Performance of using a lot of setElementData with synchronization disabled

[Geo]

Hello guys, I'm writing a gamemode and I'm using a lot of setElementData in order to work with the functionality of the items in my script. The synchronization between server and client is disabled, all the element data is handled server side. I was wondering, is this a bad practice? Since I've read using synchronization takes a toll on server performance, I was wondering how much of a toll would be without synchronization. 

[IIYAMA]

10 minutes ago, Geo said:

I was wondering how much of a toll would be without synchronization. 

If synchronization is enabled, the server as well as all players have that performance penalty. If disabled, it is just the server (and exclusive network packets management).

 

10 minutes ago, Geo said:

I was wondering, is this a bad practice?

It is not bad practice, but if you could use Lua instead, it would be even better since it is a lot faster (and doesn't trigger the event system)

Edited April 30, 2020 by IIYAMA

[Geo]

Just now, IIYAMA said:

If synchronization is enabled, the server as well as all players have that performance penalty. If disabled, it is just the server (and exclusive network packets management).

 

It is not bad practice, but if you could use Lua instead, it would be even better since it is a lot faster (and doesn't trigger the event system)

What would be an example of doing this in Lua? 
What I'm doing is setting data to an created object element in order to act accordingly when that object is used by players

Edited April 30, 2020 by Geo

[IIYAMA]

27 minutes ago, Geo said:

What would be an example of doing this in Lua? 

 

The very basic.

local example = {}


function saveExample (object, player)
	example[object] = player
	return true
end

function loadExample (object)
	return example[object]
end

 

 

Edited April 30, 2020 by IIYAMA

[Geo]

Just now, IIYAMA said:

 

The very basic.

local example = {}


function saveExample (object)
	example[object] = player
	return true
end

function loadExample (object)
	return example[object]
end

 

I understand. Thanks!