Difference between revisions of "Viewer Architecture"
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== Threads == | == Threads == | ||
The viewer is a single process with a few threads: | The viewer is a single process with a few threads: | ||
* Main thread | * Main thread -- The input/output main program function. | ||
* VFS Thread | * VFS Thread -- Thread responsible for reading/writing to the virtual file system. | ||
* | * LFS Thread -- Thread responsible for some reading/writing to the local file system. | ||
== Program Flow == | == Program Flow == | ||
Revision as of 16:47, 30 October 2006
Sub-Systems
- Asset System
- Inventory
- Rendering
- AGP
- Drawables
- viewer object
- avatar
- octtree
- UI
- Media
- Sound
- IPC
- TCP/pipes & pumps
- llmessagesystem
- VFS
Threads
The viewer is a single process with a few threads:
- Main thread -- The input/output main program function.
- VFS Thread -- Thread responsible for reading/writing to the virtual file system.
- LFS Thread -- Thread responsible for some reading/writing to the local file system.
Program Flow
- Initialize
- Loop
- Gathers input
- Pumps the TCP i/o
- Render the frame
- Shutdown