server times

[Spang11]

Just a quick (slightly daft) question: in The Gun Nuttery shop they say they can't sell actual guns after 8pm. As yet I've not seen them on sale, although I don't go there often, and it just struck me that the game is "Pleasantville By Night". So is it:
a)They do actually sell guns during certain game-time hours, but we don't see the game-time shown anywhere (though there is a time shown here on the forums).
b)It's always nighttime in the game so they never sell guns (despite the name, this possibility only just occurred to me).

If b then I suppose it might be something to add to the Help page (or maybe I'm the only person to have overlooked that). If OTOH it's (a) then maybe we should see the game-time shown somewhere It's a big world!
I suppose there could be an option c, there is a game time but it's STILL always night-time, although that'd look a bit unusual.

[Taylor]

B. I'll add a Help entry about it.

[Spang11]

Actually here's another addition to this earlier question (which you had answered nice and clearly )...

What time of day does the round end? Is it based on server time? (GMT like the forums?) Or does it start counting the minute the relevant team hits 70%? I spent much of yesterday thinking "Well I'd best get what I can out of the last couple hours of the round, it's about to end"- but it's still on 6 days currently. For that matter, does the round end once the displayed counter reaches 7 days, or after 7 days? I'm supposing the former.

Obviously this wouldn't make much difference for most of the game, but for the final day yeah it can make a difference in terms of how much effort people know it's worth exerting etc, and could probably make a difference to strategy too.

[Taylor]

It was originally midnight GMT, but the current setup is kind of weird because I was originally under the impression the server host didn't allow you to use a certain type of script (cron jobs, if that means anything).
Right now it only runs if someone is online, then sets itself to run again 24 hours later, and because of this the time's gotten shifted. I think it'll happen at some point this afternoon.
That's something I'll be fixing for next round.

The round ends when it reaches seven days, though there's a bit of downtime before reset.

[Spang11]

ah ok, yeah I grok Cron jobs (I use Linux and have my own website too). That sounds like it's a bit complicated ATM. I can't help noticing though it has now reached 7 days and nothing seems to have happened (wot no archangel? )

[sfericz]

How long is the downtime usually for? And by downtime, I take it as the server will be offline? Can't wait to start the next round, I've been saving my vitality up just incase the small chance it carriers over next round.

[Taylor]

Nah, server will stay up, there probably just won't be much going on besides maybe people messing around.

[sfericz]

Hey thats perfect, I wanted to be able to test some stuff out. Let us know if you need any help.