Loom class for Unity to simplify the interaction between the Unity main thread and the other threads.
Our class is called Loom. Loom lets you easily run code on another thread and have that other thread run code on the main game thread when it needs to.
There are only two functions to worry about:
- RunAsync(Action) which runs a set of statements on another thread
- QueueOnMainThread(Action) - which runs a set of statements on the main thread.
You access Loom using Loom.Current - it deals with creating an invisible game object to interact with the games main thread.
//Scale a mesh on a second thread
void ScaleMesh(Mesh mesh, float scale)
{
//Get the vertices of a mesh
var vertices = mesh.vertices;
//Run the action on a new thread
Loom.RunAsync(()=>{
//Loop through the vertices
for(var i = 0; i < vertices.Length; i++)
{
//Scale the vertex
vertices[i] = vertices[i] * scale;
}
//Run some code on the main thread
//to update the mesh
Loom.QueueOnMainThread(()=>{
//Set the vertices
mesh.vertices = vertices;
//Recalculate the bounds
mesh.RecalculateBounds();
});
});
}
- Don't limit thread number
- Initialize on access
- Check thread ID in Initialize()
- Don't destroy on load
- Don't check Application.isPlaying
- Don't try-catch in RunAction()
- Delete
QueueOnMainThread(Action action, float time)because get_time can only be called from the main thread.
