Efficient cable network

[MrRiegel]

Hey guys,

 

I created a network with cables and one cable controller (similiar to AE).

The list of blockPos of the cables is a field in the cable controller.

Every time a cable is placed or removed I need to refresh the entire list (recursive).

Problem: If the network has many cables (>500), a refresh decreases the fps.

How can I prevent this?

AE doesn't have this problem.

 

Can I increases the fps by refreshing the list in another thread?

[Choonster]

AE is open source, have you tried looking at how it manages its networks?

[MrRiegel]

@Choonster

I did, but I don't get it. The AE code is pretty complicated.

 

@7

Thanks for your hints.

A cable should not have a network by itself. A controller is necessary.

And of course there's only one controller per network. If I connect 2 networks, one of the controllers drops.

 

current method to fill the list

private void addCables(final BlockPos pos) {
	for (BlockPos bl : getNeighbors(pos)) {
		if (worldObj.getTileEntity(bl) instanceof TileMaster && !bl.equals(this.pos) && worldObj.getChunkFromBlockCoords(bl) != null && worldObj.getChunkFromBlockCoords(bl).isLoaded()) {
			worldObj.getBlockState(bl).getBlock().dropBlockAsItem(worldObj, bl, worldObj.getBlockState(bl), 0);
			worldObj.setBlockToAir(bl);
			worldObj.removeTileEntity(bl);
			continue;
		}
		if (worldObj.getTileEntity(bl) instanceof IConnectable && !connectables.contains(bl) && worldObj.getChunkFromBlockCoords(bl).isLoaded()) {
			connectables.add(bl);
			((IConnectable) worldObj.getTileEntity(bl)).setMaster(this.pos);
			addCables(bl);
		}
	}

}