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/bl...r/gsc.cpp#L212

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

https://github.com/voron00/libcod/bl...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?...out-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?...ocalizedString

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

		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?...out-precaching

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