[Vanter]

What is this tutorial? This is a tutorial to count online Hours:Minutes of every player.

What will we use? Enums, Timers, INI Functions

Here we go

It's pretty simple actually, first we add the minutes and hours to player enum.

PHP Code:

#define PATH "/Users/%s.ini"  //Defining path for User, edit to fit your own.
enum pInfo   //Enum for the player
{
    pHours,  
    pMinutes
}
new PlayerInfo[MAX_PLAYERS][pInfo];
//Loading user data.
forward LoadUser_data(playerid,name[],value[]);
public LoadUser_data(playerid,name[],value[])
{
    INI_Int("Hours",PlayerInfo[playerid][pHours]);
    INI_Int("Minutes",PlayerInfo[playerid][pMinutes]);
    return 1;
}
stock UserPath(playerid) //defining userpath for needed on INI_OPEN
{
    new string[128],playername[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
    GetPlayerName(playerid,playername,sizeof(playername));
    format(string,sizeof(string),PATH,playername);
    return string;
} 


Defining DCMD

PHP Code:

#define dcmd(%1,%2,%3) if (!strcmp((%3)[1], #%1, true, (%2)) && ((((%3)[(%2) + 1] == '\0') && (dcmd_%1(playerid, ""))) || (((%3)[(%2) + 1] == ' ') && (dcmd_%1(playerid, (%3)[(%2) + 2]))))) return 1 


Don't forget under OnDialogResponse, DIALOG_REGISTER

PHP Code:

new INI:File = INI_Open(UserPath(playerid)); //Opening file
INI_WriteInt(File,"Hours",0); //Writing Hours = 0
INI_WriteInt(File,"Minutes",0); //Writing Minutes = 0
INI_Close(File);
PlayerInfo[playerid][pHours] =0; //making sure
PlayerInfo[playerid][pMinutes] =0; //making sure 


and OnPlayerDisconnect.

PHP Code:

public OnPlayerDisconnect(playerid, reason) //for saving on disconnect
{
    new INI:File = INI_Open(UserPath(playerid)); //Opening file
    INI_WriteInt(File,"Hours",PlayerInfo[playerid][pHours]); //Saving Hours
    INI_WriteInt(File,"Minutes",PlayerInfo[playerid][pMinutes]); //Saving Minutes
    INI_Close(File); //Closing file
    return 1;
} 


Now we're done with the Enum and saving, lets create a timer every 60 seconds, we'll use OnGameModeInIt

PHP Code:

public OnGameModeInit()
{
    SetTimer("TimeOnServer",60000,1);
        return 1;
} 


Now here's the trick, creating a public for counting minutes.

PHP Code:

forward TimeOnServer(); //Defining the public
public TimeOnServer() //calling the public for the timer
{
     for(new i=0; i<MAX_PLAYERS; i++) //Looping through players
    {
           if(IsPlayerConnected(i)) //For me I rather use IsSpawned, but for most people who might not have IsSpawned Variable, use IsPlayerConnected
       {
             PlayerInfo[i][pMinutes] ++; //Increasing pMinutes every 60 seconds.
                 if(PlayerInfo[i][pMinutes] >= 60) //Checking if minutes reached 60. (one hour)
                   {
              PlayerInfo[i][pMinutes] =0; //Setting a new hour.
              PlayerInfo[i][pHours] ++;  //Increasing online hour +1.
             }
        }
    }
    return 1;
} 


Defining the command.

PHP Code:

public OnPlayerCommandText(playerid, cmdtext[]) //Whenever someone types a command, this public is called.
{
    dcmd(online,6,cmdtext); //defining the command
    return 1;
} 


Calling the command.

PHP Code:

dcmd_online(playerid,params[]) //The command
{
    new string[128]; //Creating a string
    new ID; //ID of the target
    new tname[MAX_PLAYER_NAME]; //Target name
    if(sscanf(params,"u",ID)) //if player types (/online) only.
    {
        SendClientMessage(playerid,0xFF0000AA,"(ERROR) /online (Player Name/ID)");
        return 1;
    }
    if(!IsPlayerConnected(ID)) //if the player name/ID you entered is not online.
    {
        format(string,sizeof(string),"[ERROR] The player ID you entered is not connected to the server.");
        SendClientMessage(playerid,0xFF0000AA,string);
        return 1;
    }
    GetPlayerName(ID,tname,sizeof(tname)); //Getting player name of target.
    format(string,sizeof(string),"[ONLINE] Player %s(%d) has been playing for %d Hours and %d minutes.",tname,ID, PlayerInfo[ID][pHours], PlayerInfo[ID][pMinutes]); //Formatting the string
    SendClientMessage(playerid,0xFFFFFFFF,string); //Sending it to the player who typed the command
        return 1;
} 


What is a timer? https://sampwiki.blast.hk/wiki/SetTimer.

I hope this helps you creating an online hours counter for your server.

Thank You,
Vanter

[Raza2013]

Good TuT i wanted like this
+Rep.

[Luis-]

Timestamps are better.

[Yashas]

GetTickCount?

Quote:

OnPlayerConnect - GetTickCount = tick_connect OnPlayerDisconnect - GetTickCount = tick_disconnect time_minutes = (tick_disconnect - tick_connect)/60*1000; //seconds time_hours = time_minutes/60; time_minutes = time_minutes%60;

At the command do a GetTickCount to get the current tick then do the same as above ^

Just avoided a timer?

[Vanter]

That's the only way I managed to pull it off with, plus that it's only a first idea, didn't develop it much.
but it's working, not the best of course.. might be helpful for some people.

Thanks for your comments

[Whitetiger]

You can also make use of one of the new 0.3z functions, NetStats_GetConnectedTime!

[GeekSiMo]

Thanks !!