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It depends on the type of game. For a "fast game" (e.g. a shooter) a dedicate game loop (perhaps in a thread) with a yield/wait (as appropriate) will generally function best. For a "slow games" timers will work just fine -- there are however, two types of Timers: <ol> <li>a "Swing" timer <a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/timer.html" rel="nofollow">(javax.swing.Timer)</a> <ol> <li>advantage: runs on the EDT so can touch Swing/AWT objects</li> <li>disadvantage: runs on the EDT so has poor resolution and timing guarantees</li> </ol></li> <li>a "service" timer <a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Timer.html" rel="nofollow">(java.util.Timer)</a> <ol> <li>advantages: <ol> <li>supports "fixed rate" timer</li> <li>runs on own thread (so resolution/consistency is better, but not guaranteed)</li> </ol></li> <li>disadvantages: does not run on the EDT (so can't touch Swing/AWT).</li> </ol></li> </ol> In many cases the game must still compute the "delta" between when the last event occured and when the current event occurred and use this in calculations. Without a model that uses a delta, game speed will vary between systems. Personally, I would recommend <a href="http://lwjgl.org/" rel="nofollow">LWJGL: Lightweight Java Game Library</a> which offers a high-resolution clock well suited for "fast game" loops. It also supports "direct" OpenGL bindings ;-) I do not have any experience developing "slow games". Happy coding.
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1. POJava 2D game - Timers vs Threads?
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1. COThanks, Right now my game is simply and 2D maze puzzler. What do you think would be the best solution?
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2. CO@pst +1 nothing complicated, please (so can't touch Swing/AWT) and required javax.swing.Action for...
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