Fastest loop method?

[Deleted member 219079]

Which is fastest looping method out of these ones:

TimerUtils (Timer utility script for wc3: http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?p=1020244)
Traditional loop trigger
Timer - powered loop function
Something else (what)?

I myself don't like loop trigger and loop functions, they loop through every index at once.

 

[edo494]

I dont really understand how you think the Loop with timers would look like, can you provide example?

 

[Deleted member 219079]

It's a native, call TimerStart().

 

[edo494]

I dont understand your question fully, but its always fastest to do

loop
    //stuff
    exitwhen condition
endloop

because it will run sequentually until the thread crushes or unitl the conditions is met whereas with periodic timer will have to wait every so often

Correct me if Im wrong, or explain a bit more of the question so I can understand better what you mean

 

[Deleted member 219079]

Uhh... you just gave me a part of function :/ I mean loop, as a thing that happens continuously, like every 0.03125 seconds. Which is the most performance-wise fastest way to perform that kind of script?

 

[edo494]

ah ok you mean like firing something every so often? Single periodic timer should be more than enough. The timeout is up to you to decide, but the heavier the function you call is, the less often it should be called. 0.03125 is standard, but you can go lower, or higher if you dont need so many iterations every second

 

[Deleted member 219079]

Hm, ok.
As TimerUtils make it super easy though, I will make both TimerUtils and periodic timer method, then I'll benchmark their FPS.

 

[edo494]

You dont really need TimerUtils in here unless you plan to recycle the timer very often

 

[Deleted member 219079]

Yeah you're right I don't need TimerUtils, I can do everything in a loop. I just like to keep it simple, with GetTimerData() I can get the struct and perform the loop easily. But don't worry I'll still do it the way you suggested it too, I'll keep the one which'll turn out to be the faster one.

 

[Troll-Brain]

I wouldn't be suprised if create/destroy a timer is faster than TimerUtils recycle way.
But i'm not saying that TU is useless, it provides an easy and enough fast way to link a data to a timer.

 

[edo494]

Yea, well I completly forgot about that