In-Game Clock

[Evoz]

Hi guys, just a "small suggestion". If it's possible (probably not because you can't change the client?), could we get an in-game clock added? My PC at home detests alt-tabbing to check the time (or for anything else ) and i really don't want to have to run it in windowed mode. Plus, it would help the few of us from Australia with knowing what time it is in the US

Feel free to shoot me down if it's not possible

Sharz

[C Del[IS]]

Ah, thanks for reminding me. This is something I've wanted to do for a while. We'll put the old "/thetime" command back in.

[Evoz]

Oh awesome! No worries, i live to help

Thanks C Del

[Davidr99 [Admin]]

We could add a slash command to give you the current time. Also we are going to be adding eventualy a /timeplayed :-D.

Thanks,

David

[C Del[IS]]

Ok, I've added a slash command so you can retrieve the time whilst in-game. The command can be used as follows:

// To get the current UTC time:
/time
// To get your local time:
/time <offset>

Where <utc_offset> would be your local offset from UTC. For example: I live on the east coast of the US and it's DST right now, so my offset is -4 (negative four). If I lived on the west coast, it'd be -7 (negative seven). If it were winter, and DST weren't in effect, those would both be one less (-5 and -8 respectively). Assuming my code is OKed by the server devs, this command should be available whenever the play server is rebuilt (i.e. when something more important is changed ).

[C Del[IS]]

Well, I made a boo-boo. The /time command, as I've written it, does not adjust the day/month/year with the UTC offset, just the hour. (facepalm, lol) I'm currently attempting to fix this.

All better.

Edited April 16, 2010 by C Del

[Kindschi]

Well, I made a boo-boo. The /time command, as I've written it, does not adjust the day/month/year with the UTC offset, just the hour. (facepalm, lol) I'm currently attempting to fix this.

All better.

I tried /time .. Illegal Command

Tried /time utc_-5 also Illegal command

what am I doing wrong?

[C Del[IS]]

It's not on the play server yet. It should be in after the next restart. Also, you don't need the "utc_", you would just use "/time -5"; sorry if my explanation was a little unclear.

[Sphinxi]

Perfect, I've been waiting for this for some time.

[Kindschi]

Ohh, Thanks Cdel for the clarification... Looking forward to using this

[C Del[IS]]

The "/time" (or "/thetime") command is now on the play server.

Side Note:

For those of you in the UTC timezone, you can get rid of the "Use /time <utc_offset> to see an adjusted time." message by running the command "/time 0" instead of "/time" alone.

I recommend binding it to a quick chat shortcut by typing in the time command with your offset and using Alt+F1 - Alt+F12; you can then run the command instantly using Ctrl+ whatever F key you used to set the message.

[Falstar [MOD]]

added to the /commands post in general discussion