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Announcements #205456 23/10/08 05:43 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 127 J Joe_Dean OP Vogon poet
OP Joe_Dean Vogon poet J Joined: May 2008 Posts: 127	I want to display random announcements in the channel every 20 minutes or so. The bot gets the announcements from a TXT file and returns a random line using $read. Problem is, how do I go about doing that, exactly? If I used... Code: on :text::#chan: { timer 1 1200 msg $chan $read(file.txt) } mIRC would activate a crap load of timers and later on we'd be flooded with announcements.

Re: Announcements Joe_Dean #205457 23/10/08 05:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,033 R RoCk Hoopy frood
RoCk Hoopy frood R Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,033	Originally Posted By: Joe_Dean mIRC would activate a crap load of timers and later on we'd be flooded with announcements You could name the timer and only start it if it's not already running. Try this... Code: on :TEXT::#chan: { if (!$timer(Announce)) timerAnnounce 0 1200 msg # $!read(file.txt,n) }

Re: Announcements RoCk #205462 23/10/08 06:34 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 202 F firefox Fjord artisan
firefox Fjord artisan F Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 202	why not just alias announce { timer 1 1200 msg $chan $read(file.txt) }

Re: Announcements firefox #205470 23/10/08 10:48 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,193 France W Wims Hoopy frood
Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,193 France	Because you're not using the ! in the $read, your timer will always msg the same line, and .timername should be used. #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net == the best mIRC help channel

Re: Announcements firefox #205473 24/10/08 12:13 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,252 Ontario, Canada R RusselB Hoopy frood
RusselB Hoopy frood R Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,252 Ontario, Canada	Additionally, the 1 in the timer line means that it would execute only once, not every 20 minutes.

Re: Announcements firefox #205484 24/10/08 03:50 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,156 Seattle D DJ_Sol Hoopy frood
DJ_Sol Hoopy frood D Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,156 Seattle	! in this instance makes mirc evaluate the identifier when the timer goes off instead of @ the initial command.

Re: Announcements Joe_Dean #205500 24/10/08 02:43 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 994 C CtrlAltDel Hoopy frood
CtrlAltDel Hoopy frood C Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 994	Originally Posted By: Joe_Dean I want to display random announcements in the channel every 20 minutes or so. The bot gets the announcements from a TXT file and returns a random line using $read. Problem is, how do I go about doing that, exactly? If I used... Code: on :text::#chan: { timer 1 1200 msg $chan $read(file.txt) } mIRC would activate a crap load of timers and later on we'd be flooded with announcements. Why have a random announcement controlled by chat in the channel? Code: on me:*:join:#channel: { timer $+ . $+ #channel 1 1200 msg #channel $read(file.txt) This gives you a unique timer (timer.#channel) and announces every 20 minutes based on the time the bot actually joins the channel. I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

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