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Thread: simple ping pong game help

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    Default simple ping pong game help

    When I ran the methods "go1,go2,go3" separately without clicking on the menu , all of them worked well. by separately I mean, when I closed the program changed the source code from "go1;" to "go2" and go3. But when I click on the "change ball" and then "1 ball" or any thing, all I get is a new frame which is blank. And the old frame freezes.

    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
     
    /**
     *
     * @author Administrator
     */
     
     
    public class MyPong extends JFrame
    {
     
        Ball ball=new Ball(400,300); 
        Ball ball2=new Ball(250,400);
        Ball ball3=new Ball(150,200);
     
        AIPad aipad=new AIPad();   
     
         public static void main(String[] args)
         {
             MyPong mypong=new MyPong();
             mypong.go1();
         }  
     
         //1 ball method
         public void go1() 
         {          
     
             JFrame frame = new JFrame();
            frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
     
            MyDrawPanel1 drawPanel = new MyDrawPanel1();     
     
            frame.getContentPane().add(drawPanel);
            frame.setSize(650,450);
     
            //menu bar code
     
            JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();        
     
            JMenu jmenu = new JMenu("Change ball");     
     
            JMenuItem b1MenuItem = new JMenuItem("1 Ball"); 
            JMenuItem b2MenuItem = new JMenuItem("2 Balls");     
            JMenuItem b3MenuItem = new JMenuItem("3 Balls");     
     
            b1MenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     
                @Override
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
     
                    go1(); 
            }            
            });
     
            b2MenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     
                @Override
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
                   go2(); 
                }            
            });
     
            b3MenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     
                @Override
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
                    go3(); 
                }            
            });
     
            jmenu.add(b1MenuItem);
            jmenu.add(b2MenuItem);
            jmenu.add(b3MenuItem);
     
            menubar.add(jmenu);
     
            frame.setJMenuBar(menubar);
     
            //menu bar code above
     
            frame.setVisible(true);               
     
            while (true)
            {    
     
               ball.move();
     
                if(ball.dx==-1)
                {
                    aipad.checkLocation(ball.x, ball.y,ball.dx);
     
                }                            
                drawPanel.repaint();
     
     
                try
                {
                    Thread.sleep(5);
                }
                catch(Exception x)
                {
                   x.printStackTrace();
     
                }
            }//end while
     
         }//end go1 method
     
         //2 balls
         public void go2() 
         {          
            JFrame frame = new JFrame();
            frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
     
            MyDrawPanel2 drawPanel = new MyDrawPanel2();     
     
            frame.getContentPane().add(drawPanel);
            frame.setSize(650,450);
     
              //menu bar code
     
            JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();        
     
            JMenu jmenu = new JMenu("Change ball");     
     
            JMenuItem b1MenuItem = new JMenuItem("1 Ball"); 
            JMenuItem b2MenuItem = new JMenuItem("2 Balls");     
            JMenuItem b3MenuItem = new JMenuItem("3 Balls");     
     
            b1MenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     
                @Override
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
     
                }            
            });
     
            b2MenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     
                @Override
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
     
                }            
            });
     
            b3MenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     
                @Override
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
     
                }            
            });
     
            jmenu.add(b1MenuItem);
            jmenu.add(b2MenuItem);
            jmenu.add(b3MenuItem);
            menubar.add(jmenu);      
     
            frame.setJMenuBar(menubar);
            //menu bar code above
     
            frame.setVisible(true);               
     
            while (true)
            {     
               //several balls logic stays under here   
     
                ball.move();
                ball2.move();
     
     
                if(ball.dx==-1)
                {
                    aipad.checkLocation(ball.x, ball.y,ball.dx);
     
                }
                else
                {
                    aipad.checkLocation(ball2.x, ball2.y,ball2.dx); //give the location of the bal to the aiPad   
     
                }        
     
                drawPanel.repaint();
                //multiple balls logic. yup this is all folks!  
     
                try
                {
                    Thread.sleep(5);
                }
                catch(Exception x)
                {
                   x.printStackTrace();
     
                }
            }//end while
     
         }//end go2 method
     
         //3 balls
         public void go3() 
         {          
            JFrame frame = new JFrame();
            frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
     
            MyDrawPanel3 drawPanel = new MyDrawPanel3();     
     
            frame.getContentPane().add(drawPanel);
            frame.setSize(650,450);
            frame.setVisible(true);
     
              //menu bar code
     
            JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();        
     
            JMenu jmenu = new JMenu("Change ball");     
     
            JMenuItem b1MenuItem = new JMenuItem("1 Ball"); 
            JMenuItem b2MenuItem = new JMenuItem("2 Balls");     
            JMenuItem b3MenuItem = new JMenuItem("3 Balls");     
     
            b1MenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     
                @Override
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
     
                }            
            });
     
            b2MenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     
                @Override
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
     
                }            
            });
     
            b3MenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     
                @Override
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
     
                }            
            });
     
            jmenu.add(b1MenuItem);
            jmenu.add(b2MenuItem);
            jmenu.add(b3MenuItem);
            menubar.add(jmenu);        
            frame.setJMenuBar(menubar);
            //menu bar code aboves
     
            while (true)
            {     
               //several balls logic stays under here   
     
                ball.move();
                ball2.move();
                ball3.move(); 
     
                if(ball.dx==-1)
                {
                    aipad.checkLocation(ball.x, ball.y,ball.dx);
                    //drawPanel.repaint();
                }
                else if(ball2.dx==-1)
                {
                    aipad.checkLocation(ball2.x, ball2.y,ball2.dx); //give the location of the bal to the aiPad   
     
                }
                else
                {
                    aipad.checkLocation(ball3.x, ball3.y,ball3.dx); //give the location of the bal to the aiPad   
     
                }
     
                drawPanel.repaint();
                //multiple balls logic. yup this is all folks!  
     
                try
                {
                    Thread.sleep(5);
                }
                catch(Exception x)
                {
                   x.printStackTrace();
     
                }
            }//end while
     
         }//end go method
     
        //inner classes drawpanel     
        class MyDrawPanel3 extends JPanel
        {
            @Override
            public void  paintComponent(Graphics g)
            {
                g.setColor(Color.black);
                g.fillRect(0,0,this.getWidth(),this.getHeight());        
     
                aipad.paint(g);             
                ball.paint(g);
                ball2.paint(g); 
                ball3.paint(g);                  
            }
        }
     
        class MyDrawPanel2 extends JPanel
        {
            @Override
            public void  paintComponent(Graphics g)
            {
                g.setColor(Color.black);
                g.fillRect(0,0,this.getWidth(),this.getHeight());        
     
                aipad.paint(g);             
                ball.paint(g);
                ball2.paint(g);                
            }
        }
     
        class MyDrawPanel1 extends JPanel
        {
            @Override
            public void  paintComponent(Graphics g)
            {
                g.setColor(Color.black);
                g.fillRect(0,0,this.getWidth(),this.getHeight());               
                aipad.paint(g);             
                ball.paint(g);                              
            }
        }


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    Default Re: simple ping pong game help

    I'm not sure what you're trying to do with the while(true) loops. Once you start executing the first one, that thread will never get to any of the other ones.

    It looks like you're trying to setup a game loop, and this isn't how you do that. I suggest looking at threading, Timers, and the EDT. Read up on each and ask a more specific question when you get stuck.

    But the gist is that you should probably use a Swing Timer to setup a game loop instead of abusing the main thread like this.

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