Hashtables vs variables

[Arathor]

Hey guys

I just learned about hashtables and im still wondering if i should use them in my map or not, so i wanted to hear your opinions.

My map has 8 players and each player have a range of "attributes" i need to save. For example, each player have 13 units, 13 unit upgrades, 2 researches and level of them, some specific regions and so on.

Up until now i've used variables and arrays to save these for each player, but it will be a lot variables by the time i'm done. Would it be better to make a hashtable for each player and then save all of these values? Or is big 8 hashtables in one map too much?

 

[GIMLI_2]

Hard to say... you're not wrong with both hashtables and arrays. I'd say you should use what you like to work with.

 

[zam]

Use them but make sure not to hit the limit.

Limit is 256 (i think) so 8 hashtables is nothing.

 

[DoomBlade]

Well sounds like it would be easy enough with player number and index variables. Don't think you need hashtables here

 

[Arathor]

Okay thank you for the help

 

[pr114]

If you don't really need hashtables, arrays are probably best and easiest to use. If you have to save data to a particular object, like a unit, then a hashtable can be useful.