[klippy]

Originally Posted by WAR3DM Tell that to the data wipes on server crash.

Your data doesn't wipe or get corrupted on server crash, it just doesn't save any changes since the last file opening. I believe the same happens with any open file descriptors at the time of program crash.
The key is to regularly re-open your vault, like every round or so, so changes get applied. You can even re-open it on every write if you want, I've never noticed any performance drops with that.

Also, you should not look into ways of going around crash consequences, but rather look for ways to stop your server from crashing.

[WAR3DM]

Originally Posted by KliPPy Your data doesn't wipe or get corrupted on server crash, it just doesn't save any changes since the last file opening. I believe the same happens with any open file descriptors at the time of program crash. The key is to regularly re-open your vault, like every round or so, so changes get applied. You can even re-open it on every write if you want, I've never noticed any performance drops with that. Also, you should not look into ways of going around crash consequences, but rather look for ways to stop your server from crashing.

What if your server is running CSDM, when do you re-open your vault?

Crashes are bound to happen eventually, so that's not an option.

[klippy]

Originally Posted by WAR3DM What if your server is running CSDM, when do you re-open your vault?

Is the question here "What if the round never ends"? If so, set a time interval. 60, 30, 15 seconds, whatever. Every write/update?

Originally Posted by WAR3DM Crashes are bound to happen eventually, so that's not an option.

That's true as with any program. Well, at least you can make sure that you lose only a minimal amount of data.

[WAR3DM]

Thanks for the idea, I've updated this plugin with an auto-save every 30 seconds and the data persists through crash.

PHP Code:

public plugin_init() 
{
    set_task(30.0, "refreshVault", .flags = "b");
}

public refreshVault()
{
    for( new Players = 1; Players <= get_maxplayers(); Players++ )
    {
        SaveData(Players)
    }
    nvault_close(gVault);
    gVault = nvault_open("AchievementSystem");                    
} 


Let me know if any of my code can be optimized. Can't wait to fix the other plugin that turned me away from nVault in the first place.
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