Maintenance script

[Megiddo]

I wrote a little script to warn players before taking a server offline for use on our server:

Code: Lua

1. assert( _file.Exists( "lua/ULib/init.lua" ), "This script needs ULib to run!" )
2. _OpenScript( "ULib/init.lua" )
3. assert( ULib.ULIB_VERSION >= 1.2, "This script requires ULib version 1.2 or higher to run!" )
4.  
5. local textKey = 452
6. local rectKey = 451
7.  
8. local timer
9. local finish
10.  
11. local function update()
12.         if _CurTime() > finish then
13.                 _ServerCommand( "quit\n" )
14.                 return
15.         end
16.  
17.         local s = math.floor( finish - _CurTime() )
18.         local m = math.floor( s / 60 )
19.         s = math.mod( s, 60 )
20.         m = math.mod( m, 60 )
21.         s = string.format( "%02i", s )
22.         m = string.format( "%02i", m )
23.  
24.         local str = "Time until server shutdown:\n                " .. m .. ":" .. s
25.  
26.         ULib.sendRect( userid, rectKey, 0.4, 0.2, 0.2, 0.07, 2, 255, 80, 80, 220, "ULib/menu", 0, 0, 0 )
27.         ULib.sendText( userid, textKey, 0.41, 0.215, str, 2, 255, 255, 255, 255, "Default", 0, 0, 0 )
28. end
29.  
30. local function cc_shutdown( userid, args, argv, argc )
31.         if string.lower( argv[ 1 ] ) == "cancel" then
32.                 if timer then
33.                         HaltTimer( timer )
34.                         timer = nil
35.                        
36.                         ULib.tsay( 0, "Timed shutdown has been halted!" )
37.                 end
38.                 return
39.         end
40.  
41.         if not argv[ 1 ] or not tonumber( argv[ 1 ] ) then
42.                 ULib.tsay( userid, "Please specify number of seconds until shutdown." )
43.         end
44.  
45.         finish = _CurTime() + tonumber( argv[ 1 ] )
46.         timer = AddTimer( 1, 0, update )
47.  
48.         ULib.tsay( userid, "Shutdown has been started. Use \"shutdown cancel\" to stop it." )
49.         ULib.tsay( 0, "ATTENTION: A TIMED SERVER SHUTDOWN HAS BEEN ACTIVATED! Please take screenshots or save your work while you have time." )
50. end
51. ULib.CONCOMMAND( "shutdown", cc_shutdown, _, ACCESS_RCON )

Picture of it in action:

[spbogie]

Very nice. Looking at this got me thinking though that maybe we should add a mainLog the same way there is a mainUcl so that small things like this could be logged without having to create a new log that would only be written to once.

[Megiddo]

Yah, probably.

Also, I've thought this should be made into a more general timer script... IE, timer to change level so people can save work, timer to clean server, etc.

[JamminR]

Also, though the warning 'box' in the middle is nice... I'd be frustrated if I had to include that in the center of my screenshots.
Does it dissappear if I'm using a camera?
If not, perhaps we should move it to a corner, or center top/bottom.

[Megiddo]

Good point! Maybe we should make a command that would disable it?

[JamminR]

To remove warning box for screenshots for 30 seconds, say "shutdown saycheese"

[spbogie]

Have It appear in the middle of the screen then shrink off into the corner. That way people would be sure to see it, and it would be out of the way for screenshots and such.