Schedule Timer - Possibly working overboard on doing this?

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9 years ago

I'm trying to generate a bell system relying on a table.. I feel like there's an easier method of checking what time its on, and using it to check what period its on. So far, here is my results. Although it's going great and barely working, Is there a better way to prevent un-necessary server load? I'm all in trying my best to keep the server working on important tasks like keeping players lag free..

01PSchedules={
02    {"TESTBLOCK",{
03    --  name            time start  time end
04        {"Period 1",    10,41,      10,43},
05        {"Period 2",    10,45,      10,46},
06        {"Period 3",    10,47,      10,49},
07        {"Period 4",    10,50,      10,51}
08    }}
09}
10require game.ServerScriptStorage.GetTime; --returns a function that gives back my current time in this format (return hour,min,sec,amORpm)
11function StartBell(schedu)
12    local bellloop=true
13    local schn=tonumber(schedu)
14    if schn~=nil then
15        local hours,mins,secs,pm=GetTime()
16        local checkloop=1
17        local isonperiod=false
18        for a=1,#PSchedules[schn][2] do
19            print(hours,PSchedules[schn][2][a][2])
20            if hours>=PSchedules[schn][2][a][2] then
21                if mins>=PSchedules[schn][2][a][3] then
22                    print("passd "..schn,a)
23                    checkloop=a
24                end
25            end
26        end
27        if hours <= PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][4] then
28            if mins < PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][5] then
29                isonperiod=true
30            end
31        end
32        repeat
33            hours,mins,secs,pm=GetTime()
34            local remainmins=0
35            isonperiod=false
36            if hours <= PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][4] then
37                if mins < PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][5] then
38                    if hours > PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][2] then
39                        if mins >= PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][3] then
40                            isonperiod=true
41                        end
42                    end
43                end
44            end
45            if isonperiod==true then
46                print("Is On Period..")
47                remainmins=0
48                if hours < PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][4] then
49                    remainmins=PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][4]-hours
50                    remainmins=remainmins*60
51                    print("Added "..remainmins".. to remaining time..")
52                end
53                if PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][5] > mins then
54                    remainmins=remainmins+PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][5]-mins
55                end
56                print("Remaining Time set to "..remainmins)
57            else
58                print("Is Not On Period..")
59                if PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop]==nil then
60                    bellloop=false
61                    print("The bell could NOT find the next loop and died..")
62                else
63                    if PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][2]==hours then
64                        if PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][3]<mins then
65                            checkloop=checkloop+1
66                            print("Added to next wait loop")
67                        end
68                    end
69                    if PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][2]==hours then
70                        print("Waiting Till Next Period..")
71                        remainmins=0
72                        if hours < PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][2] then
73                            remainmins=PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][2]-hours
74                            remainmins=remainmins*60
75                        end
76                        if PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][5] > mins then
77                            remainmins=remainmins+PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][3]-mins
78                        end
79                    end
80                end
81            end
82            print("CurrentTime: "..hours..":"..mins)
83            print("NextPeriodBeforeTime: "..PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][2]..":"..PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][3])
84            print("NextPeriodAfterTime: "..PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][4]..":"..PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][5])
85            print("RemainingMinutes: "..remainmins)
86            print("CurrentSchedule: "..PSchedules[schn][1])
87            print("CurrentPeriod: "..PSchedules[schn][2][checkloop][1])
88            print("Is it that period?: "..(isonperiod and "true" or "false"))
89            print("----------------------------------")
90            wait(2)
91        until bellloop==false
92    end
93    print("TheBellDied..")
94    bellloop=false
95end
96StartBell(1)
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Am I going overboard on how to check for this information, or is their an easier way?

Yeah, I'd say you went WAY OVERBOARD, but it is some interesting code. Is GetTime telling you a true time of the server, or a ficticious time within the game? JasonTheOwner 391 — 9y

GetTime() is using os.time() that works on all game servers in one time zone. Nickoakz 231 — 9y

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