public void StartUpdateProcessing(out ChangeBuffer updateBuffer, out GameTime gameTime)
{
//wait for start signal
updateFrameStart.WaitOne();
Thread.MemoryBarrier();
//get the update buffer
updateBuffer = buffers[currentUpdateBuffer];
//get the game time
gameTime = this.gameTime;
}
public void StartRenderProcessing(out ChangeBuffer renderBuffer, out GameTime gameTime)
{
//wait for start signal
renderFrameStart.WaitOne();
Thread.MemoryBarrier();
//get the render buffer
renderBuffer = buffers[currentRenderBuffer];
//ret the game time
gameTime = this.gameTime;
}
public DoubleBuffer()
{
//create the buffers
buffers = new ChangeBuffer[2];
buffers[0] = new ChangeBuffer();
buffers[1] = new ChangeBuffer();
//create the WaitHandlers
renderFrameStart = new AutoResetEvent(false);
renderFrameEnd = new AutoResetEvent(false);
updateFrameStart = new AutoResetEvent(false);
updateFrameEnd = new AutoResetEvent(false);
//reset the values
Reset();
}