| Re: Can we still play when autohost freezes? |
Fri, 27 July 2007 22:06   |
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 Ron |
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Registered: October 2002
Location: Collegedale, TN | |
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I'm sorry folks.  That was my fault... The PRISM game crashed stars.exe under WINE again. I usually put all games on hold after SAH has been frozen for more than about 4 hours.
In this case, I forgot to run the script that actually puts all games on hold. Then I edited the text file containing the message that game hosts receive, which contains the standard phrase "all games have been put on hold...", and sent out the emails.
I suppose I could automate whether all games get put on hold or not, by having the startup script check how long SAH has been frozen when I run it.
pseudo code
if ((currenttimestamp - timestamp(autohost.log)) > 4 hours) {
run_script(allgamesonhold.pl);
edit(host_email.txt){
search/replace('HOLD','all games on hold');
}
}
else {
if (restarting SAH after freeze){
edit(host_email.txt){
search/replace('HOLD','all games have NOT been put on hold');
}
}
}
Anyway, while currently an inconvenience for game hosts, they can restore a previous turn if needed.
As for scheduling... its a mess. Considering the different factors involved, I think it doesn't work too bad. If anyone can provide pseudo code that handles scheduling (and all the different cases that can come up) better, please post it. 
Ron Miller
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