ThreadedGameLogicObject

ThreadedGameLogicObject.cs

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Threading;

public class ThreadedGameLogicObject : MonoBehaviour
{
	private Thread thread;
	private Transform thisTransform;
	private Vector3 currentPos;

	private void Start()
	{
		thisTransform = this.transform;
		
		thread = new Thread(ThreadUpdate);	
		thread.Start();
	}
	
	private void Update()
	{
		thisTransform.position = currentPos;
	}
	
	//Use of FixedUpdate is a simple way to time another tread
  	//In a serious usage of this setup you should make it rely on System.Timers
	private void FixedUpdate()
	{
		updateThread = true;
	}
	
	private bool runThread = true;
	private bool updateThread;
	private void ThreadUpdate()
	{
		while (runThread)
		{
			if (updateThread)
			{
				updateThread = false;
			
				currentPos += 1f; //some crazy function that takes forever to do here
			}
		}	
	}
	
	private void OnApplicationQuit()
	{
		EndThreads();	
	}
	
	//This must be called from OnApplicationQuit AND before the loading of a new level.
	//Threads spawned from this class must be ended when this class is destroyed in level changes.
	public void EndThreads()
	{
		runThread = false;
		//you could use thread.abort() but that has issues on iOS
		
		while (thread.IsAlive())
		{
			//simply have main loop wait till thread ends
		}
	}
}