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mibiz · Cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 14 Jun 2009 Posts: 31

Hi,

I've noticed that in some of the games, some data types are used over other. For example, in one instance, money is stored as float when all calculations with it are whole numbers or integers. Is there any benefit to using float over int in terms of code base size and/or program execution speed? Is it developer's preference? Or is it the game engine's design which the game is based upon? I can understand it's float usage if the calculations were done in fractions as is the perks points system in the game Star Wolves 3: Civil War. IIRC, majority of that game's calculations are done in fractions and percentages and I see why the float is used.

Thanks,
mibiz

Dark Byte · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:36 am Post subject:

lazyness. Float can be used for full numbers and fractions, so if you use float for everything you don't have to think about that you are doing, and as long as the values do not get too big it's not a problem either

mibiz · Cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 14 Jun 2009 Posts: 31

Thanks. I didn't think about it.