SetTimerEx or SetTimer+foreach ?

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SetTimerEx or SetTimer+foreach ? - iJumbo - 10.04.2013

hey ya!

Ok i have a question, a performance question.

Its better use

(all codes here its just examples)

pawn Код:

public OnPlayerConnect(playerid)
{
    playertimer[playerid] = SetTimerEx("GiveCookie",500,true,"i",playerid);
    return 1;
}

public GiveCookie(playerid)
{
    CookieStatus[playerid][cookieamount]++;
}

pawn Код:

public OnGameModeInit()
{
    SetTimerEx("GiveCookie",500,true);
    return 1;
}

public GiveCookie()
{
    foreach(new i : Player) {
        CookieStatus[i][cookieamount]++;
    }
}

Re: SetTimerEx or SetTimer+foreach ? - CaRa - 11.04.2013

In my opinion using foreach is more efficient than SetTimerEx

Re: SetTimerEx or SetTimer+foreach ? - iJumbo - 11.04.2013

foreach too with large amount of var set? or large checks?

Re: SetTimerEx or SetTimer+foreach ? - CaRa - 11.04.2013

I don't understand what you meant to say ...

Re: SetTimerEx or SetTimer+foreach ? - thefatshizms - 11.04.2013

I have no clue, but I would say the foreach as that's just one timer and not 500 (or how many people on the server) timers.

But as I said, I don't really know.

Re: SetTimerEx or SetTimer+foreach ? - iJumbo - 11.04.2013

Using the foreach case and not setting just a cookie var but like 70 vars?

Re: SetTimerEx or SetTimer+foreach ? - Pottus - 11.04.2013

I'd go with the second option it's better suited since you can leave out the overhead of Setting and Killing timers.

Re: SetTimerEx or SetTimer+foreach ? - iJumbo - 11.04.2013

So the second option is better in performance?

Re: SetTimerEx or SetTimer+foreach ? - MP2 - 11.04.2013

I don't know exactly how timers in SA-MP work, but here's a likely theory:

In the server's main 'timer', all timers are looped through to see whether they are needed to be called. This means, if you have a lot of timers, it's looping through a LOT more timers to check whether they need to be called. It's also possible that expired timers are also checked, which means using a timer for every player is likely less efficient.

I think ****** said something regarding this once.

Re: SetTimerEx or SetTimer+foreach ? - Pottus - 11.04.2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by iJumbo

So the second option is better in performance?

Definitely, no need to SetTimer on connect or KillTimer on disconnect which saves some function calls but I think what MP2 has to say is most likely along the lines of why lots of timers are poor performance wise.