Split off the Windows message handler into a separate thread.

Client/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Libraries/freetype/include)
 if(WIN32)
     set(NIOTSOCLIENT_SOURCES
         Client.cpp
-        MessageHandler.cpp
         Audio/Startup.cpp
         Audio/windows/XAudio2.cpp
         Graphics/Font.cpp
@@ -15,7 +14,8 @@ if(WIN32)
         Graphics/Viewport.cpp
         resources/Resource.rc
         System/System.cpp
+        Window/Window.cpp
     )
-    add_executable(TSO WIN32 ${NIOTSOCLIENT_SOURCES})
+    add_executable(TSO ${NIOTSOCLIENT_SOURCES})
     target_link_libraries(TSO FileHandler_shared freetype_shared ole32 opengl32)
 endif()

Client/Client.cpp

@@ -17,15 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "EngineInterface.hpp"
 
-namespace Window {
-    unsigned Width, Height;
-    bool Fullscreen = false;
-    HWND hWnd = NULL;
-}
-
-int CreateWindowInvisible(HINSTANCE hInst, unsigned Width, unsigned Height, bool Fullscreen);
 void Shutdown();
-
 Scene * CurrentScene;
 
 int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
@@ -33,18 +25,22 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
     int result;
     
     //Disallow multiple instances of the game from running
-    CreateMutex(NULL, TRUE, "TSO_NIOTSO_MUTEX");
-    if(GetLastError() == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS){
+    if(CreateMutex(NULL, TRUE, "TSO_NIOTSO_MUTEX") == NULL){
         HWND hWnd = FindWindow("TSO_NIOTSO", "The Sims Online");
         if(hWnd != NULL){
-            ShowWindowAsync(hWnd, SW_RESTORE);
+            ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_RESTORE);
             SetForegroundWindow(hWnd);
             SetFocus(hWnd);
         }
         return ERROR_INIT_ANOTHERINSTRUNNING;
     }
+
+    Window::Width = 800;
+    Window::Height = 600;
+    Window::Fullscreen = false;
+    System::hInst = hInstance;
     
-    result = CreateWindowInvisible(hInstance, 800, 600, false);
+    result = Window::Initialize();
     if(result != 0){
         Shutdown();
         return ERROR_INIT | ERROR_INIT_WINDOW | result;
@@ -82,17 +78,15 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
     QueryPerformanceCounter(&PreviousTime);
     
     while(true){
-        MSG msg;
-        while(PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE)){
-            TranslateMessage(&msg);
-            DispatchMessage(&msg);
-        }
-        
         LARGE_INTEGER CurrentTime;
         QueryPerformanceCounter(&CurrentTime);
         float TimeDelta = (float)(CurrentTime.QuadPart-PreviousTime.QuadPart)/System::ClockFreq.QuadPart;
-        if(TimeDelta < 0 || TimeDelta >= 5) //Invalid TimeDelta
+        if(TimeDelta < 0 || TimeDelta >= 5){ //Invalid TimeDelta
+            PreviousTime.QuadPart = CurrentTime.QuadPart;
             continue;
+        }
+        
+        memcpy(&System::UserInput, (const void*) &System::UserInput_v, sizeof(System::UserInput_t));
         
         int result = CurrentScene->RunFor(TimeDelta);
         if(result == System::SHUTDOWN)
@@ -117,89 +111,10 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
     return 0;
 }
 
