[PresidentEvil]

As far as server efficiency goes, like keeping ram and CPU load low

Is it better to have 2 plugins which do 2 separate things or 1 plugin that does the work of both?

Is it even worth combining them?

[Rytis]

By myself I'm using one plugin for one function. I don't think, that it's worth combining them, because one function is not working, all other functions won't work either.

That's like the Minecraft Bukkit Plugin Essentials, it has thousands of features, but when it's no working, everything is not working

[Dr. McKay]

Don't bother combining plugins. SourceMod is modular by design, don't work against it.

[friagram]

Its better to say, merge 5plugins that are similar and share data use the same data and db connection, than farming them out and maintaining say.. 5 different db connections.

[Dr. McKay]

Originally Posted by friagram Its better to say, merge 5plugins that are similar and share data use the same data and db connection, than farming them out and maintaining say.. 5 different db connections.

I always use SQL_Connect instead of SQL_TConnect and pass true to the persistent parameter. The slight risk of delaying server startup if the database server is down is worth the lowered load (since many plugins can share the same connection).

Of course, you should always use SQL_TQuery instead of SQL_Query.