# objtime.t | documentation

    #charset "us-ascii"
    #include "advlite.h"

    /*
     * OBJTIME EXTENSION
     * Objective Time module
     */

    /*
     *  The timeManager object is used to keep track of the notional game time
     *  in the OBJTIME EXTENSION.
     */
    timeManager: InitObject

        /*
         *   In case the game doesn't specify a starting date we default to midnight
         *   on January 1st 2000.
         */
        currentTime = static new Date(2000, 1, 1)

        /* Initialize the timeManager. */
        execute()
        {
            /*
             *   Get our starting time from the gameMain object, unless we're
             *   getting it from the clockManager (in the SUBTIME extension).
             */
            if(defined(clockManager) && clockManager.lastEvent)
                ;
            else if(gameMain.propType(&gameStartTime) == TypeList)
                currentTime = new Date(gameMain.gameStartTime...);
            else if(gameMain.propType(&gameStartTime) == TypeObject
                    && gameMain.gameStartTime.ofKind(Date))
                currentTime = gameMain.gameStartTime;

            /* Set up the PromptDaemon to reset certain values each turn. */
            new PromptDaemon(self, &reset);
        }

        /* Reset action-dependent counts to zero for a new turn. */
        reset()
        {
            /* Reset the additional time to 0. */
            additionalTime = 0;

            /* Reset the replacement time to nil */
            replacementTime = nil;
        }

        /*
         *   The number of seconds to add to the time taken on the current turn in
         *   addition to the standard time for this action.
         */
        additionalTime = 0

        /*
         *   If this is not nil, use this as the number of seconds taken by the
         *   current turn instead of the number computed from the action plus
         *   additionalTime.
         */
        replacementTime = nil

        /*
         *   Advance the time at the end of a turn (during the afterAction
         *   processing).
         */
        advanceTime(secs)
        {
            /*
             *   If we have set a replacementTime (via a call from takeTime()) then
             *   use that as the length of the action. Otherwise use the time from
             *   the action plus any time that's been added (or subtracted) via the
             *   addTime() function.
             */
            secs = replacementTime == nil ? secs + additionalTime : replacementTime;

            /*
             *   Don't allow time to go into reverse. Provided secs is positive, add
             *   secs seconds to the current time.
             */
            if(secs > 0)
                currentTime = currentTime.addInterval([0,0,0,0,0,secs]);
        }

        /*
         *   Return a string containing the current date and time formatted by fmt,
         *   where fmt is one of the strings specified in the SystemManual entry for
         *   Date.
         */
        formatDate(fmt)
        {
            return currentTime.formatDate(fmt);
        }

        /*
         *   Set the current date and time. The possible arguments are those
         *   described for the Date constructor in the System Manual.
         */
        setTime([args])
        {
            /*
             *   If the only argument supplied is a single string, add a nil
             *   timezone and the current date to make the reference date come out
             *   as the current date; this ensures that if the string specifies a
             *   time it will be interpreted as a time on the current in-game date,
             *   rather than the real-world date.
             */
            if(args.length == 1 && dataType(args[1] == TypeSString))
                currentTime = new Date(args[1], nil, currentTime);
            /*
             *   Otherwise just pass all the arguments straight through to the Date
             *   constructor
             */
            else
                currentTime = new Date(args...);
        }

       /*
        *   Adjust the currentDate by interval, where interval is specified as for
        *   the interval argument for the addInterval method of the Date class, i.e.
        *   as a list in the format [years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds],
        *   from which trailing zeroes may be omitted.
        *
        *   interval may also be specified as an integer (in which case it will be
        *   taken as the number of minutes to advance) or as a BigNumber (in which
        *   case it will be taken as the number of hours).
        */
        addInterval(interval)
        {
            /*
             *   If the interval is specified as a BigNumber, take that to be the
             *   number of hours.
             */
            if(dataType(interval) == TypeObject && interval.ofKind(BigNumber))
               interval = [0, 0, 0, interval];

            /*
             *   If the interval is specified as an integer, take that to be the
             *   number of hours.
             */
            if(dataType(interval) == TypeInt)
                interval = [0, 0, 0, 0, interval];

            currentTime = currentTime.addInterval(interval);
        }
    ;

