Script to Check for Idle Player

[Kydoimos 915]

Is there a way to check to see if a player has not pressed a key in, say, a minute? Like an idle script?

[tpw 2313]

This works for me:

// Initialise
time_to_idle = time + 60;

// Add keypress eventhandler
(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["keyDown", "_this call fnc_key"];

// Detect keypress
fnc_key = 
{
time_to_idle = time + 60;
};

// Stuff to execute if idle 	
fnc_idle =
{
time_to_idle = time + 60;
hint "Idle!";
};

// Scan for idleness!	
while {true} do
{
if (time > time_to_idle) then
	{
	0 = [] spawn fnc_idle;
	};
sleep 5;	
};

[Kydoimos 915]

Ah, nice! Fantastic! Does that go in the Init. file?

[tpw 2313]

Ah, nice! Fantastic! Does that go in the Init. file?

It can go anywhere you'd like, but init.sqf is as good a place as any.

[KC Grimes 79]

Just note that if you put it in the init.sqf you will have to put it at the bottom because of the while loop. I suggest just execVMing another .sqf with it in it, for practical purposes.

[IndeedPete 1038]

Or [] spawn {} it from init.

[Kydoimos 915]

Wow - great stuff guys, thanks!

[zapat 54]

And you probably want to wait until display is ready:

// Add keypress eventhandler
waitUntil {!isNull (findDisplay 46)};
(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["keyDown", "_this call fnc_key"];

(Adding an eventhandler to a null display will not start your script. And running the code from init has a high probability of finishing before main display is ready.)

This will only work in a spawned block, but as I read it, you are already doing that.

[chessmaster42 11]

This is what I have built for tracking idle players: https://github.com/chessmaster42/mcc_sandbox/blob/master/mcc_sandbox.altis/idle_info/idle_info.sqf

You initialize the system just by calling 'call II_Global_Load;' and then it will stay persistent and load for all clients and the server and any new clients that connect. It's still a WIP but the core is functional.