-int CreateWindowInvisible(HINSTANCE hInst, unsigned Width, unsigned Height, bool Fullscreen)
-{
-    const WNDCLASS wc = {
-        CS_OWNDC,       //style
-        WndProc,        //lpfnWndProc
-        0,              //cbClsExtra
-        0,              //cbWndExtra
-        hInst,          //hInstance
-        (HICON) LoadImage(hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_TSO), //hIcon
-            IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0, LR_SHARED | LR_DEFAULTSIZE),
-        NULL,           //hCursor
-        NULL,           //hbrBackground
-        NULL,           //lpszMenuName
-        "TSO_NIOTSO"    //lpszClassName
-    };
-
-    if(!RegisterClass(&wc)){
-        MessageBox(NULL, "Failed to register the window class.", NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
-        return ERROR_REGISTER_CLASS;
-    }
-    SetCursor(NULL);
-
-    HWND hWnd = NULL;
-    if(Fullscreen){
-        DEVMODE dmScreenSettings;
-        dmScreenSettings.dmSize         = sizeof(dmScreenSettings);
-        dmScreenSettings.dmFields       = DM_PELSWIDTH|DM_PELSHEIGHT|DM_BITSPERPEL;
-        dmScreenSettings.dmPelsWidth    = Width;
-        dmScreenSettings.dmPelsHeight   = Height;
-        dmScreenSettings.dmBitsPerPel   = 32;
-
-        if(ChangeDisplaySettings(&dmScreenSettings, CDS_FULLSCREEN) != DISP_CHANGE_SUCCESSFUL){
-            MessageBox(NULL, "Fullscreen mode is not supported by your setup. It has been turned off.", NULL,
-                MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
-            Fullscreen = 0;
-        }else{
-            hWnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_APPWINDOW, "TSO_NIOTSO", "The Sims Online", WS_POPUP,
-                0, 0, Width, Height, 0, 0, hInst, NULL);
-        }
-    }
-    if(hWnd == NULL){
-        Fullscreen = false;
-        RECT WindowRect = {0, 0, Width, Height};
-        
-        //Use a style of WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW to allow resizing
-        AdjustWindowRectEx(&WindowRect, WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_MINIMIZEBOX, FALSE,
-            WS_EX_APPWINDOW);   //This finds the dimensions of a window with a client area of our specified dimensions
-
-        //Note: Windows can be positioned anywhere, even outside the visible workspace,
-        //but their sizes are limited to the size of the workspace on the primary display.
-        unsigned WindowWidth = WindowRect.right-WindowRect.left, WindowHeight = WindowRect.bottom-WindowRect.top;
-        RECT WorkspaceRect;
-        SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETWORKAREA, 0, &WorkspaceRect, 0);
-        
-        hWnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_APPWINDOW, "TSO_NIOTSO", "The Sims Online",
-            WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_MINIMIZEBOX,
-            ((WorkspaceRect.right-WorkspaceRect.left - WindowWidth)>>1) + WorkspaceRect.left,
-            ((WorkspaceRect.bottom-WorkspaceRect.top - WindowHeight)>>1) + WorkspaceRect.top,
-            WindowWidth, WindowHeight, 0, 0, hInst, NULL);
-    }
-    
-    if(hWnd == NULL){
-        MessageBox(NULL, "Failed to create the window.", NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
-        return ERROR_CREATE_WINDOW;
-    }
-    
-    Window::hWnd = hWnd;
-    Window::Width = Width;
-    Window::Height = Height;
-    Window::Fullscreen = Fullscreen;
-    System::hInst = hInst;
-    return 0;
-}
-
 void Shutdown()
 {
     Audio::Shutdown();
     Graphics::Shutdown();
     System::Shutdown();
-
-    if(Window::hWnd){
-        DestroyWindow(Window::hWnd);
-        Window::hWnd = NULL;
-    }
-    UnregisterClass("TSO_NIOTSO", System::hInst);
+    Window::Shutdown();
 }

Client/EngineInterface.hpp

@@ -15,18 +15,25 @@
     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
+//Compiler/platform constants
 #define WINVER 0x0502
 #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0502
 #define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
 
+//Standard libraries
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <memory.h>
 #include <windows.h>
 #undef NULL
 #define NULL 0
 
+//Codebase libraries
 #include "FileHandler.hpp"
 #include "ft2build.h"
 #include FT_FREETYPE_H
 
