From 5cb437a559afca739a8e59d03338827ba66dca3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Astralcircle <142503363+Astralcircle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 17:14:39 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Optimize runOnTick a bit

---
 .../gmod_wire_expression2/core/gametick.lua   | 22 ++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/entities/gmod_wire_expression2/core/gametick.lua b/lua/entities/gmod_wire_expression2/core/gametick.lua
index b94347eeda..18b607c508 100644
--- a/lua/entities/gmod_wire_expression2/core/gametick.lua
+++ b/lua/entities/gmod_wire_expression2/core/gametick.lua
@@ -26,25 +26,17 @@ e2function number tickClk()
 	return self.data.tickrun and 1 or 0
 end
 
-hook.Add("Think", "Expression2TickClock", function()
-	-- This additional step is needed because we cant modify registered_chips while it is being iterated.
-	local entities = {}
-	local i = 1
+E2Lib.registerEvent("tick")
 
+hook.Add("Think", "Expression2TickClock", function()
 	for entity in pairs(registered_chips) do
-		if entity:IsValid() then
-			entities[i] = entity
-			i = i + 1
-		end
-	end
+		local tab = entity:GetTable()
+		local data = tab.context.data
 
-	for _, entity in ipairs(entities) do
-		entity.context.data.tickrun = true
-		entity:Execute()
-		entity.context.data.tickrun = nil
+		data.tickrun = true
+		tab.Execute(entity)
+		data.tickrun = nil
 	end
 
 	E2Lib.triggerEvent("tick")
 end)
-
-E2Lib.registerEvent("tick")