[Dev-C++] Multi threading in game

[Philip B. <phi...@pb...>]

Hello everyone,

This will be a rather long message.

I have a question regarding multi threading and syncrhonization for a =
game that I'm working on. The game will have hundreds of objects =
(enemies, bullets and so on), and I am trying to think of an efficient =
way to implement this using multiple threads.
I will have input and player actions in one thread since they are tied =
together, window message processing in the main thread which will be =
idle for the most part, and then a thread which handles the enemies. I =
will give them different priority levels so that they don't all move at =
full speed all the time. I have two ideas for how to do this:

1. Give each enemy its own critical section object so that it is free =
whenever it is not being read or written to. Then whenever the player =
thread or another enemy in the same thread wants to access it either for =
reading or writing, it'll enter the critical section. I figure that this =
could potencially cause delays, for example what if an enemy decides to =
move while the player is firing at it and thus modifying its data from a =
different thread?

2. Have a critical section for all the enemies, which I guess would not =
be very practical but it is one idea that I had.

Can anyone perhaps suggest a good way of handling this? I want to be =
able to read and write the enemy information from any thread as fast as =
possible, though most of the work will occur in one and the same thread =
(the enemy thread).

Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards
Philip Bennefall