Heavily optimise random block ticking #2914
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Massive performance improvement for random block ticking. The performance increase comes from the fact that the vast majority of attempted block ticks (~95% in my testing) fail because the randomly selected block is not tickable. Now only tickable blocks are targeted, however this means that the maximum number of block ticks occurs per chunk. However, not all chunks are going to be targeted. The percent chance of a chunk being targeted is based on how many tickable blocks are in the chunk. This means that while block ticks are spread out less, the total number of blocks ticked per world tick remains the same. Therefore, the chance of a random tickable block being ticked remains the same. Also rebuild patches
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Kinda wanna double check some impl aspects at some point, but consider this provisionally approved |
electronicboy
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Feb 9, 2020
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I honestly don't even remember what I wanted to double check, looks fine |
Optimise random block tick - rebuild patches/merge
electronicboy
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Massive performance improvement for random block ticking.
The performance increase comes from the fact that the vast
majority of attempted block ticks (~95% in my testing) fail
because the randomly selected block is not tickable.
Now only tickable blocks are targeted, however this means that
the maximum number of block ticks occurs per chunk. However,
not all chunks are going to be targeted. The percent chance
of a chunk being targeted is based on how many tickable blocks
are in the chunk.
This means that while block ticks are spread out less, the
total number of blocks ticked per world tick remains the same.
Therefore, the chance of a random tickable block being ticked
remains the same.
Also rebuild patches...