Question

[tepid jasper]

Should a proper game work with actors so u can handle better game performance or just a game without actors

[unkempt citrus]

actors arent free performance

also this is a really broad question

it's like asking "should i always use my left turn signal for every turn?" there's a place to use tools like this but it can't be answered with a yes or no

[raven trail]

there are very distinct places where actors ought to be used, it's more clear-cut than you might think.

[arctic timber]

depends what youre calculating

if youre calculating shit ton or raycasting a lot go for it

if little, no point jumping between threads

[unkempt citrus]

yeah, still can't answer it with a clear yes or no though

for bulk, procedural operations, yeah it can be useful, but they're unpredictable and unreliable, should be delegated to smaller, performance intensive, but unnecessary to the game's function, tasks

[raven trail]

ya no there are very clear yes and no use-cases

[unkempt citrus]

what i meant was there isn't a clear yes or no to "should i use this", but really no point in continuing this disagreement

[raven trail]

oh ya that's generally true, but not so for actors.

actors have very clear yes's and no's to "should i use actors"

they are very limited in what they can do and where they can be used effectively, so it's pretty clear when you should use them

like for example, should you use actors throughout everything in your game's code? that is a very clear no.