looking for a clock(for in game time) that can activate redstone at night and turn it off in the day

Hi
I am looking for a clock(for in game time) that can activate redstone at night and turn it off in the day.
because I can not figure out the coding for it.

edit: i figured out the code

crazyguymgd, on 13 January 2013 - 09:19 PM said:

os.time() returns the current in-game time. I believe morning is 6 and night is 18. so…

time = os.time()
if time < 6 or time > 18 then
  -- redstone output that says it's night
end

would tell you if it's night. then you just run that when you want to know if it's night…

then i got the code to repeat it self with this code.



while true do
time = os.time()
if time < 6 or time > 18 then
rs.setOutput("back",true)– redstone output that says it's night
end
sleep(0.1)
end

thanks for your help crazyguymgd

os.time() returns the current in-game time. I believe morning is 6 and night is 18. so…

time = os.time()
if time < 6 or time > 18 then
  -- redstone output that says it's night
end

would tell you if it's night. then you just run that when you want to know if it's night…

Use os.time() to get the time and check if it's greater than 19 or something (19 = 7:00PM).

EDIT: Argh, ninja'd!

RunasSudo, on 13 January 2013 - 09:20 PM said:

Use os.time() to get the time and check if it's greater than 19 or something (19 = 7:00PM).

EDIT: Argh, ninja'd!

:)/>

For this purpose I like to use "os.startTimer()" and "os.pullEvent('timer')".

Orwell, on 13 January 2013 - 09:29 PM said:

For this purpose I like to use "os.startTimer()" and "os.pullEvent('timer')".

why do you like to do this?

Presumably because it's slightly more accurate. I don't see how that would tell you time time of day though. Are you sure you're posting in the right thread?

Total confusion, I meant os.setAlarm() instead of os.startTimer()..

I couldn't find the other thread where I posted this so I'll remake it quickly:

local dawnTime = 6
local sunsetTime = 18
local dawn = os.setAlarm(dawnTime)
local sunset = os.setAlarm(sunsetTime)

local function atDawn()
  -- Do stuff at dawn.
end

local function atSunset()
  -- Do stuff at sunset
end

while true do
  local e,alarm = os.pullEvent('alarm')
  if alarm == dawn then
	dawn = os.setAlarm(dawnTime)
	atDawn()
  elseif timer == sunset then
	sunset = os.setAlarm(sunsetTime)
	atSunset()
  end
end

It's slightly better than spamming os.time() in a while loop, regardless of how long you'd make your sleep there. This loop essentially does a sleep() with the exact amount of timer until dawn/sunset.

Orwell, on 13 January 2013 - 10:00 PM said:

I couldn't find the other thread where I posted this so I'll remake it quickly:

local dawnTime = 6
local sunsetTime = 18
local dawn = os.setAlarm(dawnTime)
local sunset = os.startAlarm(sunsetTime)

local function atDawn()
  -- Do stuff at dawn.
end

local function atSunset()
  -- Do stuff at sunset
end

while true do
  local e,timer = os.pullEvent('timer')
  if timer == dawn then
	dawn = os.startAlarm(dawnTime)
	atDawn()
  elseif timer == sunset then
	sunset = os.startAlarm(sunsetTime)
	atSunset()
  end
end

It's slightly better than spamming os.timer() in a while loop, regardless of how long you'd make your sleep there. This loop essentially does a sleep() with the exact amount of timer until dawn/sunset.

Would that not just have a timer that ran for 6 and 18 seconds from startup? what if the computer got unloaded?

TheOriginalBIT, on 13 January 2013 - 10:03 PM said:

Orwell, on 13 January 2013 - 10:00 PM said:

* snip *

Would that not just have a timer that ran for 6 and 18 seconds from startup? what if the computer got unloaded?

Mind that I edited my post. I confused the timer methods with the alarm methods. :P/> Except that I used os.startTimer() instead of os.setTimer() and 'timer' instead of 'alarm' in the version you quoted, that should work. <_</> setAlarm() queues an event at specified minecraft time.

Edit: (damn, early in the morning for me, I've hit the edit button like 20 times by now)

Orwell, on 13 January 2013 - 10:07 PM said:

TheOriginalBIT, on 13 January 2013 - 10:03 PM said:

Orwell, on 13 January 2013 - 10:00 PM said:

* snip *

Would that not just have a timer that ran for 6 and 18 seconds from startup? what if the computer got unloaded?

Mind that I edited my post. I confused the timer methods with the alarm methods. :P/> Except that I used os.startTimer() instead of os.setTimer() and 'timer' instead of 'alarm' in the version you quoted, that should work. <_</> setAlarm() queues an event at specified minecraft time.

Edit: (damn, early in the morning for me, I've hit the edit button like 20 times by now)

Haha thats ok, I was just making sure I wasn't misunderstanding the code…