SC2Mapster

I am making an army of custom units.

With few units, the filter would not matter; but with many units, it may add up to a relevant amount.

Which lags less: Scan & Target filters with all allowed or filters with exclude flags. (ie. hidden, dead, etc)

please chime in, especially if you have tested and confirmed which is less laggy. -thanks!

Depends on the scale of how much if you got like around 2000 units or more then it does but if not then it dosent to much it also depends on how much one unit is douing.

@DOOMEDEARTH: Go

Thanks, but which of the two choices is the better choice for potential lag reduction?

1. No filtering, all allowed

2. Filter as many exclusions as you can do.

I actually think more target filter would make it lag less.

I'd rather say the first option, to let everything allowed/make as few target filters as possible. Many filter exceptions mean that all those have to be checked each time your filter gets applied, and especially auto-cast or scan filters are applied to many units very often. Allow filters on the other hand don't have to be checked at all so they should not create any lag.

@TheUltragon: Go

Your logic makes sense.

Making alot of exclusions is based off the idea that there will be less targets, thus less lag.

However, the targets must be checked first, which creates lag.

I decided I will remake my filters to be as minimal as possible.

Its a good thing I decided this before completing a large amount of units, else i would have alot of redo's.

Thanks!