Whats the best way to do "timers"

[poppop]

Alright guys,

I want to add a timer to my game, to limit players to a set amount of time.

How should this be done server side?

As a room variable or server variable.

And how is the best way to do it?

Thanks.

[Ganius]

setInterval()

http://www.smartfoxserver.com/docs/docPages/serverSideApi/other/setInterval.htm

[darnpunk]

What if my interval never got cleared?

I get this error 2007/09/06 10:41:21.672 - [ WARNING ] [id: 46] (JavascriptExtension$IntervalExecutor.run): SetInterval Error: Wrapped java.lang.NullPointerException (gm_Test.as#230)

I restarted SFS through the admin tool but it still logs every second. I was trying to destroy a room this way:

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if (evt.name == "userExit" || evt.name == "userLost") {
      trace(evt.name);
      // get the user id
      var uId = evt["userId"];
      // get the playerId of the user we have lost
      // var oldPid = evt["oldPlayerIndex"];
      var u = users[uId];
      // Let's remove the player from the list
      delete users[uId];
      numPlayers--;
      gameStarted = false;
      
      if (numPlayers < 1) {
         // destroy this room
         trace("numPlayers: " + numPlayers);
         clearInterval(countdown);
         delete countdown;
         destroyMe = setInterval("deleteMe", 5000); // this is line 230 in gm_Test.as
      }
      
   }
}

function deleteMe(){
   var zone = _server.getCurrentZone();
   var ok = _server.destroyRoom(zone, currentRoomId);
   trace("Destroy room id: " + currentRoomId + " in Zone: " + zone.getName());
   trace("Destroyed? : " + ok);
   
   if(ok){
      clearInterval(destroyMe);
   }
}

The interval did not get cleared because there seemed to be a problem with var zone = _server.getCurrentZone() i think // should have done this in init?

So the log shows the error message every 5 secs. Is there a good way to kill intervals globally? Or can i restart smartfox fully through admin tool?

I am using smartfox remotely and do not have access to the batch file. How i restart smartfox is using admin tool. So if I click on Halt, I will need to wait for system admin to run it back again Any solutions?