Is it possible to run the RenderWindow in the background?

[Putarda]

Hello , is it possible to run the RenderWindow thread in the background? If so, can anyone give me a simple code.

#include <SFML\Graphics.hpp>

sf::RenderWindow window;

void openWindow() {

        window.create(sf::VideoMode(800, 800), "Window");

        while (window.isOpen()) {

                sf::Event event;

                while (window.pollEvent(event)) {

                        switch (event.type) {

                        case sf::Event::Closed:

                                window.close();

                                break;
                        }

                }

        }

}
 

Thanks .

[Jesper Juhl]

What are you actually trying to achieve?

[Putarda]

Something like this:

#include "Game.h"
#include <thread>

int main() {

        std::thread t([] {createGame();});

}
 

[Jesper Juhl]

That didn't actually help.

Could you describe the problem you are having and trying to solve.?

[Yohdu]

If you're not on MacOS, yes you can. However, events need to be polled in the same thread (so you're code seems correct)  : http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.3/window-window.php

[Hapax]

Although it is possible except - as Yohdu already said - on Mac, it is very likely there are better design choices.

At the bottom of the tutorial article to which Yohdu linked is some information that explains that it's mostly possible but not advisable.

If you really want to split things between threads, it is more convenient to keep event handling in the main thread and move the rest (rendering, physics, logic, ...) to a separate thread instead.

[Putarda]

I get this error when i start it.
http://i.imgur.com/JaYooUB.png