[L. Duke]

Originally Posted by Ace Rimmer Hi L. Duke: Well I haven't looked closely at this yet but it would be very simple. Something like a cvar for Date Hour Minute Second and possibly a total time since 1970 (I don't know if you're familiar with that concept but it is basically a count in seconds since 1970). So it would be: server_var(cron_date) or day or whatever you can add server_var(cron_hour) -would report the server hour server_var(cron_munute) server_var(cron_second) This way we wouldn't have to add recurring counters in ES or wait fro round starts etc. to check the time. The server_var(cron_count) could be a a progressive number of seconds as mentioned above. For example in my clan practise script I have to convert the start time to a number of minutes and the end time to a number of minutes so that I can find the difference between the two. I hope this makes sense. I am sorry that my knowledge in this area is limited to event scripts only so what I am asking may be ridiculous. I must add that I haven't thought this though completely so please don't rush ahead and do it, only for me as it were. Thanks for your hard work anyway. :-)

I'm not going to add a cvar that is updated with the time every second as that would add more server load than a plugin like this should be using. If there is a way you could use a con command to request the data I would do that, as then it would only run code when you requested it.

[FlyingMongoose]

Thanks for at least a bit of a status report

[L. Duke]

Plugin has been updated to version 0.2

chron_job2 uses the same format as chron_job, but it runs when the start time occurs and then runs at the beginning of each map (after server.cfg) until the end time is reached.

Type 'chron_help' in the console for more info.

[FlyingMongoose]

Hmm I somehow created an infinite loop...I'll look into what may be causing it...

hehe, executing a config that executes another config with it's same purpose...I should shoot myself... my problem should be fixed.

[Rebell]

Good job !

[FlyingMongoose]

I finally get my first use of your wonderful plugin....if only there was some way to interface with metaplugins.ini to modify what metamod reads from...it'd then be so freaking ideal for what my clan likes to call "Pirate Night" which is just a whole like 16 hours of nothing but a nifty plugin setup, or just custom maps, or whatever. Get it? What pirate night will be the next time is a secret, so people have to be there or they miss the fun. But oh well, this plugin performs as ideally as it can! And it works great! Thanks lduke!

[Extreme_One]

Very useful plugin - been using it for ages but I've noticed weird behaviour with this plugin and I'm not certain it's to do with my configuration.

chron_job set_reboot 07:12 07:14
chron_job DWP_OFF 07:16 07:17
chron_job2 BOTS 07:17 07:12 1
chron_job2 dust2 07:17 07:12 2
chron_job2 dust2BOTS 07:17 07:12 2
chron_job2 BOTS 07:17 07:12 3
chron_job2 BOTS 07:17 07:12 4
chron_job2 BOTS 07:17 07:12 5
chron_job2 BOTS 07:17 07:12 6
chron_job2 BOTS 07:17 07:12 7

So every day the server's set to reboot at just after 7am
Then a config is loaded to switch off DWP and set the map to de_dust2

On a Monday the server is set to run with dust2 only for 24hrs. (a custom mani.cfg file is loaded accordingly to set the map_cycle / disable voting etc)
The rest of the week the server is set on our 'normal' configuration (a different mani.cfg file is loaded with our 'usual' settings)

The thing is that every night at exactly midnight the map restarts (I don't mean it reloads the map) with all settings reset to as they were when the map first loaded.

Make sense?

Is there any way I can configure things more efficiently to eliminate this issue?

[L. Duke]

This plugin shouldn't be able to do anything with restarting the map. The only way I can think of that it could be this plugin is if you one of your cfg files had a "mp_restartgame" line and it was mistakenly running that cfg file at midnight.

I'm assuming that's what you mean by "restarting" not "reloading" anyway.

[Extreme_One]

Strange!

I have no mp_restartgame lines in any of the configs. But yes that's the outcome as if an mp_restartgame had been triggered.

[Chaos Llama]

Oddly when i type chron_help my server hard crashes (and needs to be manually rebooted).