thread priority control enabled. use at your own risk :)

2.10/Source/FormRender.dfm

@@ -568,9 +568,7 @@ object RenderForm: TRenderForm
     Width = 73
     Height = 17
     Caption = 'Low priority'
-    Enabled = False
     TabOrder = 10
-    Visible = False
     OnClick = chkThreadPriorityClick
   end
   object SaveDialog: TSaveDialog

2.10/Source/FormRender.pas

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
      Apophysis Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Mark Townsend
      Apophysis Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Ronald Hordijk, Piotr Boris, Peter Sdobnov
+     Apophysis Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Piotr Borys, Peter Sdobnov
 
      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
      it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
      along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
      Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 }
+
 unit FormRender;
 
 interface
@@ -511,12 +513,15 @@ begin
 
         Renderer := TRenderThread.Create;
         assert(Renderer <> nil);
-{
+
+        if chkThreadPriority.Visible then
+        begin
           if chkThreadPriority.Checked then
             Renderer.SetPriority(tpLower)
           else
             Renderer.SetPriority(tpNormal);
-}
+        end;
+
         Renderer.BitsPerSample := BitsPerSample;
         if chkLimitMem.checked then
           Renderer.MaxMem := MaxMemory;//StrToInt(cbMaxMemory.text);
@@ -584,12 +589,15 @@ begin
 
       Renderer := TRenderThread.Create;
       assert(Renderer <> nil);
-{
+
+      if chkThreadPriority.Visible then
+      begin
         if chkThreadPriority.Checked then
           Renderer.SetPriority(tpLower)
         else
           Renderer.SetPriority(tpNormal);
-}
+      end;
+
       Renderer.BitsPerSample := BitsPerSample;
       if chkLimitMem.checked then
         Renderer.MaxMem := MaxMemory;//StrToInt(cbMaxMemory.text);
@@ -653,7 +661,7 @@ begin
   ShowMemoryStatus;
   Ratio := ImageWidth / ImageHeight;
   chkSaveIncompleteRenders.Checked := SaveIncompleteRenders;
-//  chkThreadPriority.Checked := LowerRenderPriority;
+  chkThreadPriority.Checked := LowerRenderPriority;
 end;
 
 procedure TRenderForm.txtWidthChange(Sender: TObject);
@@ -1054,16 +1062,13 @@ end;
 
 procedure TRenderForm.chkThreadPriorityClick(Sender: TObject);
 begin
-{
   LowerRenderPriority := chkThreadPriority.Checked;
-
   if Assigned(Renderer) then begin
     if LowerRenderPriority then
       Renderer.SetPriority(tpLower)
     else
       Renderer.SetPriority(tpNormal);
   end;
-}
 end;
 
 end.

2.10/Source/Global.pas

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
      Apophysis Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Mark Townsend
      Apophysis Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Ronald Hordijk, Piotr Borys, Peter Sdobnov     
+     Apophysis Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Piotr Borys, Peter Sdobnov
 
      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
      it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
      along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
      Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 }
+
 unit Global;
 
 interface
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ var
 
   SaveIncompleteRenders: boolean;
   ShowRenderStats: boolean;
-  //LowerRenderPriority: boolean;
+  LowerRenderPriority: boolean;
 
   SymmetryType: integer;
   SymmetryOrder: integer;

2.10/Source/Options.dfm

@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ object OptionsForm: TOptionsForm
           Height = 21
           HelpContext = 1036
           TabOrder = 6
-          Text = '0'
+          Text = '1'
           OnChange = txtMinLumChange
         end
         object txtMaxLum: TEdit
@@ -1303,6 +1303,8 @@ object OptionsForm: TOptionsForm
           Height = 21
           HelpContext = 1036
           Associate = txtMinLum
+          Min = 1
+          Position = 1
           TabOrder = 14
         end
         object udMaxLum: TUpDown

2.10/Source/Regstry.pas

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
      Apophysis Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Mark Townsend
      Apophysis Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Ronald Hordijk, Piotr Borys, Peter Sdobnov
+     Apophysis Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Piotr Borys, Peter Sdobnov
 
