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Maybe it is because it is 05:30 in the morning, but I am not having success finding out if my question has been answered already. Please feel free to correct me, and link to an appropriate post or wiki entry.
Since I am having so much fun adding mods and tweaking things to my little Raspberry Pi server, has anyone tried syncing server in-world time with an internet time-clock (network time server)?
Thanks in advance!
(edit: removed "setting time_speed on startup" question... found setting in answer in minetest.conf)
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syncing in-world time from nts?
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syncing in-world time from nts?
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Re: setting time_speed and time from ntc?
ok...after a better use of keywords, found 'time_speed' setting in minetest.conf file - problem solved!
so all that remains is auto setting of in-world time to sync with network time servers.
so all that remains is auto setting of in-world time to sync with network time servers.
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Re: syncing in-world time from nts?
Someone made a mod that synchronizes game time with computer clock on start long time ago, but I no longer have it around. I'm not sure if it was khonkhortisan who made it.
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Re: syncing in-world time from nts?
It's a bad idea to sync the minetest time with the internet clock. Many people live on diffrent timezones and some of them will always have night and some always day, which is .. crap.
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Re: syncing in-world time from nts?
Krock wrote:It's a bad idea to sync the minetest time with the internet clock. Many people live on diffrent timezones and some of them will always have night and some always day, which is .. crap.
I wasn't asking for opinions, but thanks anyway. I'm interested in options, or existing projects/mods, before I venture into doing it myself.
Since I choose to currently run my server at real-time speed, I am interested in syncing it with local time (Denmark UTC+1), because that is what I want to experiment with. If other people want to join, let's say... from the Americas, then it will probably still appeal to them since many people often play at night locally (weekends and such) so it will still likely be morning on my server anyway (since Denmark is 6-10 hours ahead depending on the America timezones).
Plus, from my experience in other Minetest servers, people generally have no problem working in the dark - it's what torches/lamps are for. And those who are mining or building underground don't care what time it is up top anyway. :P
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