Can you create entities in multi-threaded systems? Are observers multi-threaded? #1198

destructor465 · 2024-04-28T10:47:55Z

destructor465
Apr 28, 2024

So I been trying to use flecs in my C++ project. And let me just say it's awesome. I have a few questions if somebody could help me to answer them:

Can you create entities in multi-threaded systems? So far I been trying to call world.entity().add<SomeComponent>(); in the multi-threaded system but it results in fatal error flecs.c: 6438: assert: ecs_is_alive(world, entity) INVALID_PARAMETER. I also tried deferring this operation to no luck. So I wonder is it possible to create entities in multi-threaded systems?
Do observers utilize multi-threading or do they always run on the same thread where you call progress?

Answered by SanderMertens

You can create entities from a multithreaded system but it's very limited what you can do with those, because they can't be made alive yet while the world is in "readonly" mode. One workaround for that is to create a pool of alive entity ids beforehand.
Observers don't use multithreading.

SanderMertens · 2024-04-30T14:08:33Z

You can create entities from a multithreaded system but it's very limited what you can do with those, because they can't be made alive yet while the world is in "readonly" mode. One workaround for that is to create a pool of alive entity ids beforehand.
Observers don't use multithreading.

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Perfect, thank you so much.