      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
      it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
      along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
      Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 }
+
 unit Regstry;
 
 interface
@@ -408,7 +410,7 @@ begin
       if Registry.ValueExists('MaxLum') then
       begin
         MaxLum := Registry.ReadInteger('MaxLum');
-        if MaxLum < 0 then MaxLum := 0;
+        if MaxLum <= 0 then MaxLum := 100;
       end
       else
       begin
@@ -541,15 +543,7 @@ begin
       begin
         SheepServer := 'http://v2d5.sheepserver.net/';
       end;
-{      if Registry.ValueExists('ResizeOnLoad') then
-      begin
-        ResizeOnLoad := Registry.ReadBool('ResizeOnLoad');
-      end
-      else
-      begin
-        ResizeOnLoad := False;
-      end;
-}      if Registry.ValueExists('ShowProgress') then
+      if Registry.ValueExists('ShowProgress') then
       begin
         ShowProgress := Registry.ReadBool('ShowProgress');
       end else begin
@@ -567,11 +561,11 @@ begin
       end else begin
         ShowRenderStats := false;
       end;
-//      if Registry.ValueExists('LowerRenderPriority') then begin
-//        LowerRenderPriority := Registry.ReadBool('LowerRenderPriority');
-//      end else begin
-//        LowerRenderPriority := false;
-//      end;
+      if Registry.ValueExists('LowerRenderPriority') then begin
+        LowerRenderPriority := Registry.ReadBool('LowerRenderPriority');
+      end else begin
+        LowerRenderPriority := false;
+      end;
 
       if Registry.ValueExists('PNGTransparency') then begin
         PNGTransparency := Registry.ReadInteger('PNGTransparency');
@@ -678,10 +672,9 @@ begin
       SheepPW := '';
       flam3Path := DefaultPath + 'flam3.exe';
       SheepServer := 'http://v2d5.sheepserver.net/';
-//      ResizeOnLoad := False;
       ShowProgress := true;
       SaveIncompleteRenders := false;
-//      LowerRenderPriority := false;
+      LowerRenderPriority := false;
       ShowRenderStats := false;
       PNGTransparency := 1;
       ShowTransparency := False;
@@ -1130,7 +1123,6 @@ begin
       Registry.WriteString('Renderer', flam3Path);
       Registry.WriteString('Server', SheepServer);
       Registry.WriteString('Pass', SheepPW);
-//      Registry.WriteBool('ResizeOnLoad', ResizeOnLoad);
       Registry.WriteBool('ShowProgress', ShowProgress);
       Registry.WriteBool('KeepBackground', KeepBackground);
       Registry.WriteBool('PreserveQuality', PreserveQuality);
@@ -1143,7 +1135,7 @@ begin
 
       Registry.WriteBool('SaveIncompleteRenders', SaveIncompleteRenders);
       Registry.WriteBool('ShowRenderStats', ShowRenderStats);
-//      Registry.WriteBool('LowerRenderPriority', LowerRenderPriority);
+      Registry.WriteBool('LowerRenderPriority', LowerRenderPriority);
 
       Registry.WriteInteger('NrTreads', NrTreads);
       Registry.WriteInteger('UseNrThreads', UseNrThreads);

2.10/Source/RenderMT.pas

@@ -169,13 +169,13 @@ begin
 end;
 
 procedure TBaseMTRenderer.SetThreadPriority(p: TThreadPriority);
-//var
-//  i: integer;
+var
+  i: integer;
 begin
   inherited;
 
-  //for i := 0 to High(WorkingThreads) do
-  //  WorkingThreads[i].Priority := p;
+  for i := 0 to High(WorkingThreads) do
+    WorkingThreads[i].Priority := p;
 end;
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ function TBaseMTRenderer.NewThread: TBucketFillerThread;
 begin
   Result := TBucketFillerThread.Create(fcp);
   assert(Result<>nil);
-  Result.Priority := tpLower; //FThreadPriority;
+
+  if FThreadPriority <> tpNormal then
+    Result.Priority := {tpLower;} FThreadPriority;
 
   if FCP.FAngle = 0 then
     Result.AddPointsProc := self.AddPointsToBuckets

2.10/Source/RenderThread.pas

@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ end;
 
 procedure TRenderThread.SetPriority(p: TThreadPriority);
 begin
-  Priority := p;
+  //! Priority := p;
 
   if assigned(FRenderer) then
     FRenderer.SetThreadPriority(p);