    /*
     *  Modification to GameDef to add an additional property for use with
     *  the OBJTIME EXTENSION
     */

    modify GameMainDef
        /*
         *   The date and time at which this game notionally starts. This should be
         *   specified as a list of numbers in the format [year, month, day, hour,
         *   minute, second, millisecond]. Trailing zero elements may be omitted. We
         *   default to midnight on 1st January 2000, but game code should generally
         *   override this. [PART OF OBJTIME EXTENSION]
         */

        gameStartTime = [2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0]
    ;

    /*
     *  Modifications to the Action class for use with the OBJTIME EXTENSION.
     *  The purpose of these modifications is to advance the game clock each turn.
     */
    modify Action

        /* Advance the notional game time [OBJTIME EXTENSION]*/
        advanceTime()
        {
            if(advanceOnFailure || !actionFailed)
            {
                timeManager.advanceTime(timeTaken);
            }
        }

        /*
         *   Flag: should the game time be advanced if this action fails? By default
         *   we allow it to advance, but this can be overridden to nil for actions
         *   that should take no time if they're not carried out. [OBJTIME EXTENSION]
         */
        advanceOnFailure = true

        /*
         *   The number of seconds it takes to carry out this action. By default we
         *   assume every action takes one minute, but this can be overridden either
         *   globally on the Action class or individually on each actiom.
         *   [OBJTIME EXTENSION]
         */
        timeTaken = 60

        /*
         *   The number of seconds to carry out this action as an implicit action.
         *   By default we don't take any, since the normal convention seems to be
         *   to count implicit actions as part of the main action, but this could be
         *   overridden to be, say, the same as timeTaken if zero-time implicit
         *   actions were felt to give an unfair advantage to timed puzzles.
         *   [OBJTIME EXTENSION]
         */
        implicitTimeTaken = 0

        /*
         *  Add our implicitTimeTaken to the total time taken for the turn.
         *  [OBJTIME EXTENSION]
         */
        addImplicitTime()
        {
            addTime(implicitTimeTaken);
        }

    ;

    modify SystemAction
        /*
         *   For OBJTIME extension; a SystemAction shouldn't normally take any game
         *   clock time.
         */
        timeTaken = 0
    ;

    /*
     *   A TimeFuse is a Fuse that executes either at a set time or after a set time
     *
     *   obj and prop are the same as for Fuse, i.e. when the Fuse fires it will
     *   call the prop property of obj.
     *
     *   interval may be speficied as a list, an integer, a BigNumber, a Date or a
     *   single-quoted string. A string or a Date specifies the time at which the
     *   Fuse will execute. Anything else specifies the time after which the Fuse
     *   will execute.
     *
     *   If interval is a list it should be in the form [years, months, days, hours,
     *   minutes, seconds] (trailing elements can be omitted if they are zero). The
     *   Fuse will then execute after the interval
     *
     *   If interval is an integer then it specifies the number of minutes into the
     *   future that the Fuse will execute.
     *
     *   If interval is a BigNumber than it specifies the number of hours into the
     *   future that the Fuse will execute. E.g. 1.0 specifies 1 hour, while 2.5
     *   specifies 2 hours 30 minutes.
     *
     *   If interval is a single-quoted String, then it specifies the time at which
     *   the Fuse will execute. The format may be any of the formats recognized by
     *   Date.parseDate (for which see the System Manual). For example '15:34' would
     *   specify that the Fuse is to execute at 15:34 on the current day, while
     *   '2014:06:22 15:34:00' would specify that the Fuse is to execute at 15:34 on
     *   22nd June 2014 (game time, not real time).
     *
     *  [PART OF THE OBJTIME EXTENSION]
     */
    class TimeFuse: Fuse
        construct(obj, prop, interval)
        {
            inherited Event(obj, prop);

            switch(dataType(interval))
            {
            case TypeInt:
                interval = [0, 0, 0, 0, interval];
                /* Fall through deliberately */
            case TypeList:
                eventTime = timeManager.currentTime.addInterval(interval);
                break;
            case TypeSString:
                eventTime = Date.parseDate(interval, nil,
                                           timeManager.currentTime)[1];
                break;
            case TypeObject:
                if(interval.ofKind(BigNumber))
                {
                    eventTime = timeManager.currentTime.addInterval(
                        [0, 0, 0, interval]);
                    break;
                }
                if(interval.ofKind(Date))
                {
                    eventTime = interval;
                    break;
                }

