets bool quit to true if exit
-	Screen* poll(bool&) override;
+	Screen* render(float time_delta, bool&) override;
+	Screen* tick(float time_delta, bool&) override;
+
+	float _render_interval {1.f/60.f};
+	float _min_tick_interval {0.f};
+
+	float nextRender(void) override { return _render_interval; }
+	float nextTick(void) override { return _min_tick_interval; }
 };
 

src/screen.hpp

@@ -2,14 +2,21 @@
 
 #include <SDL3/SDL.h>
 
+// all time values are in seconds
 struct Screen {
 	virtual ~Screen(void) = default;
 
 	// return true if handled
-	virtual bool handleEvent(SDL_Event& e) { return false; }
+	virtual bool handleEvent(SDL_Event&) { return false; }
 
 	// return nullptr if not next
 	// sets bool quit to true if exit
-	virtual Screen* poll(bool& quit) = 0;
+	// both render and tick get called in the selfreported intervals
+	virtual Screen* render(float time_delta, bool& quit) = 0; // pure since this is a graphical app
+	virtual Screen* tick(float time_delta, bool& quit) = 0;
+
+	// TODO: const?
+	virtual float nextRender(void) { return 1.f/60.f; }
+	virtual float nextTick(void) { return 0.03f; }
 };
 

src/start_screen.cpp

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 StartScreen::StartScreen(SDL_Renderer* renderer) : _renderer(renderer) {
 }
 
-Screen* StartScreen::poll(bool&) {
+Screen* StartScreen::render(float, bool&) {
 
 	// TODO: imgui tox profile selector?
 
@@ -137,3 +137,7 @@ Screen* StartScreen::poll(bool&) {
 	return nullptr;
 }
 
+Screen* StartScreen::tick(float, bool&) {
+	return nullptr;
+}
+

src/start_screen.hpp

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ struct StartScreen final : public Screen {
 
 	// return nullptr if not next
 	// sets bool quit to true if exit
-	Screen* poll(bool&) override;
+	Screen* render(float, bool&) override;
+	Screen* tick(float, bool&) override;
+
+	// use default nextRender and nextTick
 };