Best practice to initialize qglobals?

[revloc02c]

Here's one way to initialize a qglobal:

sub EVENT_SPAWN {
quest::set_proximity($x - 50, $x + 50, $y - 50, $y + 50);
}

sub EVENT_ENTER {
if(!defined $qglobals{some_nice_qglobal}) {
quest::setglobal("some_nice_qglobal", 0, 5, "F");
}
}

Does setting a proximity utilize more resources? than say just checking for the qglobal whether the PC initiates with the NPC by saying something or giving an item, like so:

sub EVENT_SAY {
if(!defined $qglobals{some_nice_qglobal}) {
quest::setglobal("some_nice_qglobal", 0, 5, "F");
}

# ...other EVENT_SAY code...
}

sub EVENT_ITEM {
if(!defined $qglobals{some_nice_qglobal}) {
quest::setglobal("some_nice_qglobal", 0, 5, "F");
}

# ...other EVENT_ITEM code...
}



...or is there another better way altogether?

Or does it even matter?

[joligario]

IMO, the latter is probably better for one small reason: proximity updates only happen at certain intervals and only if the client doesn't already occupy space inside the area. If those don't matter to you then there isn't much of a difference.