Best way to count time played with PData?

[Gatekeeper828]

-snip- Resolved.

[King Flawless]

SysTime()

[Hyperion]

[lua]
timer.Create("_CountPlayerTime", 1, 0, function()
local k, v;

for k, v in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
local playerTime = v:GetPData("_TimePlayed");
v:SetPData(playerTime + 1)
end
end);
[/lua]

[King Flawless]

Calling it once a second seems a bit much

[c-unitV2]

[QUOTE=Hyperion;30123587][lua]
timer.Create("_CountPlayerTime", 1, 0, function()
local k, v;

for k, v in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
local playerTime = v:GetPData("_TimePlayed");
v:SetPData(playerTime + 1)
end
end);
[/lua][/QUOTE]

local k, v?? They will already be local to the timer..

[Gatekeeper828]

[QUOTE=King Flawless;30123534]SysTime()[/QUOTE]

Thanks for telling me about that function.

[King Flawless]

[QUOTE=c-unitV2;30123767]local k, v?? They will already be local to the timer..[/QUOTE]

No they will be local to the loop not the timer

[Gatekeeper828]

One more question, does SysTime continue from where it left off if a player reconnects or a map changes?

[c-unitV2]

SysTime() returns the current system time

[Commander11]

Hi?

[lua]
function CurSpawnTime(ply)
ply.JoinTime = CurTime();
end
hook.Add("PlayerInitialSpawn", "CurSpawnTime", CurSpawnTime);

function CurLeaveTime(ply)
local Time = ply.JoinTime - CurTime();
if ply:GetPData("TimePlayed") then
ply:SetPData("TimePlayed", ply:GetPData("TimePlayed") + Time);
else
ply:SetPData("TimePlayed", Time);
end
end
hook.Add("PlayerDisconnect", "CurLeaveTime", CurLeaveTime);
[/lua]

[pollyzoid]

[b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Player.TimeConnected]Player.TimeConnected [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b] instead of relying on timers that can be inaccurate.

[Gatekeeper828]

[QUOTE=c-unitV2;30142766]SysTime() returns the current system time[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the info.

[QUOTE=Commander11;30142942]Hi?

[lua]
function CurSpawnTime(ply)
ply.JoinTime = CurTime();
end
hook.Add("PlayerInitialSpawn", "CurSpawnTime", CurSpawnTime);

function CurLeaveTime(ply)
local Time = ply.JoinTime - CurTime();
if ply:GetPData("TimePlayed") then
ply:SetPData("TimePlayed", ply:GetPData("TimePlayed") + Time);
else
ply:SetPData("TimePlayed", Time);
end
end
hook.Add("PlayerDisconnect", "CurLeaveTime", CurLeaveTime);
[/lua][/QUOTE]

Thanks for giving out code but I think I am going to stick with my current method with SysTime()

[zzaacckk]

Your code wont when the server crashes.

You should hook a timer to make it save every 10 minutes etc.

[LauScript]

Uhm. setting pdata every second is [b]not[/b] a good idea at all..

[c-unitV2]

[QUOTE=raBBish;30143116][b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Player.TimeConnected]Player.TimeConnected [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b] instead of relying on timers that can be inaccurate.[/QUOTE]

Or you guys could use this, so much better