Script execute action at certain time of day

[mat10193 13]

Hello,

 

I am looking to create a script that will execute an action at a certain time each day, not just on one day. 

[HazJ 1288]

Something like this maybe?

waitUntil
{
	waitUntil {sleep 1; (daytime isEqualTo X)};
	sleep X;
	false;
};

You'll need to change the two X values, obviously. This will loop, it'll wait for first time to trigger then loop X hours later. I checked for some time event but couldn't find anything, wonder how Bohemia did it with the clock sound every hour.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/daytime

Not tested.

[mat10193 13]

ok, i am assuming this would only work for only one task, how would i do this for multiple tasks at multiple different times a day. Sorry for not being specific before.

[HazJ 1288]

Depends. What do you want to do for each task exactly? Can you provide a bit more info so I can help you better?

[mat10193 13]

yeah sorry, i want a sounds to play at certain times over loudspeakers. i am concerned, however, that if i just tell it to play at, say noon, that it will only do it once and then the script will terminate and not go back to the start. 

[HazJ 1288]

It won't because it always return false.

false;

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/waitUntil

[mat10193 13]

EDIT thanks, so false tells it to not terminate

[mat10193 13]

Spoiler

while {true} do {
    // first call
    waituntil {daytime isEqualTo 5.83};
    playSound3D ["bugle\sfx\first call.ogg", speaker1];
    // reveille
    waituntil {daytime isEqualTo 6};
    playSound3D ["Bugle\sfx\reveille.ogg", "speaker1"];
    // assembly
    waituntil {daytime isEqualTo 7.92};
    playSound3D ["Bugle\sfx\assembly.ogg", "speaker1"];
    // morning colors
    waituntil {daytime isEqualTo 8};
    playSound3D ["Bugle\sfx\morning colors.ogg", "speaker1"];
    sleep 1;
    // mess call
    playSound3D ["Bugle\sfx\mess call.ogg", "speaker1"];
    // assembly
    waituntil {daytime isEqualTo 11.92};
    playSound3D ["Bugle\sfx\assembly.ogg", "speaker1"];
    // mess call(noon)
    waituntil {daytime isEqualTo 12};
    playSound3D ["Bugle\sfx\mess call.ogg", "speaker1"];
    // first call
    waituntil {daytime isEqualTo 16.83};
    playSound3D ["Bugle\sfx\first call.ogg", "speaker1"];
    // evening colors
    waituntil {daytime isEqualTo 17};
    playSound3D ["Bugle\sfx\evening colors.ogg", "speaker1"];
    sleep 1;
    // mess call(evening)
    playSound3D ["Bugle\sfx\mess call.ogg", "speaker1"];
    // tattoo
    waituntil {daytime isEqualTo 20.4};
    playSound3D ["Bugle\sfx\tattoo.ogg", "speaker1"];
    // call to quarters
    waituntil {daytime isEqualTo 20.83};
    playSound3D ["Bugle\sfx\call to quarters.ogg", "speaker1"];
    // taps
    waituntil {daytime isEqualTo 21};
    playSound3D ["Bugle\sfx\taps.ogg", "speaker1"];
};

this is what i have, but it is not doing anything

I think i realize what i did wrong

[HazJ 1288]

You got it working now?

[mat10193 13]

nope, this is what i have in my script and it is giving me an access violation error and my arma CTD's

the previous spoiler did nothing, so i have  been trying a few different things and this is what i have right now:

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while {true} do {
    if (daytime > 5.82 && daytime < 5.87) then {
    execVM "test.sqf"};

    if (daytime > 6 && daytime < 6.05) then {
    execVM "test.sqf"};

    if (daytime > 7.83 && daytime < 7.88) then {
    execVM "test.sqf"};

    if (daytime > 8 && daytime < 5.89) then {
    execVM "test.sqf";
    sleep 1;

    execVM "test.sqf"};

    if (daytime > 11.85 && daytime < 11.90) then {
    execVM "test.sqf"};

    if (daytime > 12 && daytime < 12.05) then {
    execVM "test.sqf"};

    if (daytime > 16.83 && daytime < 16.88) then {
    execVM "test.sqf"};

    if (daytime > 17 && daytime < 17.05) then {
    execVM "test.sqf";
    sleep 1;

    execVM "test.sqf";
    };

    if (daytime > 20.4 && daytime <20.45) then {
    execVM "test.sqf"};

    if (daytime > 20.83 && daytime < 20.88) then {
    execVM "test.sqf"};

    if (daytime > 21 && daytime <21.05) then {
    execVM "test.sqf"};
};
 

i was testing to see if the playsound3d was causing the CTD, so in the test. i have:

Spoiler

hint format ["Hello %1",player ];

and the daytime thing seems to work, but it spams the hint in the time range i have set up. 

