Lags :O

[roaddog]

Heya,

so why if i run this script, server will be frozen and shutting down automaticly ?

  
exports [ "scoreboard" ]:addScoreboardColumn ( "Gang",getRootElement() ,40,80, "Gang" ) 
function getgang() 
    local group = exports.groupsystem:getPlayerGroup(source) 
    if group then 
        ---outputChatBox(group) 
        setElementData(source, "Gang", group) 
    end 
    setTimer ( getgang, 2500, 0 ) 
end 
addCommandHandler("gang", getgang) 
addEventHandler( "onPlayerLogin", getRootElement(), getgang ) 

[xXMADEXx]

There's nothing that I see in the script that would cause the server to lag (unless it's the getPlayerGroup function), but the timer on line 9 is totally pointless, you should remove it.

[Et-win]

Why is the setTimer pointless? The element data doesn't refresh on his own mhm...

[Mr_Moose]

You're getting a stack overflow there. The timer will do it's work forever due to argument three which you set to '0' and each time the function is called you're starting a new timer that continues forever, the result is an infinite amount of timers that spam this function. Most compilers or frameworks has protection against this, i.e know already from the start that everything will fail, the shutdown is a security process to prevent more serious issues like a full system crash like BSOD on Windows.

[xXMADEXx]

Why is the setTimer pointless? The element data doesn't refresh on his own mhm...

There wouldn't be a source. Not only that but everytime the function is called it makes a new timer therefore there could be like 1000 timers -> Lag

[Et-win]

Oops, didn't see that both things

[roaddog]

OMG, Thank you guys your info has saved my life.

I didn't know 'bout stack overflow, useful info.