[Release] 123 SoD!

[DarkKnightH20]

This program is USELESS. Don't download it. Enable 24/7 SoD via the hotuk file instead. - DarkKnightH20

I've been working on a few projects lately so I haven't been posting as much. This was one of them. Curious about what it is? Here's the Read Me.txt--

123 SoD! v1.0
Author: DarkKnightH20 / DarkKnight
Website: DarkKnightH20 Dot Com

This program was created by DarkKnightH20 (aka DarkKnight) to help private
servers all share the luxury of having SoD all the time, while also fixing
some problems that exist from pausing the system clock.

So...what does this program do exactly? Well, it allows for private servers to have SoD all day, every day (24/7). Normally, SoD occurs between around 4:00PM and 10:00PM (I'm unsure of the exact time, but it's either that or it's around there). Before and after these times, players are unable to join SoD. PristonTale servers look at the system clock before allowing users to join. What 123 SoD! does is make sure that the system clock is always between the set intervals, thus creating SoD all day long. However, there is a problem with this. If the time is always set between those two intervals, then the date will never change, which seems like no big deal, but if this occurs, then error logs will have the same date all the time. At the time I made this program, there were many system clock pausers out there (they're incredibly easy to make). However, none counterbalanced this date problem. So me, being someone who can't stand the date not changing, decided to make my own system clock pauser that would actually allow the date to change, thus 123 SoD! was created. However, some people don't actually want the date to change. The reason for this is because some events (such as a Christmas event) can only work at a certain date. For those people who actually don't want the date to change, I made sure to include that option. Also, depending on what the date is changed to, Windows will try and adjust the time according to daylight savings. You will not have to worry about this though because I implemented measures to make this not happen.


**Here is information provided by gzuz about the Christmas event (he's talking about HIS systemclock/date editor)--

"gzuz -- this editor changes the time to 21:00 and changes the date to 23/12/2007 (dd/mm/yyyy, so 12/23/2007 if mm/dd/yyyy) which is 2 days before christmas and is a sunday, this will enable the christmas event and it will allow SoD to fully function, works fully."**



Thanks To--

BurningFinger -- for being an active programming in the PT-scene.
Dark AvaThar -- for the idea of having an exceptions list.
QuantumFusion -- for all his hardwork in the PT scene.
Sandurr -- for all his hardwork in the PT scene as well. Has a great server.
Shaqpub -- for his many contributions.
Sonnb -- for all the program releases.
Ryder -- helped with his set of tools, ideas, and repacks.
Telatoro -- he's done a lottttttttt.
Luistorres -- For Beta testing PT Protector (one of my other programs for PT private servers).
Dark AvaThar -- For also beta testing PT Protector.
gzuz -- For information in regards to the Christmas event.


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DarkKnightH20 Dot Com ** my site
Pristontale Server Development (Invision Plus) ** Quantum's Forum. Join the Xteam!
RaGEZONE ** private server forum
<^>---( ^_^ )--Snoxd (Powered by Invision Power Board) ** gamehacking forum
:: FGNet.org :: Version 6.0 :: ** another gamehacking forum

Yup, I wrote a lot in that Read Me.txt =P But it does explain what the program is and how it is a bit more advanced than the normal system clock pausers I've seen since the date actually changes. Here are some screenshots (they are a bit pixelated because I compressed them a lot)--

http://www.darkknighth20.com/downloa...D/123SoDb2.jpg

http://www.darkknighth20.com/downloa...oD/123SoDb.jpg

Click Here To Download It: 123 SoD!

If you find any bugs let me know. Also, comments/suggestions/etc are welcomed.

[MentaL]

[Superman666]

Oh wow, nice release bro. And thanks for this. Good job. Alot better then a time stopper.

Thanks To--

BurningFinger -- for being an active programming in the PT-scene.
Dark AvaThar -- for the idea of having an exceptions list.
QuantumFusion -- for all his hardwork in the PT scene.
Sandurr -- for all his hardwork in the PT scene as well. Has a great server.
Thiel -- for posting an example log.
Ryder -- helped with his set of tools, ideas, and repacks.
Telatoro -- he's done a lottttttttt.
Luistorres -- For Beta testing PT Protector (one of my other programs for PT private servers).
Dark AvaThar -- For also beta testing PT Protector.
gzuz -- For information in regards to the Christmas event.

edit: Hey darknight want me to make you a awesome website? im a html coder.

i got

Runtime Error '13'
Type Mismatch

edit: Fixed

[DarkKnightH20]

That's okay =P I'm happy with my basic one right now.

What made you get the runtime error 13?

[Superman666]

Nothing i still get it... but you know your intro message? If i hurry and click ok it starts right up... but you gotta be quick. haha otherwise i get that runtime error 13

So realy i didnt fix it... but its working now so.. idc ill jsut never shut it off cuz it was hard to be that quick and hurry and click ok. haha

[DarkKnightH20]

Odd. I'll see if I can fix it. I think you added me to MSN so I'll go on and see if I can find out what's causing it =P

Edit: Updated download link and updated the 'Read Me.txt'. Here's what was added to it--

Note: I haven't gotten any feedback from this program yet other than from Superman, but he said it crashed on him on load so this is a rush fix. Currently, this version ignores any possible error that can occur so that the program can keep running (which is actually what a lot of people do). I, however, hate doing this, so I'm going to talk to Superman and see if I can address the problem at its source instead of just having it ignored =P Expect a version 1.0c.

If you are able to run version 1.0 fine, then you don't need 1.0b. On a side note, I think I might have just mistyped a variable or something, so it's no biggie.

[Superman666]

Yeah ill give you access to my server so you can look at it and see what the problem is and fix it for your new version.

[DarkKnightH20]

Oh I don't need server access to fix it. To locate the problem I just implement methods of tracking where the error is coming from so a couple of exes would need to be ran.

I'm wondering what it could be since it runs smoothly on my. Will have to try a few others, but it's no biggie since 1.0b should have the error ignored. I imagine everything is still running correctly.

[swezid]

Oh very nice sod manager ;) when will it be able to download?

[DarkKnightH20]

You can download it right now. Download link is in the first post near the bottom.

[G4L3ON]

Can you change skin of program please ? It's a little porn =P

[Fiovah]

It cant be called a porn when you see nothing ... important of the girl :)

[DarkKnightH20]

Change the skin because of the anime lady on it? =P I thought that would make people like the interface even better. Hm. Well, since I plan on making 1.0c after, I'll make the image of the girl external so that people can modify it if they wish. Until then, you could keep it minimized in the systemtray so you don't have to look at her =P

[DarkKnightH20]

Alrighty. Version 1.0c has now been released.

I cut the file size in half. Also, part of the interface is external. AKA, the anime girl.

So if you wish, you can replace the image or modify it accordingly. It'll look fine as long as the same dimensions are used. Does that help at all, G4L3ON? =P

The download link is still the same. So download it using the link from the first post.

[Air Bourne]

The external links to these downloads appear to be broken, does anyone perhaps happen to have these files?