+//Macro definitions
 #ifndef min
  #define min(x,y) ((x)<(y)?(x):(y))
 #endif
@@ -34,20 +41,14 @@
  #define max(x,y) ((x)>(y)?(x):(y))
 #endif
 
-//IsometricEngine.cpp
-namespace Window {
-    extern unsigned Width, Height;
-    extern bool Fullscreen;
-    extern HWND hWnd;
-}
-
-//MessageHandler.cpp
-LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
-
+//Codebase version, branding, linker resources
 #include "version.h"
-#include "System/System.hpp"
 #include "Resources/Resource.h"
 
+//Components
 #include "Audio/Audio.hpp"
 #include "Graphics/Graphics.hpp"
+#include "System/System.hpp"
+#include "Window/Window.hpp"
+
 #include "Scene/Scene.hpp"

Client/MessageHandler.cpp

@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/*
-    Niotso - Copyright (C) 2012 Fatbag <X-Fi6@phppoll.org>
-
-    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
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*/
-
-#include "EngineInterface.hpp"
-
-/****
-    For the sake of performance **all throughout the game**,
-    order the cases in order from most frequently occurred to less frequently occurred
-    except making adjustments where tiny response latency is essential
-*/
-LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
-{
-    switch(uMsg)
-    {
-    case WM_SETCURSOR: //Occurs often
-        SetCursor(NULL);
-        break;
-    
-    case WM_SYSCOMMAND: //Occurs often
-        switch(wParam){
-        case SC_MONITORPOWER:
-        case SC_SCREENSAVE:
-            return 0;
-        }
-        break;
-
-    case WM_KEYDOWN:
-    case WM_KEYUP:
-        System::UserInput.Keys[wParam] = (uMsg == WM_KEYDOWN);
-        return 0;
-    
-    case WM_CLOSE:
-        System::UserInput.CloseWindow = true;
-        PostQuitMessage(0);
-        return 0;
-
-    case WM_DEVMODECHANGE: {
-        DEVMODE dm;
-        EnumDisplaySettings(NULL, ENUM_CURRENT_SETTINGS, &dm);
-        System::FramePeriod = 1.0f/dm.dmDisplayFrequency;
-    } return 0;
-
-    }
-    return DefWindowProc(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
-}

Client/System/System.cpp

@@ -18,48 +18,51 @@
 #include "../EngineInterface.hpp"
 
 namespace System {
-    HINSTANCE hInst = NULL;
-    HANDLE Process;
-    HANDLE ProcessHeap;
-    LARGE_INTEGER ClockFreq;
-    float FramePeriod;
-    UserInput_t UserInput;
-    bool SceneFailed = false;
-    
-    int Initialize(){
-        memset(&UserInput, 0, sizeof(UserInput));
-        
-        QueryPerformanceFrequency(&ClockFreq);
-        
-        DEVMODE dm;
-        EnumDisplaySettings(NULL, ENUM_CURRENT_SETTINGS, &dm);
-        System::FramePeriod = 1.0f/dm.dmDisplayFrequency;
-        
-        if(FT_Init_FreeType(&Graphics::FreeTypeLibrary)){
-            MessageBox(Window::hWnd, "Failed to initialize FreeType.", NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
-            Graphics::FreeTypeLibrary = NULL;
-            Shutdown();
-            return ERROR_SYSTEM_INIT_FREETYPE;
-        };
-        if(FT_New_Face(Graphics::FreeTypeLibrary, "simdialogue-uni-game.ttf", 0, &Graphics::FontFace)){
-            MessageBox(Window::hWnd, "simdialogue-uni-game.ttf does not exist or is corrupt or invalid.",
-                NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
-            Graphics::FontFace = NULL;
-            Shutdown();
-            return ERROR_SYSTEM_MISSING_FONT;
-        }
 