                /* Fall through deliberately if we're some other kind of object */
            default:
                DMsg(time fuse interval error, 'Bad interval <<interval>> supplied
                    to TimeFuse constructor. ');
                break;

            }
        }

        /* The time (as a Date object) at which this Fuse is set to activate */
        eventTime = nil

        /*
         *   If our eventTime is still in the future, return a turn count well into
         *   the future so we don't execute yet; otherwise return the current turn
         *   count so we do execute on this turn.
         */
        getNextRunTime()
        {
            if(eventTime > timeManager.currentTime)
                return gTurns + 100;
            else
                return gTurns;
        }

    ;

    /*
     *  A SenseTimeFuse is a TimeFuse that only displays its output if senseObj
     *  can sense obj via the sense passed in the senseProp parameter at the
     *  time the fuse executes.
     *  [PART OF THE OBJTIME EXTENSION]
     */
    class SenseTimeFuse: TimeFuse

        /*
         *   senseObj is the object which must be sensed for this Fuse's text to be
         *   displayed. senseProp is one of &canSee, &canReach, &canHear, &canSmell.
         *   If these parameters are omitted then the senseObj will be the same as
         *   the obj whose prop property is executed by the Fuse, and the senseProp
         *   will be &canSee, probably the most common case.
         */
        construct(obj, prop, interval,  senseProp = &canSee, senseObj = obj)
        {
            inherited(obj, prop, interval);

             senseObj_ = senseObj;
             senseProp_ = senseProp;
        }

    ;

    /*
     *  Modifications to TravelConnector for the OBJTIME EXTENSION. The purpose of
     *  these modifications is to allow different TravelConnectors to take different
     *  amounts of time to traverse.
     */
    modify TravelConnector
        /*
         *   The number of seconds it takes to traverse this connector (in addition
         *   to any that come from the Travel action). [OBJTIME EXTENSION ONLY]
         */
        traversalTime = 0

        /*
         *   If we want to vary the time to go through this TravelConnector
         *   depending on where the traveler is starting from (only really relevant
         *   for rooms), we can override this method instead. [OBJTIME EXTENSION ONLY]
         */
        traversalTimeFrom(origin)
        {
            return traversalTime;
        }
    ;

    /*
     *   Modifications for OBJTIME extension, so make traversing a connector take a
     *   certain amount of game time.
     */
    modify Room
        /* Modified in OBJTIME EXTENSION to add the traversal time for entering the room. */
        execTravel(actor, traveler, conn)
        {
            /* Note the actor's starting location */
            local origin = actor.getOutermostRoom();

            /* Carry out the inherited handling */
            inherited(actor, traveler, conn);

            /* Add the traversal time for this connector */
            addTime(conn.traversalTimeFrom(origin));
        }
    ;

    /*
     *  Add a certain number of seconds to the current action time.
     *  [OBJTIME EXTENSION]
     */
    addTime(secs)
    {
        timeManager.additionalTime += secs;
    }

    /*
     *   Make the current action take secs time in total; this overrides any
     *   previously calcuated time for this action.
     *  [OBJTIME EXTENSION]
     */
    takeTime(secs)
    {
        timeManager.replacementTime = secs;
    }

    /*
     *  Make the GoTo action use TravelAction's timeTaken by
     *  default so that any overriding timeTaken on TravelAction
     *  will automatically be reflected on this travel-related
     *  action too. [OBJTIME EXTENSION]
     */
    modify GoTo
       timeTaken = TravelAction.timeTaken
    ;

    /*
     *  Make the Continue action use TravelAction's timeTaken by
     *  default so that any overriding timeTaken on TravelAction
     *  will automatically be reflected on this travel-related
     *  action too. [OBJTIME EXTENSION]
     */
    modify Continue
       timeTaken = TravelAction.timeTaken
    ;

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