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Is there a function that gets the time since the last input command?

Posted by SKYY on Tue 08 Apr 2008 01:09 AM — 6 posts, 23,344 views.

SKYY #0
What the title says. Search hasn't helped me, and I want something for making a safe idling timer.

For example, the timer would look at the amount of time since the last triggered or typed-in command, and if that time exceeds a certain amount (15 minutes or so) it would input something like "save;afk".

Any advice?

Thanks in advance.
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #1
I searched for "afk timer". This is one of the posts:

http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=5964
SKYY #2
I looked at that one, but it seemed like it wasn't automatic--ie. you had to manually set the timer on or off. I'm trying to make a plugin that IS automatic, ie. it knows how long since you've entered a command, and it sets you AFK when that time is past a certain amount.

Or does that plugin you wrote do just that?

Thanks.
David Haley USA #3
It looks pretty automatic to me, once the plugin is enabled... The plugin takes care of managing the timer for you, you don't have to do it yourself.
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #4
It would be hardly much use if you had to manually do it, would it?

The important part is here:


-- when they type something, reset AFK status

function OnPluginCommand (sText)
  FixTimer ()
  return true  -- process the command
end


Every time you enter a command it resets the timer. Thus effectively it remembers the time of the last command. If you don't enter a command for the desired period then the timer fires and sends the required message to the MUD.
SKYY #5
I'm a moron. Heh--thanks!