Call time connected into a trigger

Xandler Sun 30 Dec 2018 04:55 AM #0

This is what I want to do. I want to call the time connected from the status bar into a totals type trigger, but I am unaware how to do so or even if it's possible. I haven't played with the status bar much so I don't even know if the time connected can be called. If it can, how does one do so?

Fiendish USA Global Moderator Sun 30 Dec 2018 06:19 PM #1

It sounds like you want https://www.mushclient.com/scripts/doc.php?function=GetConnectDuration

Xandler Mon 31 Dec 2018 05:12 AM #2

That might be it, but seems that only returns the time in seconds? I was more referring to the portion of the status bar that has the time connected information in days, hours, minutes, seconds. I see that it's called with a note, I want it to be seen by all and not just myself, I'm a novice at this, can this be done? For example, the output would be something along the lines of:

say I have gained suchandsuch over this amount of time (in days, hours, minutes, seconds).

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Mon 31 Dec 2018 08:23 PM #3

There is a function that turns seconds into printable time from a seconds input. Your trigger could look like this:


<triggers>
  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   match="You kill *"
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>

require "commas"  -- for convert_time function

xp_gain = 42  -- whatever

Send (string.format ("say I have gained %i XP over %s", xp_gain, convert_time (GetConnectDuration())))

</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>

I'll leave it to you to do the xp calculation.

This however is not in the status bar, it is sent to the MUD. You could set the status bar to the same thing as a separate line of code.

The function convert_time gives you a "short form" time - that is, it rounds to the nearest larger interval (eg. 5m rather than 4m 30s). You could rewrite to do a longer form. For example:


function convert_full_time (secs)

  -- handle negative numbers
  local sign = ""
  if secs < 0 then
    secs = math.abs (secs)
    sign = "-"
  end -- if negative seconds
  
  local result = {}
  local secs_in_min = 60
  local secs_in_hour = secs_in_min  * 60
  local secs_in_day = secs_in_hour * 24
  local secs_in_week = secs_in_day * 7

  -- weeks
  if secs >= secs_in_week  then
    table.insert (result, math.floor (secs / secs_in_week) .. "w" )
    secs = secs % secs_in_week  -- remainder
  end -- a week or more

  -- days
  if secs >= secs_in_day  then
    table.insert (result, math.floor (secs / secs_in_day) .. "d" )
    secs = secs % secs_in_day  -- remainder
  end -- a day or more
  
  -- hours
  if secs >= secs_in_hour  then
    table.insert (result, math.floor (secs / secs_in_hour) .. "h" )
    secs = secs % secs_in_hour  -- remainder
  end -- an hour or more
  
  -- mins
  if secs >= secs_in_min  then
    table.insert (result, math.floor (secs / secs_in_min) .. "m" )
    secs = secs % secs_in_min  -- remainder
  end -- a min or more
  
  -- seconds
  if secs > 0 then
    table.insert (result, secs .. "s" )
  end -- if any seconds over
  
  return sign .. table.concat (result, " ")   
end -- function convert_full_time