From 6b3e0b5f9be70073a40c0f8fa3b483cf24e1b28e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan <rayaman99@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 16:45:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added ThreaderUpdater

Added the threadedupdater module and updated the all.lua to reflect the new additions!
---
 README.md                   | 11 ++++++++++-
 multi/all.lua               |  1 +
 multi/threading/all.lua     |  1 +
 multi/threading/updater.lua | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 multi/threading/updater.lua

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d0db74..5b2d4a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -578,9 +578,18 @@ Hello</br>
 PAUSED</br>
 Hello3</br>
 
+# ThreadedUpdater
+
+```lua
+-- Works the same as a regular updater!
+require("multi.all")
+multi:newThreadedUpdater("Test",10000):OnUpdate(function(self)
+	print(self.pos)
+end)
+multi:mainloop()
+```
 # TODO (In order of importance)
 - Write the wiki stuff</br>
-- Write multi:newThreadedUpdater(name,skip)</br>
 - Test for unknown bugs</br>
 **Don't find these useful tbh, I will document them eventually though**
 - Document Triggers</br>
diff --git a/multi/all.lua b/multi/all.lua
index dd6baa7..5e264f4 100644
--- a/multi/all.lua
+++ b/multi/all.lua
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ require("multi.threading.loop")
 require("multi.threading.process")
 require("multi.threading.step")
 require("multi.threading.tstep")
+require("multi.threading.updater")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/multi/threading/all.lua b/multi/threading/all.lua
index b28e005..fe05cb4 100644
--- a/multi/threading/all.lua
+++ b/multi/threading/all.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require("multi.threading.step")
 require("multi.threading.tstep")
+require("multi.threading.updater")
 require("multi.threading.alarm")
 require("multi.threading.loop")
 require("multi.threading.event")
diff --git a/multi/threading/updater.lua b/multi/threading/updater.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d117038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multi/threading/updater.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+require("multi.threading")
+function multi:newThreadedUpdater(name,skip)
+	local c=self:newTBase()
+	c.Type='updaterThread'
+	c.pos=1
+	c.skip=skip or 1
+	function c:Resume()
+		self.rest=false
+	end
+	function c:Pause()
+		self.rest=true
+	end
+	c.OnUpdate=self.OnMainConnect
+	c.rest=false
+	c.updaterate=0
+	c.restRate=.75
+	multi:newThread(name,function(ref)
+		while true do
+			if c.rest then
+				thread.sleep(c.restRate) -- rest a bit more when a thread is paused
+			else
+				for i=1,#c.func do
+					c.func[i](c)
+				end
+				c.pos=c.pos+1
+				thread.skip(c.skip)
+			end
+		end
+	end)
+	self:create(c)
+	return c
+end