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Posted: **Sun Oct 08, 2017 2:01 am**

Hi,

In my mod Bio Industries, I've added a new tile, called the Musk Floor. It's a tile that creates electricity like a solar panel.
The way it works is that I create a hidden solar panel when you place the floor.

I've has a few posts about this entity causing slow-down when placed in bulk, especially in Multiplayer
I'm not sure why that is, but suspect it has something to do with my check when removing or replacing tile.

Here is that code:

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local function Player_Tile_Remove(event)
	

     local player = game.players[event.player_index]
     local tile_name = event.item_stack.name
	 local tile = game.item_prototypes[tile_name] and game.item_prototypes[tile_name].place_as_tile_result

	 --- Solar Map has been removed
     if tile and player.mining_state.mining and tile_name == "bi-solar-mat" then
		local tile_position = player.mining_state.position 
		
		writeDebug("Solar Mat Removed")
	
		local surface = player.surface
		local radius = 0.5
		local area = {{tile_position.x - radius, tile_position.y - radius}, {tile_position.x + radius, tile_position.y + radius}}
			
		--- Remove the Hidden Pole
		local entities = surface.find_entities(area)
		local entity1 = entities[1]
		entity1 = surface.find_entities_filtered{area=area, name="bi_solar_pole", limit=1}
			
		if entity1 then 		
		
			for _, o in pairs(surface.find_entities_filtered({area = area, name = "bi_solar_pole"})) do o.destroy() end	

			writeDebug("bi_solar_pole Removed")
		else
			writeDebug("bi_solar_pole not found")				
		end
			
		--- Remove the Hidden Solar Panel		
		local entity2 = entities[1]
		entity2 = surface.find_entities_filtered{area=area, name="bi_solar-panel_for_Solar-Mat", limit=1}	
		
		if entity2 then 
				
			for _, o in pairs(surface.find_entities_filtered({area = area, name = "bi_solar-panel_for_Solar-Mat"})) do o.destroy() end	

			writeDebug("bi_solar-panel_for_Solar-Mat Removed")
		else
			writeDebug("bi_solar-panel_for_Solar-Mat not found")				
		end


    end
	
end


local function Robot_Tile_Remove(event)
	

	local robot = event.robot 
    local tile_name = event.item_stack.name
	local tile = game.item_prototypes[tile_name] and game.item_prototypes[tile_name].place_as_tile_result
	
	 --- Solar Map has been removed
	if tile and tile_name == "bi-solar-mat" then
	 
		local tile_position = robot.position 

		writeDebug("Solar Mat Removed")	
	
		local surface = robot.surface
		local radius = 0.5
		local area = {{tile_position.x - radius, tile_position.y - radius}, {tile_position.x + radius, tile_position.y + radius}}
			
		--- Remove the Hidden Pole
		local entities = surface.find_entities(area)
		local entity1 = entities[1]
		entity1 = surface.find_entities_filtered{area=area, name="bi_solar_pole", limit=1}
		
		if entity1 then 
			
			for _, o in pairs(surface.find_entities_filtered({area = area, name = "bi_solar_pole"})) do o.destroy() end	

			writeDebug("bi_solar_pole Removed")
		else
			writeDebug("bi_solar_pole not found")				
		end
						
		--- Remove the Hidden Solar Panel		
		local entity2 = entities[1]
		entity2 = surface.find_entities_filtered{area=area, name="bi_solar-panel_for_Solar-Mat", limit=1}	
		
		if entity2 then 
		
			for _, o in pairs(surface.find_entities_filtered({area = area, name = "bi_solar-panel_for_Solar-Mat"})) do o.destroy() end	
			
			writeDebug("bi_solar-panel_for_Solar-Mat Removed")
		else
			writeDebug("bi_solar-panel_for_Solar-Mat not found")				
		end

	  
    end

	
end
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Again, this is just a guess. I was hoping someone could possibly review my code and see if there is something I'm doing that would cause this slow-down.
Someone also reported this crash when replacing some tiles. I've never had it crash though.
I've attached the mod and just the control file.
Thanks.

Posted: **Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:43 am**

Cheap checks first, and cache expensive-check results, and don't do checks you don't use the results of.

I factored out common code and applied some whitespace discipline.

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local function solar_mat_removed_at(surface, position)
	local radius = 0.5
	local area = {{position.x - radius, position.y - radius}, {position.x + radius, position.y + radius}}
	local n = 0
	for _,o in next,surface.find_entities_filtered{name='bi_solar_pole',area=area} or {}
		do o.destroy() n = n+1 end
	writedebug(string.format('%g bi_solar_poles removed',n))
	for _,o in next,surface.find_entities_filtered{name='bi_solar-panel_for_Solar-Mat',area=area} or {}
		do o.destroy() n = n+1 end
	writedebug(string.format('bi_solar-panel_for_Solar-Mat',n))
	end

local function Player_Tile_Remove(event)
	local player = game.players[event.player_index]
	if event.item_stack.name == 'bi-solar-mat' and player.mining_state.mining then
		writedebug(string.format('%g solar mats removed',event.item_stack.count))
		return solar_mat_removed_at(player.surface, player.mining_state.position)
		end
	end


local function Robot_Tile_Remove(event)
	local robot = event.robot 
	if event.item_stack.name == 'bi-solar-mat' then
		writedebug(string.format('%g solar mats removed',event.item_stack.count))
		return solar_mat_removed_at(robot.surface,robot.position)
		end
	end
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but I think this is going to have other problems too. Here's a trace I get from placing a 5×5 batch of hazard concrete:

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on_player_mined_item    {item_stack = {count = 8, name = "concrete"}, name = 8, player_index = 1, tick = 50764}
on_player_mined_item    {item_stack = {count = 1, name = "hazard-concrete"}, name = 8, player_index = 1, tick = 50764}
on_player_built_tile    {name = 45, player_index = 1, positions = {{x = 0, y = 0}, {x = 0, y = 1}, {x = 0, y = 2}, {x = 0, y = 3}, {x = 1, y = -1}, {x = 1, y = 0}, {x = 1, y = 1}, {x = 1, y = 2}, {x = 1, y = 3}, {x = 2, y = -1}, {x = 2, y= 0}, {x = 2, y = 1}, {x = 2, y = 2}, {x = 2, y = 3}, {x = 3, y = -1}, {x = 3, y = 0}, {x = 3, y = 1}, {x = 3, y = 2}, {x = 3, y = 3}, {x = 4, y = -1}, {x = 4, y = 0}, {x = 4, y = 1}, {x = 4, y = 2}, {x = 4, y = 3}}, surface_index = 0, tick = 50764}

You're going to need to check all the built-tile locations, not just the one the player clicked near.

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