A simple question about effects

[Hype-2780]

i know that there are a limited number of effects that i can generate simultaneously, so i generate an effect and then i destroyed it in orderd to not reach that limit. But my question is: if i have enought space for effects,
in terms of stability and overload, it’s better use this “generate and destroy” stratagem or make an effect only visible if specific conditions are met? for example:
if a player Variable A is > 100, create a red sphere,
if a player Variable A is <=100, destroy that sphere,
or
create a red sphere visible only if player variable A > 100
i know how to write these rules, my question is only what of these 2 is better in terms of stability and overload for the server. Thank you.

[Shanalotte-21334]

@Hype-2780

not reach that limit.

The limit is 128 wich is quite a lot.

@Hype-2780

if a player Variable A is > 100, create a red sphere,
if a player Variable A is <=100, destroy that sphere,

This is handled on the server side so it will increase server load a lot.

@Hype-2780

create a red sphere visible only if player variable A > 100

This is handled on the client side so it doesn’t increase server load, but might increase the stress for players with weak computers.

All in all I would recommend you to do the second way whenever possible, because it will avoid server crashing.

[SpaceJester-11380]

Official dev comment regarding this question:

“Why did my server shut down?”

In the first example, restricting at the event level is much less expensive than restricting via a condition, so rule(“B”) is less expensive. The second example is interesting. In the first version, the server does a big spike of work up front and then never does anything again, leaving all the heavy lifting to be done by the client apps (since continuously changing values on effects and HUD elements are evaluated on the client). In the second version, both the server and client do some work wh…