Function idea: Shutdown server

Asmodae · Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 55

Ok, the link is up on the vault now.

http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Other.Detail&id=1018
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Xildjian · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 100

Awesome, congrats on getting this done. I'm curious as to how you did this different from my approach. But, like everything in the software world there is more than 1 way to skin the cat.

Gonna check this out as soon as I get home from work Smile

Thanks again for getting this working.
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Asmodae · Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 55

No problem. As for how, well.. I kinda cheated and borrowed code I knew worked. Smile

Its mentioned above that NWN-FF had a function that accomplished what we wanted, so I looked at how he did it. Turns out he didn't write it either, just used a pre-released library. So that's what I did, gave credit, etc.

If interested, all the source is included and you can gander at it. Someone on the vault mentioned they were having trouble with it, so let me know if it works for you or if there are issues.

Good luck and have fun!

Asmodae
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Baldorcete · Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 6

I dont know if this is correct, but:

With SetLocalString(GetModule(),"NWNX!RESETPLUGIN!SHUTDOWN",""); nothing hapens. No reset.

with SetLocalString(GetModule(),"NWNX!RESETPLUGIN!SHUTDOWN","1"); the server crashes, NWNX2 notices it, and restart it.

If this is the intended behaivour, you should correct the readme. If not, i don't know what is hapening, but is working. Thanks.

Xildjian · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 100

I believe I see an error that is causing the server to crash and not shut down gracefully.

Ln 59 and 60 should be swapped in file NWNXResetplugin.cpp

It's usually not a good idea to delete a null variable.
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Asmodae · Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 55

Thanks for the info, I'll check that out and update the readme accordingly.
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Asmodae · Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 55

Xildjian - You are right about deleting pointers, but that didn't make a difference. I did find a default delay value of 60 seconds, which was why it took so long to terminate the process.

Baldorcete - Thanks for the catch. My testing code had a value to be passed, and it seems that NWNX doesn't catch it if that string is empty. Smile

I've updated the readme accordingly.

The new version on the vault should have a much shorter time before the process dies (2 seconds).

Happy gaming!

- Asmodae
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Xildjian · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 100

I played with this over the weekend. Works great, great job!

Thanks again.
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Asmodae · Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 55

Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it.

Also I've taken down the link on my personal webspace, nwvault has everything up and running properly so that is the place to get this plugin if interested.

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Mask · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 12

Asmodae · Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 55

I'm not exactly against that. While I am familiar with *nix running a freeBSD server myself... I know positively nill about developing for linux and how NWNX would support plugins in that environment. I had to learn plenty It would make killing the process easier as there's a command to do that already Smile

Any thoughts on NWNX plugins for *nix anyone?
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Papillon · x-man Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 1060 Location: Germany

The linux distribution contains a small version of the functions plugin, which could server as a base for your own plugin. I guess it isn't much more complicated than the demo plugin on windows.
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pinknapkins · Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 9

At the risk of sounding ignorant... how do you change the amount of time until the reset occurs, say I want to reboot the server every 6 hours...?

EDIT: Nevermind... blood just started to circulate to the brain again. Seems to be functioning normally again.

Asmodae · Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 55

**** fast forward to now ****

There were some posts here with code in them and some discussion of better ways to implement the shutdown plugin. I would be grateful if people would repost the information... thanks.

- Asmodae
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Drakken05 · Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 3

I have had some trouble getting the reset plugin to work. I have noticed that the instructions state to:

"in NWscript call SetLocalString(GetModule(),"NWNX!RESETPLUGIN!SHUTDOWN","1") to shutdown the nwserver process. (note that there has to be a value in the string or the variable doesn't get set and the request won't get processed."

What exactly is the NWscript? Once I edit it, how do I change it to crash the server every 6 hours so NWNX2 can restart it?

I admit that I am a n00b to this level Embarassed

, but I am learning. Any information you provide me will be extremely helpful.

Warm Regards,
Drakken

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