server count

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Oct 27 2002, 2:47 pm
how would you go about counting all the people on a server, i know on the login() make a variable that adds everytime a person logs in and decreases everytime they log out would work but hasnt been for me, anyone have a code for this?

plus id like to ask someone to answer my other posted newbie central question if its not to much
Oct 27 2002, 2:54 pm
this way, people are counted for at all times...

var/list/people

mob/Login()
..()
people+=src



or... if your checking all at once, you could do it this way.

mob/verb/showmepeople()
for(var/mob/X in world)
if(X.client)
src << "I'm a person! - [X]"

There are a few ways, it all depends on how you wish to use the return values.

-Koshigia
Oct 28 2002, 6:03 am
In response to Koshigia
Koshigia wrote:
this way, people are counted for at all times...

var/list/people

mob/Login()
..()
people+=src

Don't forget that the list has to be initialized:
var/list/people=list()
Otherwise you'll be adding src to null, and you'll get a type mismatch error.

Lummox JR
Oct 28 2002, 8:13 am
In response to Koshigia
Why not just keep a global variable as a counter. Initialize it to 0, increment it when someone logs in, and decrement it when someone logs out. This would require less memory.
Oct 28 2002, 8:24 am
In response to CableMonkey
And thats actually what he requested.
Oct 28 2002, 8:29 am
In response to CableMonkey
A list can be useful for this and other things,

var/list/players = list()

mob/Login()
players.Add(src)
..()
mob/Logout()
players.Remove(src)
..()

Now what you could do with this,

mob/Stat()
..()
statpanel("Players")
stat(players)//shows everyone in the players list(or in game)
stat("Player Count",players.len)//players.len is the length of the list in this case how many people are in the game
Oct 28 2002, 8:38 am
In response to Super16
showoff. :-P