I'll look into it but might take some time for Me to finish it.
What is a big channel ? Cause running more or less the same version on multiple channels across several networks without any trouble.

EDiT:
I've edited it a little... but doubt that it has speed-ed the script much up

any editing would prolly help i will keep updating the script as you post updates and relay my experiences..
i would really like to see this script as my daily user seen and stats script!

edit:
sence you did what you did 8hrs ago i loaded the updated script to my bot placed it in 6 chans with a total of 4500 chatty users and the bot hasnt crashed yet..thats a new record!!
awsome job..hope to see more updates!!
thank you

edit 2:
took about 20hrs but the bot finally crashed..
alot better performance then the orig but it does still crash...

That's a bit more users then I've got.
Does it give any errors that you can see... or does mIRC just stall / crash ?

Might be able to speed it up... but don't think it will has as many "stats" in it then...
and will take Me some time to re-code it... but will look into coding a version that runs on .hsh instead of ini's.
Hopefully that'll help on mIRC not crashing on you.

EDiT:

I made this for you...
Might help on your problem

it just stalls and crashes no warning..
i think hash tables might be a great idea!
how can i edit the script so i can remove when it notify people with others are away?
i noticed if i remove the entire away part of the script the script in whole doesnt work anymore lol

thank you for the edited script seems to be running great!
cant wait for the hsh version..
hey when you do that version do you think you could add the command !top10 and have it show the users with the most stats? doent have to be chan specific just a general total..
just a thought..lol..
thanks for all your awsome help i really appreciate it!! :)

Glad that helped... and I've got a top 10 for the version your running now if you interrested.
Still haven't even gotten around to making .hsh version but removing AWAY section should be a easy fix.
You want it removed completely, or just the notice that the highlighted nick is away ?

for the away i just don't want it to notice ppl or chan when the away nick is mentioned
yes i would love the top10 version!!
thanks!!

Give Me a sec and I'll update this post to include the links

EDiT:

Here the away notice is removed... but away system still there so will msg chan when activated/deactivated
You should use the new version before you add the TOP10 (Should be placed under aliases - ALT+R then Alias TAB (in mIRC))
And I've just remembered that I've forgot the cmd for pulling the iNFO.

Added the CMD for pulling the iNFO... link is the same... let Me know if you find any errors.
Should be working... but not tested... but same as I've got running... I just got a bit more stats that I've removed.

loaded the new scripts ..looked through the alias for the commands but when i type any of the commands all i get is
[ TOP-10 ]-[ ->
other then that everything else is working great

Sorry about that...
I'll get back to you when I've tested it and made sure everything is working

Found the error... link is the same and should still be placed under aliases (TOP10)

EDiT:
Not working so wait a bit with adding it... re-writing it now.

Here and here

everything seems to be working now..
only commands i dont see working alone are
if i do !top10 it doesnt report the top10 people
if i do !ttop same thing
but if i do !topunban it displays great..

edit:
sorry just thought of this..
is there a way to include nicks you don't want the stats to generate on?
like i don't want it to keep stats on my other channel bots..ect
huge thanks!!

edit2:
figured out how to edit it to not record the nicks i didnt want it to :)

I'll post fix for that later... the !TOP10/!TTOP not showing that is.

Here you go... that should do the trick ;)