-        return 0;
-    }
+HINSTANCE hInst = NULL;
+HANDLE Process;
+HANDLE ProcessHeap;
+LARGE_INTEGER ClockFreq;
+volatile float FramePeriod;
+UserInput_t UserInput;
+volatile UserInput_t UserInput_v;
+bool SceneFailed = false;
+
+int Initialize(){
+    memset(&UserInput, 0, sizeof(UserInput));
     
-    void Shutdown(){
-        if(Graphics::FontFace){
-            FT_Done_Face(Graphics::FontFace);
-            Graphics::FontFace = NULL;
-        }
-        if(Graphics::FreeTypeLibrary){
-            FT_Done_FreeType(Graphics::FreeTypeLibrary);
-            Graphics::FreeTypeLibrary = NULL;
-        }
+    QueryPerformanceFrequency(&ClockFreq);
+    
+    DEVMODE dm;
+    EnumDisplaySettings(NULL, ENUM_CURRENT_SETTINGS, &dm);
+    System::FramePeriod = 1.0f/dm.dmDisplayFrequency;
+    
+    if(FT_Init_FreeType(&Graphics::FreeTypeLibrary)){
+        MessageBox(Window::hWnd, "Failed to initialize FreeType.", NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+        Graphics::FreeTypeLibrary = NULL;
+        Shutdown();
+        return ERROR_SYSTEM_INIT_FREETYPE;
+    };
+    if(FT_New_Face(Graphics::FreeTypeLibrary, "simdialogue-uni-game.ttf", 0, &Graphics::FontFace)){
+        MessageBox(Window::hWnd, "simdialogue-uni-game.ttf does not exist or is corrupt or invalid.",
+            NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+        Graphics::FontFace = NULL;
+        Shutdown();
+        return ERROR_SYSTEM_MISSING_FONT;
     }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void Shutdown(){
+    if(Graphics::FontFace){
+        FT_Done_Face(Graphics::FontFace);
+        Graphics::FontFace = NULL;
+    }
+    if(Graphics::FreeTypeLibrary){
+        FT_Done_FreeType(Graphics::FreeTypeLibrary);
+        Graphics::FreeTypeLibrary = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
 }

Client/System/System.hpp

@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@
     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-//System/System.cpp
 namespace System {
     int Initialize();
     void Shutdown();
+
     extern HINSTANCE hInst;
     extern HANDLE Process;
     extern HANDLE ProcessHeap;
     extern LARGE_INTEGER ClockFreq;
-    extern float FramePeriod;
+    extern volatile float FramePeriod;
     
     struct UserInput_t {
         bool Keys[256];
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ namespace System {
         bool CloseWindow;
     };
     extern UserInput_t UserInput;
-    
+    extern volatile UserInput_t UserInput_v;
+
     extern bool SceneFailed;
     
     //Constants
@@ -52,8 +53,12 @@ namespace System {
 //Use: return ERROR_INIT | result;
 #define ERROR_INIT_WINDOW 0x0100
     enum {
-        ERROR_REGISTER_CLASS = 1,
-        ERROR_CREATE_WINDOW
+        ERROR_WINDOW_SYNCOBJECT = 1,
+        ERROR_WINDOW_CREATE_THREAD,
+        ERROR_WINDOW_SYNCHRONIZE,
+        ERROR_WINDOW_REGISTER_CLASS,
+        ERROR_WINDOW_CREATE,
+        ERROR_WINDOW_HANDLE
     };
 #define ERROR_INIT_SYSTEM 0x0200
     enum {

