Lesson 12 - Ping Pong Game won't run threads

[Scott.Ballenger]

I am having trouble with getting lesson 12 - Ping Pong Game to run properly. For whatever reason the run() thread will not run unless I set a break-point in the run() function within the Eclipse IDE.

I have tried to run PingPongGreenTable.class from the command line with the same results...

Is there something I need to enable in order to get the threads to run properly?

Thanks in advance!

[Cristina]

Hello,

Thanks for posting this question!

I learned a lot from getting the Ping Pong Game to run using the command line.

This is how I finally succeeded:

C:\Eclipse\Cristina\workspace\Lesson12\src\com\pra cticaljava\lesson12>javac
GameConstants.java

C:\Eclipse\Cristina\workspace\Lesson12\src\com\pra cticaljava\lesson12>javac -classpath C:\Eclipse\Cristina\workspace\Lesson12\src PingPongGreenTable.java

C:\Eclipse\Cristina\workspace\Lesson12\src\com\pra cticaljava\lesson12>javac -classpath C:\Eclipse\Cristina\workspace\Lesson12\src PingPongGameEngine.java


C:\Eclipse\Cristina\workspace\Lesson12\src\com\pra cticaljava\lesson12>java -classpath
C:\Eclipse\Cristina\workspace\Lesson12\src com.practicaljava.lesson12.PingPongGreenTable

It took me a while to understand that I needed to use the name of the class together with the name of the package when I execute PingPongGreenTable (com.practicaljava.lesson12.PingPongGreenTable in the last command), although PingPongGreenTable.class is located in the same directory where I execute the JVM.

[calabro75]

Hi guys I was trying to run the Chapter 12 example on a MAc Book Pro. The game was not working. I fixed the issue making the ballServed variable in the
PingPongGameEngine class volatile.