[asgeir]

You might be interested in these articles if you want to experiment with alternative approaches to the intrusive linked-list and are OK with using object pools. Very handy if you want to have cheap alloc/free and want good memory locality for updating the objects.

https://slideplayer.com/slide/4470263/

https://gamesfromwithin.com/managing-data-relationships

[harpiaharpyja]

Thanks! I started with an intrusive linked list because I just wanted to get something working but replacing it with something else has been on my mind for the same reasons you mention.