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

albertduranll
2020-07-14 14:31:42

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!!

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albertduranll
2020-07-14 14:38:03

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
2020-07-20 11:58:45

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
2020-07-26 12:28:15

I'll try it, thank you very much!