Client/Window/Window.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+/*
+    Niotso - Copyright (C) 2012 Fatbag <X-Fi6@phppoll.org>
+
+    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
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include "../EngineInterface.hpp"
+
+namespace Window {
+
+unsigned Width, Height;
+bool Fullscreen;
+HWND hWnd;
+
+static HANDLE Response = NULL;
+static HANDLE Thread = NULL;
+static volatile int Result;
+
+static DWORD WINAPI Procedure(LPVOID);
+static LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
+static int CreateWindowInvisible(HINSTANCE hInst, unsigned Width, unsigned Height, bool Fullscreen);
+
+int Initialize(){
+    Response = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
+    if(Response == NULL){
+        MessageBox(NULL, "Failed to create the message loop synchronization object.", NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+        Shutdown();
+        return ERROR_WINDOW_SYNCOBJECT;
+    }
+    
+    Thread = CreateThread(NULL, 1024 /* very tiny stack size is needed */, Window::Procedure, NULL, 0, NULL);
+    if(Thread == NULL){
+        MessageBox(NULL, "Failed to create the message loop thread.", NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+        Shutdown();
+        return ERROR_WINDOW_CREATE_THREAD;
+    }
+    
+    if(WaitForSingleObject(Window::Response, INFINITE) != WAIT_OBJECT_0){
+        MessageBox(NULL, "Failed to synchronize with the message loop thread.", NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+        Shutdown();
+        return ERROR_WINDOW_SYNCHRONIZE;
+    }
+
+    if(Result != 0){
+        Shutdown();
+        return Result;
+    }
+    
+    hWnd = FindWindow("TSO_NIOTSO", "The Sims Online");
+    if(hWnd == NULL){
+        MessageBox(NULL, "Failed to obtain a handle for the window.", NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+        Shutdown();
+        return ERROR_WINDOW_HANDLE;
+    }
+    
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void Shutdown(){
+    if(hWnd){
+        DestroyWindow(hWnd);
+        hWnd = NULL;
+    }
+    if(Thread){
+        DWORD value;
+        while(GetExitCodeThread(Thread, &value) && value){
+            //PostQuitMessage() doesn't reliably work from a separate thread
+            Sleep(1);
+        }
+        Thread = NULL;
+    }
+    if(Response){
+        CloseHandle(Response);
+        Response = NULL;
+    }
+    
+    UnregisterClass("TSO_NIOTSO", System::hInst);
+}
+
+static LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam){
+    switch(uMsg){
+
+    case WM_SETCURSOR:
+        SetCursor(NULL);
+        break;
+
+    case WM_KEYDOWN:
+    case WM_KEYUP:
+        System::UserInput_v.Keys[wParam] = (uMsg == WM_KEYDOWN);
+        return 0;
+    
+    case WM_CLOSE:
+        System::UserInput_v.CloseWindow = true;
+        return 0;
+    
+    case WM_SHOWWINDOW:
+        //Once the window is hidden (we cannot safely destroy the window while we have the OpenGL context),
+        //WM_QUIT and WM_DESTROY won't show up when a separate thread calls DestroyWindow() or PostQuitMessage().
+        if(wParam == FALSE) PostQuitMessage(0);
+        return 0;
+
+    case WM_DEVMODECHANGE: {
+        DEVMODE dm;
+        EnumDisplaySettings(NULL, ENUM_CURRENT_SETTINGS, &dm);
+        System::FramePeriod = 1.0f/dm.dmDisplayFrequency;
+    } return 0;
+    
+    }
+    return DefWindowProc(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
+}
+
+static DWORD WINAPI Procedure(LPVOID){
+    int result = CreateWindowInvisible(System::hInst, Window::Width, Window::Height, Window::Fullscreen);
+    if(result != 0){
+        Window::Result = result;
