[Spirit_12]

My question is pretty simple. Lets say I'm using a stock function to catch a tank spawn. I need this in 4 different plugins of mine. Should I be better of creating a forward and it will update all the plugins or would it be a better idea to create a stock function and add it either in all plugins or in an include file?

I'm tilting towards a forward as according to my understanding. It will run the code to detect the tank spawn once and all plugins can use it, as opposed to stock where each plugin will run the same function to get to mid way point and then do their thing.

Thoughts?

[Psyk0tik]

I would recommend a forward if you're catching/using the same data across multiple plugins, especially if you want to use those plugins to work with the same exact data.

I think your question is similar to this: https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=310052

[Spirit_12]

How would a forward react to me changing the value in one plugin compared to the other? What order does a forward fire up, if I want to lets say switch data in between plugins?

[nosoop]

Registering your forward callbacks in the same forward (e.g., OnPluginStart) should be the same as plugin load order. Not strictly defined, but it appears to be alphabetical.

You may want to go with a pre/post forward approach if you have callbacks that only do reads.