On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Doppleganger Software wrote: -> <<time_data>> time_of_event_to_occur; The easiest way would be to just make it an integer and have heartbeat() update the counter every second (or however slow/fast you want it updated). -> if (<<incoming->time_of_event is before test->time_of_event>>) ...which would make this a simple, "if (incoming->time <= test->time)" -> if (<<test->time_of_event is equal or before current_time>>) { and this would be changed to, "if (!(--test->time))" Yes, it's a very basic solution, but it works, it's simple, and trivial to implement (then again, I seem to call a lot of stuff "trivial" without ever checking if they are, in fact, trivial to code; but it seems fairly simple [to me], so this might actually be trivial). daniel koepke / dkoepke@california.com +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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