[Torran]

What exactly are they
What do they do?

[Kyosaur]

They're pretty much just global variables that are declared by the sa-mp server, i guess you could say.

They seem useless for people who know their way around pawn. I personally wont be switching everything over to this new system, as i dont see a gain. The only thing that really appeals to me about them is that they can be accessed from other scripts (i normally use callremotefunction, this isnt a bad method, but it is slower. Its not noticeable unless you have your function call in a loop tho).

[Kyosaur]

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Originally Posted by Seif_ Quote: Originally Posted by Kyosaur!! They're pretty much just global variables that are declared by the sa-mp server, i guess you could say. They seem useless for people who know their way around pawn. I personally wont be switching everything over to this new system, as i dont see a gain. The only thing that really appeals to me about them is that they can be accessed from other scripts (i normally use callremotefunction, this isnt a bad method, but it is slower. Its not noticeable unless you have your function call in a loop tho). It's a tiny bit slower. You will not notice any difference unless your loop is looping thousands. Regardless, this new system is definitely a gain and even prevents you from declaring the variable on your script. It also prevents you from using enums. Enum variable: PlayerInfo[playerid][pStats] PVar: GetPVarInt(playerid, "stats"); Simple as is.

I wouldnt say prevents, you can still use enums with the pvars (Dont really know why you would want to/need to tho...).


EDIT: I still dont see whats wrong with declaring MAX_PLAYER arrays, im fine losing 2kb of ram. The only thing im NOT content about is looping through them.


Can alter the a_samp include, or even do something like:

Code:

for(new a=0,b=GetMaxPlayers(); a<b; a++)

but still not very efficient for releases.

[Kyosaur]

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Originally Posted by Seif_ I always do: for(new playerid, m = GetMaxPlayers(); playerid < m; playerid++) This is faster than doing: for(new playerid; playerid < GetMaxPlayers(); playerid++) because you find GetMaxPlayers value and use it in the whole loop instead of finding it in every loop. I also redefined MAX_PLAYERS to my max players slot. I do think we need a SetVVar(Int/Float/String) as well for vehicles.

I REALLY agree with that lol. Maybe just a better variable system all together (instead of pvar,vvar,ovar ... just have a single system).


Hmmm subject got a little offtopic... sorry lol.

[playbox12]

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Hmmm subject got a little offtopic... sorry lol.

Indeed, but he defintley has his anwser now!