High datablock count = lag ?

[King Leo]

Title says pretty much it. I'm wondering if having a lot of datablocks will lag your server more than having less datablocks enabled.

I'm building something quite big, but I want to keep the brickcount low. So I was thinking about using many additional brickpacks to achieve that. Instead of using 2 5hight bricks, I would download a 10hight brick, for example.
 

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[LeetZero]

I don't think brick packs use datablocks.

I mean, they are rendered indeed, but a script (The .blb file) is used to define the render parameters.

So I think brick packs won't affect your datablock amount.

I'd rather have you wait for someone better experienced in .blb files to assist you instead.

[MegaScientifical]

Darablocks are blocks of data, of course a lot will cause lag. On my old computer, I tried to join friends, but the host had every Add-On in existence and after an hour of loading, I'd crash upon spawning. Turn off unnecessary Add-Ons if you want to keep datablocks low.

[King Leo]

Darablocks are blocks of data, of course a lot will cause lag. On my old computer, I tried to join friends, but the host had every Add-On in existence and after an hour of loading, I'd crash upon spawning. Turn off unnecessary Add-Ons if you want to keep datablocks low.

But what is better; using lots of brickpacks (only brickpacks, not weapons and such) and keeping the brickcount low(er), or only enabling default + very few additional bricks, resulting in a much higher brickcount?

[GenaralSkar]

Datablocks will increase the load time for people joining your server but I don't think they make you lag.

[-Jetz-]

Datablock count shouldn't make a significant difference in game performance. They may influence load times, but don't cut back on necessities by considering this. The bricks and building have been optimized with large builds in mind. I would advise simply building however looks best.

[King Leo]

Datablock count shouldn't make a significant difference in game performance. They may influence load times, but don't cut back on necessities by considering this. The bricks and building have been optimized with large builds in mind. I would advise simply building however looks best.

A few extra brickpacks won't use as many datablocks as having 2-3 weapon packs and a lot of vehicles enabled, so loading time wouldn't be any different from your standard DM server.

[DontCare4Free]

A few extra brickpacks won't use as many datablocks as having 2-3 weapon packs and a lot of vehicles enabled, so loading time wouldn't be any different from your standard DM server.

Remember, each weapon/tool usually uses around 3 datablocks while bricks usually only consume one datablock.