Quick question about checking a value

[J3sseM]

Hey guys!

I have event like this:
Repeat while pressing Right - Set Alternable value A to 2
Repeat while pressing Left - Set Alternable value to 4

Very simple, there is much more code behind and stuff that complicates my code. I'm trying to simplify few things like this, so lets not get there.
But instead I would like to know that does checking the value all the time (since now it checks it every time I hold a movement key) make things heavier?

So basically does it matter, is there bugs to be expected etc?

Thanks!

- Jesse

[Danny]

Quite vague in general this type of question but it's not heavy at all. You're just checking every tick for a repeat of Left/Right being held and setting a value. Should be fine...

Try to rename your Alterable Values so it's easier to use as your code gets bigger/longer in events!

[UltimateWalrus]

I once heard someone say that, in programming, premature optimization is root of all evil. That's a bit of exaggeration since it's not the root of all evil, but it is the root of a lot of it :]

Focus on making your code nice and clean, don't worry about making it optimal unless you're positive a certain thing will slow things down in the future. It's much better to make clean, concise, understandable code, and if your game is slow later on, try deactivating chunks of events to see where the slowdown is happening.

[J3sseM]

Hey guys!

Good answers, thank you!
Organizing is easily my biggest weakness. I always find my folder structure is a mess, and files here and there. Afraid same applies with my code.
I'm glad my game mechanics are quite simple, I think I will manage it.

But yeah, thanks!

- Jesse