RunService.Heartbeat

[sage cloud]

How do I check something important like enemies' range but with a delay that I set? I'm thinking RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function)

but with a delay inside of it, but I think that still makes the connection every heartbeat.

Like for example

RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function(dt)
        -- global players data update
        EnemyManager._checkTimer = EnemyManager._checkTimer + dt
        local heavy = false
        if EnemyManager._checkTimer >= DEFAULT_SETTINGS.checkInterval then
            EnemyManager._checkTimer = 0
            heavy = true
            -- cache player positions
            EnemyManager._playersData = {}
            for _, p in ipairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
                local phrp = p.Character and p.Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
                if phrp then table.insert(EnemyManager._playersData, { player = p, pos = phrp.Position }) end
            end
        end

        -- update enemies
        for _, enemy in ipairs(EnemyManager._enemies) do
            enemy:update(dt, EnemyManager._playersData, heavy)
        end
    end)

[ionic tundra]

player abbreviated as p 💔

dont do that

[sage cloud]

But I think even with the line if EnemyManager._checkTimer >= DEFAULT_SETTINGS.checkInterval then

it still makes the connection every heartbeat, just with a check for time elapsed each connection?

[ionic tundra]

what does the variable heavy do?

[sage cloud]

flag for enabling the heavy logic (checking player distance from the enemies)

[ionic tundra]

okay you really need to name your variables better

[sage cloud]

ik man

[sage cloud]

but I need confirmation though

[ionic tundra]

and i still dont get what the code does

[sage cloud]

and if it's true is there another way to check player distance from enemies without making a connection every frame?

[ionic tundra]

whats the issue though

[sage cloud]

it's not optimized

I don't want my code to be checking distance of every player from every enemy every single frame

[ionic tundra]

do it every 0.1 seconds

or less

[sage cloud]

and I think a delay line in the heartbeat connection it doesn't delay it just adds a check and there's still a connection every frame

[ionic tundra]

but you really shouldn't be making complicated optimizations before you're done implementing everything

[sage cloud]

how would I do that?

[sage cloud]

I'm done implementing everything

[ionic tundra]

while true do
  task.wait(0.1)
  
  -- code
end

ok

[sage cloud]

I see a noticeable drop in framerate with just 30 npcs spawned in