[HazJ 1288]

Close some of the if statements. Add a sleep at the end of the whie-loop.

[mat10193 13]

what do you mean by closing some of the if statements

[HazJ 1288]

Oh, my bad. I didn't see your }; at the end as I do it on multiple lines. Easier to read!

if () then
{
};

if () then
{
} else
{
};

Try adding "sleep 1;" before you close your while-loop block. Your current sleep in inside an if statement which will only trigger if the cond is true. Also, add a hintSilent debug message after execVM or inside the test.sqf file to see if it's triggering.

 

EDIT:

while {true} do
{
	if (daytime > 5.82 && daytime < 5.87) then
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	if (daytime > 6 && daytime < 6.05) then
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	if (daytime > 7.83 && daytime < 7.88) then
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	if (daytime > 8 && daytime < 5.89) then
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	if (daytime > 11.85 && daytime < 11.90) then
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	if (daytime > 12 && daytime < 12.05) then
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	if (daytime > 16.83 && daytime < 16.88) then
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	if (daytime > 17 && daytime < 17.05) then
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	if (daytime > 20.4 && daytime < 20.45) then
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	if (daytime > 20.83 && daytime < 20.88) then
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	if (daytime > 21 && daytime < 21.05) then
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	sleep 1;
};

Will have a think about how to do this better. The switch block would be useful but would still need to loop it.

[soolie 189]

if (daytime > 21 && daytime < 21.05) then { execVM "test.sqf"; };
sleep 1;
 so if it goes of at 21.01 it will go off again a second later and on and on for the next five minutes. If the sound itself is more than a second long it will be played over the sound before it. Does it need to be played over and over or just once for each time block?

[HazJ 1288]

I assumed he wanted it to just play once for that time but, at the same hour on the days to follow as well.

[soolie 189]

Maybe something like this then? Not sure but curious so posting it anyway.

while {true} do 
{
	_rightTime = daytime in [5.83,6.01,7.84,11.86,12.01,16.84,17.01,20.41,20.84,21.01];
	if (_rightTime) then 
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	sleep 60;
};

 

[pierremgi 4737]

2 hours ago, soolie said:

Maybe something like this then? Not sure but curious so posting it anyway.

while {true} do 
{
	_rightTime = daytime in [5.83,6.01,7.84,11.86,12.01,16.84,17.01,20.41,20.84,21.01];
	if (_rightTime) then 
	{
		execVM "test.sqf";
	};
	sleep 60;
};

 

 

hmm, that can't work because there is so few chance to met one of the true condition. Daytime value is more precise than it appears in the returned value.

Just hint in debug console:

daytime tofixed 15 .

See the problem?

Any time you want to compare such changing value, use inequality test < or >,  but never equality (== or isEqualTo).

 

[mat10193 13]

sorry for the late reply, work has been super busy. First, thank you all for your replies. Yes, i only want the sound to play once. and yes, when i changed the time from a single value to a range, it seemed to work better. @HazJ I will try what you suggested and post my results and also try to clean up my code. I am still a little new to writing scripts in Arma, I have the general idea and can make some simple scripts, but still learning to make better ones, so anything i can do to improve is great.

[HazJ 1288]

8 hours ago, pierremgi said:

 

hmm, that can't work because there is so few chance to met one of the true condition. Daytime value is more precise than it appears in the returned value.

Just hint in debug console:

daytime tofixed 15 .

See the problem?

Any time you want to compare such changing value, use inequality test < or >,  but never equality (== or isEqualTo).

 

Something like:

if ((daytime > _rightTime) && (daytime < (_rightTime + 10))) then
{

Still, I think there is a better way to do this without that massive while-loop with if statements in. As I said, switch would be better but still need to loop it somehow I think. Or call a function that does some check... Hm.

[pierremgi 4737]

Sure! The problem is I'm not sure to understand the aim of the script.

 

[] spawn {
  while {true} do {
    waitUntil {sleep 30; dayTime > 16.5}; // 16:30
    _date = dateToNumber;
    < any code>;
   waitUntil {sleep 30; dateToNumber  > _date + 0.0027}; //  more than 23h later (but below 24h)
  }
};

 

The code will run everyday at 16:30 (in game)