TimeKeep process completely ignores actual time in Developer Help

ID:141407
 
Mar 16 2009, 5:12 pm
Code:
        TimeKeep()
            while(world)
                sleep(60)
                minutes += 1
                if(minutes == 60)
                    minutes = 0
                    hours += 1
                    
        TimeKeep2()
            while(world)
                sleep(2)
                if(hours == 13)
                    hours = 1
                if(hours == 4&&minutes == 30&&time == "AM")
                    for(var/turf/Grass/G)
                        G.overlays += /obj/items/SortaNight
                        G.overlays -= /obj/items/Night
                    for(var/turf/Sidewalk/S)
                        S.overlays += /obj/items/SortaNight
                        S.overlays -= /obj/items/Night
                    timeofday = "Dawn"
                    world <<"The sun begins to rise. It is now dawn."
                if(hours == 11&&minutes == 10&&time == "AM")
                    for(var/turf/Grass/G)
                        G.overlays -= /obj/items/Night
                        G.overlays -= /obj/items/SortaNight
                    for(var/turf/Sidewalk/S)
                        S.overlays -= /obj/items/Night
                        S.overlays -= /obj/items/SortaNight
                    timeofday = "Afternoon"
                    world <<"The sun shines in the sky. It is now the afternoon."
                if(hours == 8&&minutes == 0&&time == "PM")
                    for(var/turf/Grass/G)
                        G.overlays += /obj/items/SortaNight
                        G.overlays -= /obj/items/Night
                    for(var/turf/Sidewalk/S)
                        S.overlays += /obj/items/SortaNight
                        S.overlays -= /obj/items/Night
                    timeofday = "Dusk"
                    world <<"The sun slowly descends. It is now dusk."
                if(hours == 11&&minutes == 0&&time == "PM")
                    for(var/turf/Grass/G)
                        G.overlays += /obj/items/Night
                        G.overlays -= /obj/items/SortaNight
                    for(var/turf/Sidewalk/S)
                        S.overlays += /obj/items/Night
                        S.overlays -= /obj/items/SortaNight
                    timeofday = "Night"
                    world <<"The sun sinks below, and the world is plunged into darkness."
                if(hours == 12&&minutes == 0)
                    if(time == "PM")
                        time = "AM"
                    else
                        time = "PM"


Problem description:
I set the time to just before dusk, and wait a minute. Nothing happens. It zooms right on by 8:00 PM and does nothing. I try setting it to 11:59 AM. Nothing. It doesn't change to PM. Nor the other way around.
#1 Mar 17 2009, 1:16 pm
sleep(60) = 6 second delay. You want sleep(600).
#2 Mar 17 2009, 3:00 pm
In response to Kaiochao (#1)
No, I don't. It's not real-time. By 'actual time' I meant the changing of the days.
#3 Mar 18 2009, 6:10 pm
It seems to me having two seperate procs like that is the cause of your problem

Reason being is they're not in sync, the 2nd proc checks 5 times a second, while the other checks once every 6 seconds. When you set it to just before midnight, the second one never got a chance to call

world/New()
     spawn(60)     world.TimeKeep()

world
     proc
        TimeKeep()
            while(world)
                minutes += 1
                if(minutes == 60)
                    minutes = 0
                    hours += 1
                if(hours == 13)
                    hours = 1
                if(hours == 4&&minutes == 30&&time == "AM")
                    for(var/turf/Grass/G)
                        G.overlays += /obj/items/SortaNight
                        G.overlays -= /obj/items/Night
                    for(var/turf/Sidewalk/S)
                        S.overlays += /obj/items/SortaNight
                        S.overlays -= /obj/items/Night
                    timeofday = "Dawn"
                    world <<"The sun begins to rise. It is now dawn."
                if(hours == 11&&minutes == 10&&time == "AM")
                    for(var/turf/Grass/G)
                        G.overlays -= /obj/items/Night
                        G.overlays -= /obj/items/SortaNight
                    for(var/turf/Sidewalk/S)
                        S.overlays -= /obj/items/Night
                        S.overlays -= /obj/items/SortaNight
                    timeofday = "Afternoon"
                    world <<"The sun shines in the sky. It is now the afternoon."
                if(hours == 8&&minutes == 0&&time == "PM")
                    for(var/turf/Grass/G)
                        G.overlays += /obj/items/SortaNight
                        G.overlays -= /obj/items/Night
                    for(var/turf/Sidewalk/S)
                        S.overlays += /obj/items/SortaNight
                        S.overlays -= /obj/items/Night
                    timeofday = "Dusk"
                    world <<"The sun slowly descends. It is now dusk."
                if(hours == 11&&minutes == 0&&time == "PM")
                    for(var/turf/Grass/G)
                        G.overlays += /obj/items/Night
                        G.overlays -= /obj/items/SortaNight
                    for(var/turf/Sidewalk/S)
                        S.overlays += /obj/items/Night
                        S.overlays -= /obj/items/SortaNight
                    timeofday = "Night"
                    world <<"The sun sinks below, and the world is plunged into darkness."
                if(hours == 12&&minutes == 0)
                    if(time == "PM")
                        time = "AM"
                    else
                        time = "PM"
                sleep(60)
#4 Mar 23 2009, 2:58 pm
In response to Mista-mage123 (#3)
They were synced before and it didn't work, but I'll try this. Thanks!