GlobalEvents
onStartUp()
onStartup has no parameters, requires no return, and only runs once during the start of the server.
Example startup.lua
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function onStartup()
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print("There are " ..#Game.getHouses().. " houses registered to this map")
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end
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You can register in data/globalevents/globalevents.xml by using type="startup" like so:
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<globalevent type="startup" name="ServerStartup" script="startup.lua" />
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onShutdown()
onShutdown has no parameters, requires no return, and only runs once during the shutdown of the server
Example shutdown.lua
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function onShutdown()
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for index, player in pairs(Game.getPlayers()) do
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player:save()
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end
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end
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You can register in data/globalevents/globalevents.xml by using type="shutdown" like so:
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<globalevent type="shutdown" name="ServerShutdown" script="shutdown.lua" />
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onRecord(current, old)
onRecord has two parameters, requires return true, and runs each time a new record is made for most players online
Example record.lua
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function onRecord(current, old)
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addEvent(Game.broadcastMessage, 150, "New record: " .. current .. " players are logged in.", MESSAGE_STATUS_DEFAULT)
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return true
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end
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You can register in data/globalevents/globalevents.xml by using type="record" like so:
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<globalevent type="record" name="PlayerRecord" script="record.lua" />
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onTime()
onTime has one parameter which represents the time it executes, requires return true, and runs each each day at same time
Example ontime.lua
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function onTime(interval)
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Game.startRaid("Dragons")
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return true
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end
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You can register in data/globalevents/globalevents.xml by giving it a unique name and setting the time using time="time" like so:
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<globalevent name="StartDragonRaid" time="09:55:00" script="ontime.lua" />
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onThink()
onThink has one parameter which represents how often it executes in milliseconds, requires return true, and runs as often as specified in globalevents.xml
Example onthink.lua
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function onThink(interval)
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for index, player in pairs(Game.getPlayers()) do
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player:save()
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end
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return true
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end
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You can register in data/globalevents/globalevents.xml by giving it a unique name and setting how often it will execute using interval="1000" time is in milliseconds
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<globalevent name="SaveOnThink" interval="10000" script="onthink.lua" />
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The above will execute every ten seconds 10 * 1000 = 10000
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