+        SetEvent(Window::Response);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    SetEvent(Window::Response);
+    
+    MSG msg;
+    while(GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0)){
+        TranslateMessage(&msg);
+        DispatchMessage(&msg);
+    }
+    
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int CreateWindowInvisible(HINSTANCE hInst, unsigned Width, unsigned Height, bool Fullscreen)
+{
+    const WNDCLASS wc = {
+        CS_OWNDC,       //style
+        WndProc,        //lpfnWndProc
+        0,              //cbClsExtra
+        0,              //cbWndExtra
+        hInst,          //hInstance
+        (HICON) LoadImage(hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_TSO), //hIcon
+            IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0, LR_SHARED | LR_DEFAULTSIZE),
+        NULL,           //hCursor
+        NULL,           //hbrBackground
+        NULL,           //lpszMenuName
+        "TSO_NIOTSO"    //lpszClassName
+    };
+
+    if(!RegisterClass(&wc)){
+        MessageBox(NULL, "Failed to register the window class.", NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+        return ERROR_WINDOW_REGISTER_CLASS;
+    }
+    SetCursor(NULL);
+
+    HWND hWnd = NULL;
+    if(Fullscreen){
+        DEVMODE dmScreenSettings;
+        dmScreenSettings.dmSize         = sizeof(dmScreenSettings);
+        dmScreenSettings.dmFields       = DM_PELSWIDTH|DM_PELSHEIGHT|DM_BITSPERPEL;
+        dmScreenSettings.dmPelsWidth    = Width;
+        dmScreenSettings.dmPelsHeight   = Height;
+        dmScreenSettings.dmBitsPerPel   = 32;
+
+        if(ChangeDisplaySettings(&dmScreenSettings, CDS_FULLSCREEN) != DISP_CHANGE_SUCCESSFUL){
+            MessageBox(NULL, "Fullscreen mode is not supported by your setup. It has been turned off.", NULL,
+                MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+            Fullscreen = 0;
+        }else{
+            hWnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_APPWINDOW, "TSO_NIOTSO", "The Sims Online", WS_POPUP,
+                0, 0, Width, Height, 0, 0, hInst, NULL);
+        }
+    }
+    if(hWnd == NULL){
+        Fullscreen = false;
+        RECT WindowRect = {0, 0, Width, Height};
+        
+        //Use a style of WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW to allow resizing
+        AdjustWindowRectEx(&WindowRect, WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_MINIMIZEBOX, FALSE,
+            WS_EX_APPWINDOW);   //This finds the dimensions of a window with a client area of our specified dimensions
+
+        //Note: Windows can be positioned anywhere, even outside the visible workspace,
+        //but their sizes are limited to the size of the workspace on the primary display.
+        unsigned WindowWidth = WindowRect.right-WindowRect.left, WindowHeight = WindowRect.bottom-WindowRect.top;
+        RECT WorkspaceRect;
+        SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETWORKAREA, 0, &WorkspaceRect, 0);
+        
+        hWnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_APPWINDOW, "TSO_NIOTSO", "The Sims Online",
+            WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_MINIMIZEBOX,
+            ((WorkspaceRect.right-WorkspaceRect.left - WindowWidth)>>1) + WorkspaceRect.left,
+            ((WorkspaceRect.bottom-WorkspaceRect.top - WindowHeight)>>1) + WorkspaceRect.top,
+            WindowWidth, WindowHeight, 0, 0, hInst, NULL);
+    }
+    
+    if(hWnd == NULL){
+        MessageBox(NULL, "Failed to create the window.", NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+        return ERROR_WINDOW_CREATE;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+}

