Ping

[brad.dude03]

I'm wondering... is there any way that WC3 can calculate a users ping and make things based around that?

For example, could you make it so that if a users ping reaches a certain number then X happens?

Would be really handy for my entry into the Mini-Game competition

 

[-JonNny]

Would be cool but i never heard sth about such things
I guess it is not possible but who knews...
the only thing i know is that u can get thee host

 

[Teh_Ephy]

there's probably a way to detect if a user has pinged. every time somebody pings, you can just store that to a variable. hooray for the Ephy Way Out™

 

[brad.dude03]

Well, I still don't know whether it can be done or not... GUI/JASS experts, moderators, what say you?

 

[PurplePoot]

There's a way to find the game latency (laggiest user's ping), but not an individual user's ping, as far as I know

 

[Teh_Ephy]

There's a way to find the game latency (laggiest user's ping), but not an individual user's ping, as far as I know

oh i thought he meant minimap pings, but after looking at it again, i guess not.

 

[brad.dude03]

That would be great PurplePoot do you know how to do that? That would work just as well

 

[PurplePoot]

Should be something along the lines of;

globals
    timer gameTime
endglobals

function someInitFunction takes nothing returns nothing
    set gameTime = CreateTimer()
    call TimerStart( t, 999999999999, false, null )
endfunction

function GetPing takes nothing returns nothing
    local real i = TimerGetElapsed(gameTime)
    call TriggerSynchStart()
    call TriggerSynchReady()
    call BJDebugMsg( "Latency is: " + R2S( TimerGetElapsed(gameTime) - i )
endfunction

I'm not sure if that exact code works, but that's something along the lines of it (synch the game, then see how much time that took)

 

[brad.dude03]

Well, I know jack all about JASS, so if I could find some working code for me to copy and paste, I would totally appreciate it. Credit, rep and the laughter of a child would be at your feet if you worked out the exact code for me.








Note: I can't guarantee that a laughing child will show up at your feet. Sorry for any disappointment this may cause.

 

[PurplePoot]

The exact code is - make a global timer called gameTime

then, put

Custom Script: set udg_gameTime = CreateTimer()
Custom Script: call TimerStart( udg_gameTime, 99999999, false, null )

in a Map Initialization trigger, and leave this in your Map's header

function GetPing takes nothing returns real
     local real i = TimerGetElapsed( udg_gameTime )
     call TriggerSynchStart()
     call TriggerSynchReady()
     return TimerGetElapsed( udg_gameTime ) - i
endfunction

Notes:
-it will make the calling trigger 'wait' for the duration of the latency
-I haven't had an opportunity to test this, so there could be an error.

Finally, use it with a global real called "something" (change this), then

Custom Script: set udg_something = GetPing()

 

[brad.dude03]

Okay, so I create two variables, gameTime and something? Where do the custom script bits go?

For the map init, do I just stick this under the existing code or do I completely get rid of all that and put it in place of it?

Thanks again

 

[PurplePoot]

something was just a random real for you to dump the ping in.

You could rename it to w/e you want, and it would just be

udg_(new name)

Map Init -- make a new trigger that fires on Map Initialization?
Custom Script bits -- the one with 'something' would be what you would call to get the ping, the other 2 go in a map init trigger, and they initialize the game timer.

Finally, if you click on your "map" in the Trigger Editor, you'll get a space to dump Jass. Put the GetPing function posted above there.