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O.J.
O.J.

Reputation: 133

Storing object pointers efficiently for game c++

I'm making a hooked modding code for GTA San Andreas. The game has its own classes, one of them is class CPed. It handles the attributes of random pedestrians created by the game, which is huge in storage. I work with pointers to these objects in my code CPed*. Right now I use vector<CPed*> myList; to work with these objects/peds.

What is the most efficient way to store these into a container for further use? The game, itself, handles the destruction of these objects.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 88

Answers (1)

Bartek Banachewicz
Bartek Banachewicz

Reputation: 39370

std::vector should actually be enough for the most part. In general, when picking a container, you should think about operations you want to do with it, but vector is almost always a good start.

If you need key-value lookup, then std::unordered_map/std::map could be of use as well.

If you need absolutely top performance, you need to benchmark different containers yourself. Using std:: algorithms and range-for should guarantee easy replacement.

Upvotes: 1

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