Client/Window/Window.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+    Niotso - Copyright (C) 2012 Fatbag <X-Fi6@phppoll.org>
+
+    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
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+namespace Window {
+    int Initialize();
+    void Shutdown();
+
+    extern unsigned Width, Height;
+    extern bool Fullscreen;
+    extern HWND hWnd;
+}

Libraries/FileHandler/Audio.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+/*
+    FileHandler - Copyright (c) 2012 Fatbag <X-Fi6@phppoll.org>
+
+    Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+    purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+    copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+
+    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+    WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+    MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+    ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+    WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+    ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+    OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <memory.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <setjmp.h> //Used by libpng
+#include "bmp/read_bmp.h"
+#include "libjpeg-turbo/jpeglib.h"
+#include "libpng/png.h"
+#define NOWINDOWS
+#include "FileHandler.hpp"
+
+namespace File {
+
+enum SoundType {
+    FSND_WAV,
+    FSND_XA,
+    FSND_UTK,
+    FSND_MP3,
+    FSND_COUNT
+};
+
+static uint8_t * ReadWAV(Image_t * Image, const uint8_t * InData, size_t FileSize);
+static uint8_t * ReadXA(Image_t * Image, const uint8_t * InData, size_t FileSize);
+static uint8_t * ReadUTK(Image_t * Image, const uint8_t * InData, size_t FileSize);
+static uint8_t * ReadMP3(Image_t * Image, const uint8_t * InData, size_t FileSize);
+
+static const uint8_t Signature[] = {
+    'R', //WAV
+    'X', //XA
+    'U', //UTK
+    0xFF //MP3
+};
+static uint8_t* (* const ImageFunction[])(Image_t*, const uint8_t*, size_t) = {
+    ReadWAV,
+    ReadXA,
+    ReadUTK,
+    ReadMP3
+};
+
+Image_t * ReadImageFile(const char * Filename){
+    uint8_t * InData = File::ReadFile(Filename);
+    if(InData == NULL) return NULL;
+    
+    if(File::FileSize < 4){
+        free(InData);
+        File::Error = FERR_INVALIDDATA;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    Image_t * Image = (Image_t*) malloc(sizeof(Image_t));
+    if(Image == NULL){
+        free(InData);
+        File::Error = FERR_MEMORY;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    uint8_t * OutData = NULL;
+    for(int i=0; i<FIMG_COUNT; i++){
+        if(InData[0] == Signature[i]){
+            OutData = ImageFunction[i](Image, InData, File::FileSize);
+            free(InData);
+            if(OutData == NULL){
+                File::Error = FERR_INVALIDDATA;
+                return NULL;
+            }
+            return Image;
+        }
+    }
+
+    free(InData);
+    File::Error = FERR_UNRECOGNIZED;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static uint8_t * ReadBMP(Image_t * Image, const uint8_t * InData, size_t FileSize){
+    bmpheader_t BMPHeader;
+    if(!bmp_read_header(&BMPHeader, InData, FileSize)){
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    uint8_t * OutData = (uint8_t*) malloc(BMPHeader.DecompressedSize);
+    if(OutData == NULL){
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if(!bmp_read_data(&BMPHeader, InData, OutData)){
+        free(OutData);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    Image->Width = BMPHeader.biWidth;
+    Image->Height = BMPHeader.biHeight;
+    Image->Format = FIMG_BGR24;
+    Image->Data = OutData;
+    return OutData;
+}
+
+static uint8_t * ReadJPG(Image_t * Image, const uint8_t * InData, size_t FileSize){
+    //Initialize
+    jpeg_decompress_struct cinfo;
+    jpeg_error_mgr jerr;
+    cinfo.err = jpeg_std_error(&jerr);
+    jpeg_create_decompress(&cinfo);
+    jpeg_mem_src(&cinfo, (unsigned char*) InData, FileSize);
+    if(jpeg_read_header(&cinfo, TRUE) != JPEG_HEADER_OK){
