How to check game time?

[Jamnyk]

Hi. I'd like to write addon which call "Chest event!" at 11 am and 7 pm. I tested

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sendMacro("GetTime()");

and

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sendMacro("GetGameTime()");

but that commands don't work

--all code from .lua file is

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function Chest_OnLoad(this)
	DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Chest addon loaded.", 0.67, 0, 0.85)
end


function Chest_onEvent(this, event)
	player:update()
	sendMacro("GetTime()");
		if GameTime == 10.59 then
			DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Chest event!", 0.67, 0, 0.85)
		end
		if  GameTime == 18.59 then
			DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Chest event!", 0.67, 0, 0.85)
		end
	end

Are there any other commands like "GetTime()" ?

[lisa]

you could probably use the operating system time if using bot, not sure it would work as an addon.
Do a search for d303fix, that is an addon which attempts to get the current server time by looking at sales in the item shop.

This would probably be the best function to use with bot.
http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-os.date

[rock5]

If you want the real time why not just use the bot's time.

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Command> print(os.date())
02/02/13 04:58:22

That prints a formated string which is not that much use but you can have it return a table of values

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Command> table.print(os.date("*t"))
table: 0646A0B0
day:    2
isdst:  true
year:   2013
month:  2
yday:   33
min:    0
wday:   7
sec:    16
hour:   5

So you could do something like

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checktime = os.date("*t")
if checktime.hour == 7 or checktime.hour == 11 then

[Jamnyk]

Yeah, I can do it with bot, but it's a bit uncomfortable to use it with bot
Thank you for help, I give up Mayby later

[rock5]

Sorry I missed that you wanted an addon. Well with d303Fix installed you should still be able to use os.date("*t")

[Jamnyk]

So, I must rewrite d303fix addon or can i just rewrite my addon?

[rock5]

With d303fix installed you can use the 'os' functions in your addon.

[Jamnyk]

Ok thanks, i'll test it tonight

[Jamnyk]

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function Chest_OnEvent(this, event)
	os.date ([!format [, time]])
	checktime = os.date("*t")
	if checktime.hour == 11 or checktime.hour == 19 then
	SlashCommand("/say Chest event!)
	end
end

-- not work... how to do that?

[lisa]

try not to confuse bot code with in game code.

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function Chest_OnEvent(this, event)

that tells me you have put this as an addon code.

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SlashCommand("/say Chest event!)

that is bot code.

Try using

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SendSystemChat("Chest event!")

or

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SendChatMessage("Chest event!", "SAY")

[rock5]

I thought he was trying to create an addon.

Yeah, I can do it with bot, but it's a bit uncomfortable to use it with bot

I'm suspecting, Jamnyk, that you just don't know how to create an addon. It's very different to creating a userfunction. It's easy enough to add some functions to the game but if you want something automatically triggered by the update event for example then you need to create a frame in an xml file for your addon and register the event you want to use as a trigger.

[Jamnyk]

Yes, it's my first addon
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My expectations for this addon are :
-check time
-if time = 11 [am] or 7 [pm] then do [say] "Chest event!" then wait 1[hour] then do check time
-if time > 11 [am] or < 11 [am] then wait 30[seconds] then do check time
-if time > 7 [pm] or < 7 [pm] then wait 30[seconds] then do check time
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You said it's more difficult than i think...

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<Ui xmlns="http://www.runewaker.com/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.runewaker.com/UI.xsd">

	<Script file="Chest.lua"/>

	<Frame name="ChestFrame" parent="UIParent" hidden="true">

		<Scripts>

			<OnLoad>
				Chest_OnLoad(this);
			</OnLoad>

			<OnEvent>
				Chest_OnEvent(this, event);
			</OnEvent>


		</Scripts>

	</Frame>

</Ui>

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It's my .xml file
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WarRegister.xml

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and it's my .toc file ;D
Do you know any addons similar to the one that I want to create? Maybe I could be inspired on it?

[lisa]

http://www.solarstrike.net/phpBB3/viewt ... oin#p45554

[Jamnyk]

Thanks ^^