Countdown Script (Timer)

[ChainGang_DX]

Well, Ive been having a hard time learning to Script.. but I just wanted a heads up on what to do on a Script for a timer on a jailer.. Like I want the player to see the timer ass in like 00:00:00 , like a countdown. Anyone help me?

[LoneAngelIbesu]

You're going to need to use a timeout, or something similar. Since seconds are your smallest unit, make the 'jail time' count in seconds; e.g., 1 hour in jail would be 3600 seconds. Store that somewhere, like a clientr. variable.

Then, format those seconds into the hh:mm:ss format. There are functions in the Code Gallery for that, I think. But it's pretty easy math:

hours = jailTimeinSeconds / 3600
minutes = (jailTimeinSeconds % 3600) / 60
seconds = (jailTimeinSeconds % 3600) % 60

After that, you're going to need to do some special formatting to put zeros in front of single-digit numbers. (As simple as checking if the number < 10.)

Then just display that however you want.

[Switch]

Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

hours = int(jailTimeinSeconds / 3600);
minutes = int((jailTimeinSeconds % 3600) / 60);

Should always use int() when dividing, if you need it to be an integer.

[ChainGang_DX]

NPC Code:

---

function onActionServerSide()

{

  if (params[0] == "echo")

  {

    sendtorc("Timer Up!");

    //echo("Hello World!");

  }

}

//#CLIENTSIDE

function onKeyPressed(code,key)

{

  if (key == "1")

  {

    for (i = 3; i > 0; i --)

    {

      player.chat = i;

      sleep(1);

    }



    playlooped("beep2.wav");

    player.chat = ":end";

    //ECHO IS DONE SERVERSIDE

    triggerserver("weapon",name,"echo");

    sleep(5);

    stopsound("beep2.wav");

    play("goera3.wav");

  }

}

---

This is the Script i'm trying to make a command that can work by hours minutes and seconds, like 00:00:00. I also Wanna make it stop counting down when I say :end, Help plz?

[ChainGang_DX]

I've added a token for setting how long you want the timer to go off from. Instead of just using the Auto one by press 1.

NPC Code:

---

function onActionServerSide()

{

  if (params[0] == "echo")

  {

    sendtorc("Timer Up!");

    //echo("Hello World!");

  }

}

//#CLIENTSIDE

function onKeyPressed(code,key)

{

  if (key == "1")

  {

    for (i = 3; i > 0; i --)

    {

      player.chat = i;

      sleep(1);

    }



    playlooped("beep2.wav");

    player.chat = ":end";

    //ECHO IS DONE SERVERSIDE

    triggerserver("weapon",name,"echo");

    sleep(5);

    stopsound("beep2.wav");

    play("goera3.wav");

  }

}





function onPlayerChats(who,chat)



{

token = player.chat.tokenize();

if (token[0] == "/countdown" && token[1] != NULL)

{

for (i = token[1]; i > 0; i--)

{



player.chat = i;

sleep(1);

play("beep2.wav");









}

}

}

---

[LoneAngelIbesu]

Please use the PHP code tags, rather than the NPC code ones.

Your script doesn't have any kind of countdown mechanism. Here's some pseudo-code, just that I'm not doing everything for you.

PHP Code:

function onActionServerside(cmd, pl) {
  switch(temp.cmd) {
    case "jailplayer":
      store jail time for player
      switch to jail level
      break;
    case "countdown":
      subtract 1 from jail time
      break;
    case "unjailplayer":
      switch level
      break;
  }
}
//#CLIENTSIDE
function onPlayerEnters() { // There's probably a better way to do this
  if player.level.name == jail level
    set timer to 1
}
function onTimeout() {
  if jail time is > 0
    convert second to hh:mm:ss format and display
    set timer to 1
  else
    set timer to 0
    trigger "unjailplayer" serverside command
} 


[Switch]

Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

Please use the PHP code tags, rather than the NPC code ones.

Your script doesn't have any kind of countdown mechanism. Here's some pseudo-code, just that I'm not doing everything for you.

PHP Code:

function onActionServerside(cmd, pl) {
  switch(temp.cmd) {
    case "jailplayer":
      store jail time for player
      switch to jail level
      break;
    case "countdown":
      subtract 1 from jail time
      break;
    case "unjailplayer":
      switch level
      break;
  }
}
//#CLIENTSIDE
function onPlayerEnters() { // There's probably a better way to do this
  if player.level.name == jail level
    set timer to 1
}
function onTimeout() {
  if jail time is > 0
    convert second to hh:mm:ss format and display
    set timer to 1
  else
    set timer to 0
    trigger "unjailplayer" serverside command
} 


Everything should be serverside for a jail system (except the GP tools).

[LoneAngelIbesu]

Originally Posted by Switch

Everything should be serverside for a jail system (except the GP tools).

Enlighten me.