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Using Multiplayer and Rendering on a single thread [closed]

I have a rendering thread which does all my rendering of the game, is it possible to connect to a server at the same time on the same thread as the render? Would it overload, would it slow it down? Or ...
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LWJGL - Switching from 3D to 2D to render text with NO external librarys [closed]

I want to render 2D quads on my screen by switching to a 2D scene then switching back to 3D. I dont want to use any external librarys besides LWJGL. This is what I got so far: private static void ...
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How to render a tilemap efficiently? [duplicate]

I'm using this code to load a tiled map, composed of 1000x1000 32x32px tiles: map = new TmxMapLoader().load("levels/xyz.tmx"); camera = new OrthographicCamera(); camera.setToOrtho(false, ...
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Where should I put my mob rendering code?

I'm making a simple LWJGL game. However, I'm a bit confused about rendering. So I have a Mob class and a TriangleMob is a basic enemy. package daniel.entity.Mob; public class TriangleMob { ...
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Canvas - Good rendering practises? [closed]

I've been using the Canvas a lot lately for little Java games and i've noticed a lot of strange things can happen. For example, earlier today I created a little game in which the objective is to shoot ...
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Mapped texture to a gluSphere not wrapping correctly

I have a 3D sphere rendered using JOGL by means of GLUquadric. I'm trying to add a texture but it is not rendering as correctly. Does anyone understand why the texture (upper-right of sphere) isnt ...
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Render graphics using Doubles in Graphics2D

Currently, I have a JFrame for my game to render in, and I'm using Graphics2D for drawing (The games graphics are fairly simple 2D sprites). However, my delta variable is a double, and all of the ...
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How do I render terrain in a 2.5D perspective, like in the game Don't Starve?

I have experience in making 2D side scroller games such as Terraria, but now I want to challenge myself and make a game that has a 2.5D perspective. The game I am trying to mimic is Don't Starve. ...
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Rendering another screen on top of main game screen in fullscreen mode

my game runs in fullscreen mode and uses active rendering. The graphics are drawn on the fullscreen window in each game loop: public void render() { Window w = ...
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Drawing graphics in Java game

I am quite new to game development, so here is a question (maybe a stupid one): In my sidescroller i have a bunch of different graphics objects that i need to draw (player, background tiles, ...
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Back to front drawing in an Unorginized array of tiles

I have an Array of tiles in no particular order. How would I do a isometric back to front rendering on it? Do I HAVE to order it?
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Efficient way to render tile-based map in Java

Some time ago I posted here because I was having some memory issues with a game I'm working on. That has been pretty much solved thanks to some suggestions here, so I decided to come back with another ...
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How to draw Isometric game Back to front

What is the for loop or algorytm for a 2D array of tiles that I would render the tiles back to front like this:
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Invert colors Java rendering

I am making a 2d platformer in java using the slick2d engine. I only use 2 colors: black and white. I want to implement a feature were i invert the colors of certain entities. However i can't find a ...
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Rendering Loop Problem (Java)

I'm not new to programming, but I am relatively new to game programming. I am trying to create a version of Breakout, as a good basic game to get myself introduced to 2d game programming. I currently ...
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Effectively implementing a game view using java

I am writing a 2d game in java. The game mechanics are similar to the Pokémon game boy advance series e.g. fire red, ruby, diamond and so on. I need a way to draw a huge map maybe 5000 by 5000 pixels ...
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Can't remove JPanel from JFrame while adding new class into it

Basically, I have my Frame class, which instantiates all the properties for the JFrame, and draws a JLabel with an image (my title screen). Then I made a separate JPanel with a start button on it, and ...
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Argumentation Frameworks - Games approach

Logic-based argumentation theory is an area of Artificial Intelligence that models how to rationally choose (i.e., argue about) what to believe or do when faced with conflicting information. The aim ...
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Java tilemap not working, Think it has something to do with my image rendering

Hey can someone help me out, I've been trying to fix this for about 2 hours now, and I'm a noob when it comes to game programming and Java(only been reading and programming with it for a week now, ...
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Java rendering performance bottlenecks

I've read a lot of forums about making 3D games in Java but I was unable to build a full picture of how it performs in video games. I know that it works smoothly for small and average size games, but ...