Login Alert for Idle RCs

[TribulationStaff]

Considering how many people, including me, have suggested that they want some sort of way to prevent missing people while RC is minimized, I thought I would script up something. All servers are welcome to use this. Just stick it in your NPC server. To activate it, just type /npclogins in your rc chat.

NPC Code:

---

if (rcchat)

{

if (strequals(#p(0),logins))

{

timeout=1;

setstring this.alert,accountnames,here;

this.oldcount=allplayerscount;

}

}



if (timeout)

{

if (this.oldcount<allplayerscount)

{

for (this.i=0;this.i<allplayerscount;this.i++)

{

with (allplayers[this.i])

{

if (lindexof(#a,this.alert)!=-1)

{

sendpm A player logged in;

}

}

}

this.oldcount=allplayerscount;

}

if (this.oldcount>allplayerscount)

{

this.oldcount=allplayerscount;

}

timeout=1;

}

---

[voicedcow6666]

Congradulations, a new way to help lag the control-npc.

[TribulationStaff]

Once a second isn't too bad, and all it does is check one variable - nothing too laggy at all. If you are really concerned about lag change the timeout to every 5, or even 10 seconds.

[voicedcow6666]

You should NEVER have a timeout in the control-npc, ESPECIALLY a never-ending one.

[Python523]

Originally posted by TribulationStaff
Once a second isn't too bad, and all it does is check one variable - nothing too laggy at all. If you are really concerned about lag change the timeout to every 5, or even 10 seconds.

timeout loops on the control-npc aren't really good for the server, since the control-npc does a lot for the npc server (which is why the NPC Server goes down if you kill the control npc)

[TribulationStaff]

I would appreciate if someone would explain why instead of just saying don't do it. My CPU time on the control npc is less than a twentieth of a second.

[voicedcow6666]

Jagen said why.

And I personally don't like it when the Control-NPC is even in the top 10.

[TribulationStaff]

He said it was bad, that is a little vague.

Additionally, if timeout is so bad for the control npc, why isn't it just disabled?

[voicedcow6666]

timeout loops on the control-npc aren't really good for the server, since the control-npc does a lot for the npc server (which is why the NPC Server goes down if you kill the control npc)

And why should they disable it in the control-npc? You have people telling you it's bad, so if you do it it's your own fault. *shrugs*

[TribulationStaff]

Lots of people say lots of things are bad, it doesn't mean they 100% right 100% of the time. I do not think it is unreasonable to ask for the reasoning behind dubbing timeout "bad" for the control npc.

[voicedcow6666]

Originally posted by TribulationStaff
Lots of people say lots of things are bad, it doesn't mean they 100% right 100% of the time. I do not think it is unreasonable to ask for the reasoning behind dubbing timeout "bad" for the control npc.

Never once did I say it was "bad" to ask why you shouldn't use timeouts in the control-npc...we friggin pointed it out...because it's a primary part of the npc server.

And never said I was 100% right 100% of the time...simply said it's a bad idea. Jagen is a damn good scripter, I'm a pretty good scripter....both of us are saying it's a bad idea. You should think about that...

[TribulationStaff]

But how does being part of the NPCServer have anything to do with it?

[Kaimetsu]

Two points.

1) Nobody has actually answered Giltwist's question. Yes, it's an integral part of the NPC Server. So?
2) Giltwist is a pretty darn good scripter too. In this case, you can't pull the 'I am better than you so just listen to me' card.

[voicedcow6666]

Originally posted by Kaimetsu
Two points.

1) Nobody has actually answered Giltwist's question. Yes, it's an integral part of the NPC Server. So?
2) Giltwist is a pretty darn good scripter too. In this case, you can't pull the 'I am better than you so just listen to me' card.

1) It's a vital part of the NPC Server, as jagen said, and a timeout in something like that is bad. Any lag that the control-npc gets can help add more lag throughout the rest of the server.

2) I never said I was a better scripter than he, I simply said Jagen is a good scripter, and I'm a pretty good scripter, and that when two people who are both pretty good at something, especially Jagen, is most likely correct, since he was basically saying we were wrong with this 100% thing.

[TribulationStaff]

1) It's a vital part of the NPC Server, as jagen said, and a timeout in something like that is bad. Any lag that the control-npc gets can help add more lag throughout the rest of the server.

I also told you I checked the CPU time, there is virtually no lag from this script.