[DigiSoft]

It just doesn't work.
Whatever I put in
void CEmptyServerPlugin::GameFrame( bool simulating )
It just makes no difference.

Should I call this function from somewhere?


EDIT1: YESSS IT WORKS.

void CEmptyServerPlugin::GameFrame( bool simulating ) { if(difftime(gpGlobals->curtime, originalTime) > 5.0) { SayTextMsg(0, "IT WORKS"); originalTime = gpGlobals->curtime; } }

[DigiSoft]

Ok I have another question about GameFrame.

So on every 5 minutes I check ALL Active players for separate TCP connection.

Lets say some of the players have slow connection or times out so it will make time. Does this means that GameFrame will also wait for this client untill connection timeout?

So should I make separate thread that will be started by GameFrame and then stopped by itself?

[BAILOPAN]

If you block in GameFrame, the server will halt until you stop blocking. You probably want to use non-blocking sockets.

Don't touch the game thread from another thread.

[DigiSoft]

Originally Posted by BAILOPAN If you block in GameFrame, the server will halt until you stop blocking. You probably want to use non-blocking sockets. Don't touch the game thread from another thread.

what are those non-blocking sockets?

Ok I am really confused about GameFrame. Does it mean if I write sleep(10000) in the GameFrame the server will stop for 10 seconds?

[BAILOPAN]

Yes. Every callback you get from the game will be in the game's thread (unless you are hooking or intercepting things that happen in another thread - but this is rare and I myself don't even know any).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_I/O

[DigiSoft]

Originally Posted by BAILOPAN Yes. Every callback you get from the game will be in the game's thread (unless you are hooking or intercepting things that happen in another thread - but this is rare and I myself don't even know any). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_I/O

But what if you write new thread and I only start it with GameFrame and then the thread will continue separately.
Right?

[BAILOPAN]

Sure. Just don't reach into the game thread from another thread.

(FYI, spawning threads is not extremely cheap - you would probably want to create it once.)

[DigiSoft]

Originally Posted by BAILOPAN Sure. Just don't reach into the game thread from another thread. (FYI, spawning threads is not extremely cheap - you would probably want to create it once.)

So what is your suggestion? What is the best method of checking someones TCP/IP protocol on every 5 minutes? How would you do it?

[L. Duke]

Just save it when they join. Their IP address won't be changing in the middle of the game.

[DigiSoft]

Originally Posted by L. Duke Just save it when they join. Their IP address won't be changing in the middle of the game.

Yes I know that but I force the clients to run small program in the background that will communicate with the server.
So I want to check on every 5 minutes if the program is running in the background. Something like Anti Cheat.

The plugin works ok but I am concerned that the server might lags because of some players timeouts or slow connections.