+        jpeg_destroy_decompress(&cinfo);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    cinfo.out_color_space = JCS_EXT_BGR;
+    if(!jpeg_start_decompress(&cinfo)){
+        jpeg_destroy_decompress(&cinfo);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    //Read
+    unsigned row_stride = cinfo.output_width * cinfo.output_components;
+    uint8_t * OutData = (uint8_t*) malloc(cinfo.output_width * cinfo.output_height * cinfo.output_components);
+    if(OutData == NULL){
+        jpeg_finish_decompress(&cinfo);
+        jpeg_destroy_decompress(&cinfo);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    for(unsigned i=cinfo.output_height; i; i--){
+        //According to the libjpeg documentation,
+        //jpeg_read_scanlines can only really read 1 scanline at a time.
+        //We need to convert to bottom-up format anyway.
+        uint8_t * Location = OutData + (i-1)*row_stride;
+        if(!jpeg_read_scanlines(&cinfo, &Location, 1)){
+            free(OutData);
+            jpeg_finish_decompress(&cinfo);
+            jpeg_destroy_decompress(&cinfo);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    //Close up
+    jpeg_finish_decompress(&cinfo);
+    jpeg_destroy_decompress(&cinfo);
+    if(Image){
+        Image->Width = cinfo.output_width;
+        Image->Height = cinfo.output_height;
+        Image->Format = FIMG_BGR24;
+        Image->Data = OutData;
+    }
+    return OutData;
+}
+
+struct pngdata_t {
+    const uint8_t * buffer;
+    size_t size;
+};
+static void user_read_data(png_structp png_ptr, png_bytep data, png_size_t length){
+    pngdata_t *pngdata = (pngdata_t *) png_get_io_ptr(png_ptr);
+    if(length > pngdata->size) png_error(png_ptr, "");
+	memcpy(data, pngdata->buffer, length);
+	pngdata->buffer += length;
+    pngdata->size -= length;
+}
+static uint8_t * ReadPNG(Image_t * Image, const uint8_t * InData, size_t FileSize){
+    pngdata_t pngdata;
+    
+    png_structp png_ptr = png_create_read_struct(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    if(png_ptr == NULL) return 0;
+    png_infop info_ptr = png_create_info_struct(png_ptr);
+    if(info_ptr == NULL){
+        png_destroy_read_struct(&png_ptr, NULL, NULL);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if(setjmp(png_jmpbuf(png_ptr))){
+        png_destroy_read_struct(&png_ptr, &info_ptr, NULL);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    pngdata.buffer = InData;
+    pngdata.size = FileSize;
+    png_set_read_fn(png_ptr, &pngdata, user_read_data);
+    png_set_user_limits(png_ptr, 4096, 4096);
+    png_read_png(png_ptr, info_ptr,
+        PNG_TRANSFORM_STRIP_16 | PNG_TRANSFORM_STRIP_ALPHA |
+        PNG_TRANSFORM_PACKING | PNG_TRANSFORM_GRAY_TO_RGB | PNG_TRANSFORM_BGR, NULL);
+    
+    //png_get_IHDR does not work in high-level mode.
+    unsigned width = png_get_image_width(png_ptr, info_ptr);
+    unsigned height = png_get_image_height(png_ptr, info_ptr);
+    uint8_t * OutData = (uint8_t *) malloc(width*height*3);
+    if(OutData == NULL){
+        png_destroy_read_struct(&png_ptr, &info_ptr, NULL);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    uint8_t **Scanlines = png_get_rows(png_ptr, info_ptr);
+    for(unsigned i=0; i<height; i++)
+        memcpy(OutData + i*width*3, Scanlines[height-i-1], width*3);
+    
+    png_destroy_read_struct(&png_ptr, &info_ptr, NULL);
+    Image->Width = width;
+    Image->Height = height;
+    Image->Format = FIMG_BGR24;
+    Image->Data = OutData;
+    return OutData;
+}
+
+static uint8_t * ReadTGA(Image_t * Image, const uint8_t * InData, size_t FileSize){
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+}

Libraries/FileHandler/FileHandler.hpp

@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ struct Image_t {
     uint8_t * Data;
 };
 
+struct Audio_t {
+    unsigned Channels;
+    unsigned SamplingRate;
+    unsigned BitDepth;
+    unsigned Duration;
+    uint8_t * Data;
+};
+
 namespace File {
 
 extern int Error;
@@ -58,6 +66,7 @@ extern size_t FileSize;
 
 uint8_t * ReadFile(const char * Filename);
 Image_t * ReadImageFile(const char * Filename);
+Audio_t * ReadAudioFile(const char * Filename);
 
 }