[562][RS2HD] Using timers

[scootersam]

well ima show you hwo to use normal timers, you can use these for any thing but if you want my opinion dont use for minigames use gamengine timers for that

ok so

lets start goto src>com>rs2hd>model>player.java
and add this at the top


/*Timers*/
public int timer = -1;

now this means that your timer is called timer and its on -1 seconds so not started..

so no

search for 600ms

and you will see something like this i belive


if (takingitem > 0) {
takingitem--;
}
if (potDelay > 0) {
potDelay--;
}
if (MiasmicDelay > 0) {
MiasmicDelay--;
AttackSpeed = 2;
}
if (MiasmicDelay == 0) {
MiasmicDelay--;
AttackSpeed = 1;
}

now under that last "}"

add this for your timer


if (pctimer > 0) {
timer--;
} else if (timer == 0) {
timer = -1;
}

where you see
else if (timer == 0) {
after that bit add what you want for the timer to do when it reaches 0 and there you got your timer, i used this one a while ago


if (pctimer > 0) {
pctimer--;
} else if (pctimer == 0) {
getActionSender().sendMessage("The boat takes you into game!");
getActionSender().sendCloseInterface();
getActionSender().sendRemoveOverlay();
pctimer = -1;
teleport(Location.location(2657, 2612, 0));
getActionSender().sendMessage("You will get max 2 minutes in game..");
getActionSender().sendMessage("After the game is finished you will get 2 pc points!");//pcingame
pcingame = 120;
}

it works pretty well tbh

now for your timer to start when you click an object or something

just type


player.timer = ##;

ok the ## stands for your time these timers are also done in seconds not miliseconds

well thanks and i hope i helped

~sam

[Stacx]

Don't teach people to use process please.

[scootersam]

why whats up with that?

[Relapse]

Don't teach people to use process please.

Ffs get over yourself, i'd say over half of the people just want the content to be right and don't care how its programmed. If it bothers you enough to post then post your way of doing it.

@Scootersam, not bad if; but at the beginning do you have to set the timer to -1? I thought it would be negative one by default?



public int timer = -1;

[scootersam]

idk tbh i usualy set at -1 :S

[Relapse]

What do you have to import to be able to use a timer, or is it standard in java.lang?

[scootersam]

i dont think you gota import any thing tbh :S

[Relapse]

ok thanks

[Stacx]

Ffs get over yourself, i'd say over half of the people just want the content to be right and don't care how its programmed. If it bothers you enough to post then post your way of doing it.

@Scootersam, not bad if; but at the beginning do you have to set the timer to -1? I thought it would be negative one by default?



public int timer = -1;


That's called half-assing stuff bro, also, 0 is by default.

[Relapse]

That's called half-assing stuff bro, also, 0 is by default.

Ok, well half-assed servers get wayy more players than not "half-assed". Just take battlescape for example, and compare it to hyperion. Sometimes people need to consider the fact that while having a good core that can hold 2000 players is great, players want content and that is what many good programmers lack, because they spend too much time updating/redoing the core.

[Emily]

Didn't i already post a teaching or something on using timers?

[Emperor]

I'm going to try to put this in a calm, non-aggressive way..
Why the fuck would anyone use timers?

Use the fucking Java Timertask.
Or atleast that eventmanager shit.

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[Trey]

I'm going to try to put this in a calm, non-aggressive way..
Why the fuck would anyone use timers?

Use the fucking Java Timertask.
Or atleast that eventmanager shit.

Event managers sucks. Use Executors and ExecutorServices, they exist for a reason.

[Emperor]

Event managers sucks. Use Executors and ExecutorServices, they exist for a reason.

Why not the timer task in the API?
And; I dislike the eventmanager, which is why I called it shit.

[Trey]

Why not the Java timer task?
And; I dislike the eventmanager, which is why I called it shit.

The ExecutorService design provided is much more robust than Timer and TimerTask. Timer runs everything on the same thread, so a time consuming TimerTask will hog the Timer's thread. Also, if any exceptions are thrown by a TimerTask the entire Timer will crash. ExecutorServices and ScheduledExecutorServices allow you to very specifically implement how tasks are executed, and even grab results from and monitor submitted tasks with Callables and Futures. Plus there are a lot of ExecutorServices supplied by the API if you check the Executors class, including different variations of thread pools and single-thread executors.

In my opinion, anything you can do with Timer you can do better with ExecutorServices. The only real reason I can think of for using Timer and TimerTask is simply backwards compatibility, since ExecutorServices weren't introduced until java 5.

[Emperor]

The ExecutorService design provided is much more robust than Timer and TimerTask. Timer runs everything on the same thread, so a time consuming TimerTask will hog the Timer's thread. Also, if any exceptions are thrown by a TimerTask the entire Timer will crash. ExecutorServices and ScheduledExecutorServices allow you to very specifically implement how tasks are executed. Plus there are a lot of ExecutorServices supplied by the API if you check the Executors class, including different variations of thread pools and single-thread executors.

In my opinion, anything you can do with Timer you can do better with ExecutorServices. The only real reason I can think of for using Timer and TimerTask is simply backwards compatibility, since ExecutorServices weren't introduced until java 5.

Very well, I'm going to find some more information about it, never used it before.

[Trey]

Very well, I'm going to find some more information about it, never used it before.

Good idea, because you're missing out, lul.

[scootersam]

well idc i only know how to do timers 2 ways atm ones in gameengine,java an the other is this way so unless you willin got teach me the others ill hapily say ok yeah yours is better...

[David]

Not bad, although there are better ways for this ;)

[Niator]

Didn't i already post a teaching or something on using timers?
Yep, but your was a bit harder to understand. This was just the ting O needed. Thanks sam (:

[scootersam]

no prob glad i helped (:

[Emily]

Pc timer should be declared in gameengine, since its a global timer, declaring it on the player file takes up un needed space, and is the incorrect timer for a minigame.

[David]

This is a timer for private use (One player only) and Emily's tut is about global use (For a single player AND groups)

[scootersam]

ikr i didnt know that before i dnow lol

[Stacx]

Ok, well half-assed servers get wayy more players than not "half-assed". Just take battlescape for example, and compare it to hyperion. Sometimes people need to consider the fact that while having a good core that can hold 2000 players is great, players want content and that is what many good programmers lack, because they spend too much time updating/redoing the core.

LOLOLOLOL Battlescape is not "half-assed" neither is hyperion.

[David]

LOLOLOLOL Battlescape is not "half-assed" neither is hyperion.

He didn't said that hyperon is half-assed, he just said you need to compare it. Although Battlescape is half-assed. 97% of the servers is half-asses.

[apache ah64]

really nice was already lookingg for that :)

[Jon]

He didn't said that hyperon is half-assed, he just said you need to compare it. Although Battlescape is half-asses. 97% of the servers is half-asses.

Half-Asses? Wtf is that =/.

And it's more like 99% 100 good coders in rsps is like 1% ;P

[David]

True, true. And I mend Half-AsseD, it's just a typo....

[Mystic Flow]

To all of the idiots on this thread, the process doesn't effect server stability in any way

[hoodlink]

thnx for this now i can add timers for my agility as it teleports then does emote atm ;)

[Arix]

Ffs get over yourself, i'd say over half of the people just want the content to be right and don't care how its programmed. If it bothers you enough to post then post your way of doing it.

@Scootersam, not bad if; but at the beginning do you have to set the timer to -1? I thought it would be negative one by default?



public int timer = -1;
I think if you declare it like this

public int timer;
The default value would be 0.