Talk:Mesecons speed advices

Thailand

tested:

• about 2.000 mesecon [mesecons-wires] alone on a long, also crossed flat area, without any activation blinky = no effect on lag so so - with an blinky, even there was no sign of activity in server stats (done before mesecons_hud available)
• also build up 5 yellow injector (stackwise), where direct a mesecon usage was detected, even without any wire or machines or pipe connected
• my friend neighbour 3rd floor set to blinky on ONE mesecons wire for 3 injectors, they blocked them self - and I had seen that in mesecons hud with 12% - I rebuild them

So I dont use mesecons, and cant give further hints -

A Node is one like stone, or dirt. - Nodes are set together in mapblocks in 16 * 16 * 16 nodes. A complete mapblock is loaded even if only one node of it was needed!

A Gamer has an activation radius, mean from his/her position all mapblocks around him are not only loaded and shown, they are also activated, mean ABM etc. is running, grass grow ...

• active_block_range = 3 (this is standard)

This activation radius mean 3 times a mapblock = 48 nodes wide ! and all around you = 343 map blocks are activated ! () if radius 2, then 125 are.

• There are several different terms relating to nodes and their organization:
  • Nodes are 1×1×1 meter individual cubes in the game, and are grouped and loaded by their blocks.
  • Blocks or Mapblocks are 16×16×16 groups of nodes.
  • Sectors are stacks of single blocks, extending from the bottom of the worlds to the top.
  • Mapchunks are 80x80x80 nodes (5x5x5 blocks) groups, they are an abstraction used only for mapgen (the mapgen works on one mapchunk at a time, because blocks are too small to efficiently generate).

what's the difference of this page compared to Mesecons guidelines?

Mesecons guidelines

To be honest, this one is worse and I made it without looking at "Mesecon guidelines". Now there is a reason to gradually merge these two articles, at best.