how to make a script that sets a password on the server at a certain time

[Blockbyte!]

I need a script to automatically remove the password of my server and then add it back. For example, it adds a password at 1:00 pm est and then removes it at 10:00 pm est, and that happens every day. would anybody know how to do this?

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[PhantOS]

Something about getLocalTime or getRealTime. Look at chatlog mod it has functions that record the time of day. Once you have that you need a schedule loop that checks the time of day. It's basically a function that is scheduled to call itself every couple of seconds like:

function checktimeLoop() {
       CheckTime();
       $checktimeloop = schedule(30000,0,checktimeLoop);
}
And your CheckTime function should check the time and if it's between a certain time sets $pref::server::password to whatever

[Conan]

Format of getDateTime is
MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS
and time is in 24h

so your checkTimeLoop would be something like

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$PasswordOnTime = "6:00:00";
$PasswordOffTime = "22:00:00";
$AutoPassword = "password";

function passwordCheckLoop() {
	cancel($PasswordCheckLoopSched);

	if (!isObject(MissionCleanup)) { //if this is a non-dedi and the server is shut off
		return;
	}

	%time = getWord(getDateTime(), 1);
	%onTime = $PasswordOnTime;
	%offTime = $PasswordOffTime;

	%onTimeConcat = stripChars(%onTime, ":");
	%offTimeConcat = stripChars(%offTime, ":");
	%currTimeConcat = stripChars(%time, ":");

	if (%onTimeConcat > %offTimeConcat) {
		//its turned on overnight
		if ( %offTimeConcat > %currTimeConcat || %onTimeConcat < %currTimeConcat) {
			$Pref::Server::Password = $AutoPassword;
		} else {
			$Pref::Server::Password = "";
		}
	} else {
		//its turned off overnight
		if ( %onTimeConcat < %currTimeConcat && %currTimeConcat < %offTimeConcat ) {
			$Pref::Server::Password = $AutoPassword;
		} else {
			$Pref::Server::Password = "";
		}
	}

	$PasswordCheckLoopSched = schedule(30000, 0, passwordCheckLoop);
}

[Blockbyte!]

thanks, legopepper helped me out a bit more over discord and I got everything working.