How can i get (or create) a real time clock for my multiplayer game?

albertduranll

Hi there,

I'm trying to find a way to use real (shared) time in my multiplayer game. Is there any way to get this information (like hours, minutes, seconds)?

Thanks!!

albertduranll

I let here the script that i made to get the time (not multiplayer) and create different events for my game. My goal now is to make it work with multiplayer.

CODE:

public class EventController : MonoBehaviour
{
    [System.Serializable]
    public class EventsInfo
    {
        public int event_id;
        public string event_name;

        public int eventHour;
        public int eventMin;
        public int eventSec;

        public bool cyclicEvent;
        public int cooldownHour;
        public int cooldownMin;
        public int cooldownSec;

        public bool refreshCooldown;
    }

    public List<EventsInfo> eventsList = new List<EventsInfo>();

    public Text dateText;
    public bool saveData = false;
    public bool eventRunning = false;

    public int savedHour;
    public int savedMin;
    public int savedSec;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    { 
        StartCoroutine(UpdateTime());

        EventCallerAfterTime();

        Debug.Log("ServerTimeStamp" + PhotonNetwork.ServerTimestamp);
    }

    IEnumerator UpdateTime()
    {
        while (true)
        {
            var today = System.DateTime.Now;
            dateText.text = today.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
        }
    }

    private void EventCallerAfterTime()
    {
        //Realtime
        var today = System.DateTime.Now;

        //SaveTempDataTime
        if (!saveData && !eventRunning)
        {
            savedHour = today.Hour;
            savedMin = today.Minute;
            savedSec = today.Second;
            saveData = true;

            Debug.Log("Hour saved: " + savedHour);
            Debug.Log("Minute saved: " + savedMin);
            Debug.Log("Second saved: " + savedSec);
        }

        if (eventRunning)
        {
            //LOAD CURRENT EVENT.
        }


        //RECORREMOS LA LISTA DE EVENTOS PARA REALIZAR LLAMADAS DE EVENTOS
        for (int i = 0; i < eventsList.Count; i++)
        {
            if (today.Hour == eventsList[i].eventHour)
            {
                if(today.Minute == eventsList[i].eventMin)
                {
                    if(today.Second == eventsList[i].eventSec)
                    {
                        Debug.Log("EVENT CALL " + eventsList[i].event_name + " (" + eventsList[i].event_id + ")");
                        Event(i);

                        if (eventsList[i].refreshCooldown)
                        {
                            eventRunning = true; 

                            if (eventsList[i].cyclicEvent)
                            {
                                if(eventsList[i].cooldownHour != 0)
                                    eventsList[i].eventHour = eventsList[i].eventHour + eventsList[i].cooldownHour;

                                if (eventsList[i].eventMin == 24)
                                    eventsList[i].eventMin = 0;
                            }
                            if (eventsList[i].cyclicEvent)
                            {
                                if (eventsList[i].cooldownMin != 0)
                                    eventsList[i].eventMin = eventsList[i].eventMin + eventsList[i].cooldownMin;

                                if (eventsList[i].eventMin == 60)
                                    eventsList[i].eventMin = 0;
                            }
                            if (eventsList[i].cyclicEvent)
                            {
                                if (eventsList[i].cooldownSec != 0)
                                    eventsList[i].eventSec = eventsList[i].eventSec + eventsList[i].cooldownSec;

                                if (eventsList[i].eventSec == 60)
                                    eventsList[i].eventSec = 0;
                            }

                            eventsList[i].refreshCooldown = false; //WWhen the event's finished refreshCooldown turns true.
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    private void Event(int id)
    {
        Debug.Log("Execution of the event " + id);

        eventsList[id].refreshCooldown = true;
    }
}

JohnTube

Hi @albertduranll,

Thank you for choosing Photon!

PUN2 has a UtilityScript for in room countdown timer: CountdownTimer.cs.
It makes use of the synchronize server time on all clients: PhotonNetwork.ServerTimestamp.

You can also use PhotonNetwork.Time directly.

albertduranll

I'll try it, thank you very much!