H&H Server Status:a little application

[metaphonia]

Hi,
Yesterday I was thinking about server crashing.It happens and that's not a problem,the real problem is to check everytime if server is up or not
Then I decided to make something with Visual Basic and now I'm testing a little application that automatically checks server status and gives you updated infos about it.Also it can warn you when server is stopping/stopped or when it's up.Do you think it's a good idea?Are you interested in such application?I'm currently testing it and it seems it works

EDIT:if it's the wrong section,I'm sorry

[Onionfighter]

I would be interested in something that tells the current in-game time and date, and how many people are logged on. Since all that information is on the same page (http://www.havenandhearth.com/portal/srv-state), why not have an app that shows all of this?

[Granger]

I would be interested in something that tells the current in-game time and date, and how many people are logged on. Since all that information is on the same page (http://www.havenandhearth.com/portal/srv-state), why not have an app that shows all of this?

Why not simply make it the start page of your browser?

[sabinati]

probably because it's ugly and displays time in epoch

[metaphonia]

I would be interested in something that tells the current in-game time and date, and how many people are logged on. Since all that information is on the same page (http://www.havenandhearth.com/portal/srv-state), why not have an app that shows all of this?

Yeah I can do it too,I use exactly that page for infos. I was thinking about launching the game when server is up.
I'm working also on the timer:would you like to modify it or should I put a fixed time(how much)to update server status?

[kaka]

In case you haven't seen it: http://www.seatribe.se/~kaka/

[metaphonia]

I'm going on with the development of the application and it's ready for its basic function. But I don't really understand what lastbeat and globtime mean. How do i read them?Also users and chars are different:does it mean that users are players logged in and chars are player effectively playing?

EDIT:also do you think that checking every minute is enough?

[kaka]

I'm going on with the development of the application and it's ready for its basic function. But I don't really understand what lastbeat and globtime mean. How do i read them?Also users and chars are different:does it mean that users are players logged in and chars are player effectively playing?

EDIT:also do you think that checking every minute is enough?

users are, as you say, players logged in and chars are characters active in the world, including characters left when a player is disconnected.
lastbeat is the time in real seconds since the server shutdown.
globtime, as I recall, is the time in in-game seconds since midnight on the first day. Can't remember if it was full moon or new moon, though.

You can check my code; it should be correct.
And for the record, in my program I check every minute, but I also added it as a setting so you can change it.

[saltmummy626]

Its only for linux though...

[wickerman_156]

make it into a windows sidebar gadget?