[ambn]

well this really gets to me when my server hibernates and everything stops working, i actually disabled server hibernation but that consume too much of my server's CPU i also have thought about other options like write an outside program which send and check whatever i have on timer side via rcon protocol, anyway is it possible to keep a timer alive during server hibernation? like flag or so?

[Mitchell]

What is the the timer doing..?

[ambn]

well there are 2 timers which one of them count server's up time (in days) and the other one handles a simple local ban system which loop each minute to perform actions like removing a minute or remove a user ban, anyway is there a way for this?

[Mitchell]

When handling time it's best to just use GetTime() to retrieve the current time and use a little math to determine the server's uptime and to determine if a user has been banned for his given time.

[ambn]

well you're right but that's not the point, that stuff won't even happen when server is in hibernation what i'm lookin for is a sourcemod way to make it right, so do you suggest anything?

[Fyren]

Timers will only ever currently tick while the server is running game frames. It's probably possible to alter SM to tick on something else (like Think, maybe), but no one has done work towards it.

[Mitchell]

Originally Posted by ambn what i'm lookin for is a sourcemod way to make it right, so do you suggest anything?

GetTime() is a sourcemod function: https://sm.alliedmods.net/new-api/sourcemod/GetTime
From what you explained you really don't need to have a timer do +1 to a variable every day when you can have the start time of the server save to a variable and subtract it from the current time to get the current uptime in seconds.

[Dragokas]

ambn, you can try GetSysTickCount() instead.
Not reliable. See explanation why.

[Dragokas]

I read this topic again, and don't understant why you need a working timer during hybernation.
Your ban-plugin will not work in hybernation state because all processes will be freezed regardless of timer. Am I not right?

[ambn]

It's like nothing works during hibernation on sourcemod yeah you got it right the hibernation wont let the timer work.

EDIT: i can possibly tick the server every minute with an outside program but what's the point of waking a server every minute?