date and time script

[caldas]

hi

is there any way to show the system time directly inside the cod2 server?

how can i store this information in a string?

how to put in the hud i already know, i would like to know even a way to get her in the mod!

preferably without mysql ..

the options that i researched in the forum i could not make it work!

thanks

[kung foo man]

Im not a big fan of hacks to do something as simple as getting "date and time", so just do it properly: add the function to libcod if it doesn't exist yet

But a quick skip over vorons code shows this tho:




{"getsystemtime", gsc_utils_getsystemtime, 0},
{"getserverstarttime", gsc_utils_getserverstarttime, 0},
{"getlocaltime", gsc_utils_getlocaltime, 0},


https://github.com/voron00/libcod/blob/master/gsc.cpp#L212

And since code is documentation, just look what it does:

https://github.com/voron00/libcod/blob/master/gsc_utils.cpp#L321

[caldas]

the function already exists in my libcod, I compiled the source of vorons ..

how should I call it in the mod?

[kung foo man]

Based on the C code it should simply be: player iprintlnbold("its " + getlocaltime() + " on the server");

[caldas]

******* script runtime error *******
pair 'its ' and 'Wed Jun 13 22:25:49 2018' has unmatching types 'localized string' and 'string': (file 'maps/pam/precache.gsc', line 191)
game["datetimenow"] = &"its " + getlocaltime() + " on the server";
*
called from:
(file 'maps/pam/start_gametype.gsc', line 39)
maps\pam\precache::Precache();
*
called from:
(file 'maps/pam/dm.gsc', line 24)
maps\pam\start_gametype::Init();
*
called from:
(file 'maps/mp/gametypes/_callbacksetup.gsc', line 17)
[[level.callbackStartGameType]]();
*
started from:
(file 'maps/mp/gametypes/_callbacksetup.gsc', line 10)
CodeCallback_StartGameType()
*
************************************
********************
ERROR: script runtime error
(see console for details)
(file 'maps/mp/gametypes/_callbacksetup.gsc', line 10)

********************
----- Server Shutdown -----






localtime = newHudElem();
localtime.x = 70;
localtime.y = 460;
localtime.alignX = "left";
localtime.alignY = "top";
localtime.fontScale = 0.8;
localtime.color = (1, 0, 0);
localtime setText(game["datetimenow"]);




// datetime
game["datetimenow"] = &"its " + getlocaltime() + " on the server";
precacheString(game["datetimenow"]);

[kung foo man]

You need to learn your way around this: https://killtube.org/showthread.php?2087-Tutorial-settext()-without-precaching

[caldas]

see my simple script...



init()
{
thread ShowTime();
}

ShowTime()
{
self endon("disconnect");
wait level.fps_multiplier * 1;

time = newHudElem();
time.x = 70;
time.y = 460;
time.alignX = "left";
time.alignY = "top";
time.fontScale = 0.8;
time.color = (1, 0, 0);
time setText(game["showtime"]);
}


i wish the game["showtime"] were the date.

but ... when you say to inform getlocaltime() everything goes blank... hud does not appear.

[buLLeT_]

https://killtube.org/showthread.php?2857-COD2-Random-string-hud&highlight=makeLocalizedString


Alright, if you use libcod you can use use new makelocalizedstring function:


// Find free localized string index
index = findFreeConfigStringIndex(1310, 256);

// Set configstring
setConfigString(index, level.mapcandidate[0]["mapname"]);

// Your Hud Stuff
level.votemap0 setText(makeLocalizedString(level.mapcandidate[0]["mapname"]));

findFreeConfigStringIndex(start, end)
{
for (i = start + 1; i < start + end; i++)
{
configstring = getConfigString(i);
if (!isDefined(configstring))
return i;
}

return undefined;
}


Just tested it, works quite nicely.


edit:
This works
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init()
{
thread ShowTime();
}

ShowTime()
{
self endon("disconnect");
wait level.fps_multiplier * 1;

localtime = getlocaltime();
index = findFreeConfigStringIndex(1310, 256);
setConfigString(index, localtime);
time = newHudElem();
time.x = 70;
time.y = 460;
time.alignX = "left";
time.alignY = "top";
time.fontScale = 0.8;
time.color = (1, 0, 0);
time setText(makeLocalizedString(localtime));
}
findFreeConfigStringIndex(start, end)
{
for (i = start + 1; i < start + end; i++)
{
configstring = getConfigString(i);
if (!isDefined(configstring))
return i;
}

return undefined;
}

[caldas]

cool..

Is there a way for the hour to update? like a clock?

[IzNoGoD]

https://killtube.org/showthread.php?2087-Tutorial-settext()-without-precaching

Don't use the makelocalized thing for stuff that changes a lot, you'll end up with an aweful lot of configstrings.

[caldas]

https://killtube.org/showthread.php?2087-Tutorial-settext()-without-precaching

Don't use the makelocalized thing for stuff that changes a lot, you'll end up with an aweful lot of configstrings.


but I did not understand how it would fit into my script ...

[maxdamage99]

try


/*
*/
//precache this somewhere
precacheString(&"tech_date"); //tech_date very long, better "t_d" or "td"
/*
*/

PlayerConnect() //make thread after player connected or logged
{
self.time_hud = newHudElem();
self.time_hud.x = 70;
self.time_hud.y = 460;
self.time_hud.alignX = "left";
self.time_hud.alignY = "top";
self.time_hud.fontScale = 0.8;
self.time_hud.color = (1, 0, 0);
self.time_hud.label = &"tech_date";

index = G_FindConfigstringIndex("tech_date", 1310, 256);

while (1)
{
sendGameServerCommand(self getEntityNumber(), "d " + index + " " + getlocaltime());
wait 5; //rate of update date hud
}

}

[buLLeT_]

Change newHudElem to NewClientHudElem(self);

[caldas]

try


/*
*/
//precache this somewhere
precacheString(&"tech_date"); //tech_date very long, better "t_d" or "td"
/*
*/

PlayerConnect() //make thread after player connected or logged
{
self.time_hud = newHudElem();
self.time_hud.x = 70;
self.time_hud.y = 460;
self.time_hud.alignX = "left";
self.time_hud.alignY = "top";
self.time_hud.fontScale = 0.8;
self.time_hud.color = (1, 0, 0);
self.time_hud.label = &"tech_date";

index = G_FindConfigstringIndex("tech_date", 1310, 256);

while (1)
{
sendGameServerCommand(self getEntityNumber(), "d " + index + " " + getlocaltime());
wait 5; //rate of update date hud
}

}


working!! thanks! =]

[IzNoGoD]

Make sure you self endon("disconnect") or there will be a lot of threads running after a client disconnects.

[caldas]

do you think this can affect server performance?


--

i made a small change and recompile voron00 libcod



void gsc_utils_getlocaltime()
{
time_t timer;
struct tm *timeinfo;

time(&timer);
timeinfo = localtime(&timer);

char timestring[256];
strftime(timestring, sizeof(timestring), "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M", timeinfo);
char stripped_time[128];

strncpy(stripped_time, timestring, sizeof(stripped_time));
stripped_time[strlen(timestring) - 1] = '\0';

stackPushString( stripped_time );
}

[IzNoGoD]

Why would you copy the output over to a new stringbuffer and return that? Just return the original var...

[caldas]

how can i do this? i have not mastered much yet

[IzNoGoD]

stackPushString(timestring);

And drop the stripped_time thing.