From 1b28a93d91e3246340363425bd44491c11076b3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Klemen Plestenjak <plestenjak.klemen@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:11:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Optimize tower entity checking

---
 game/systems/s_entity.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/game/systems/s_entity.c b/game/systems/s_entity.c
index 58f902d..a2e51cc 100644
--- a/game/systems/s_entity.c
+++ b/game/systems/s_entity.c
@@ -372,7 +372,11 @@ void updateTower(ecs_iter_t *it) {
             }
         }
 
-        if (target == 0) continue;
+        if (target == 0) {
+            const f32 CHECK_INTERVAL = 0.2f; // 5 times a second
+            tower[i].fireElapsed = tower[i].fireCooldown - CHECK_INTERVAL;
+            continue;
+        }
 
         Vector2 dir = Vector2Subtract(targetPos, center);
         dir = Vector2Normalize(dir);