Getting variables from another plugin?

1. How do I get a variable from another plugin? I tried to make a function and return the variable in the other plugin and

Code:

bool isAFK = (bool)PlayTimeTracker.CallHook("returnisAFK", null);

but I get

Code:

(NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object)
[Oxide] 23:04 [Debug]   at Oxide.Plugins.Interest.checkAFK (.BasePlayer player, System.String command, System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Oxide.Plugins.Interest.DirectCallHook (System.String name, System.Object& ret, System.Object[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Oxide.Plugins.CSharpPlugin.InvokeMethod (System.Reflection.MethodInfo method, System.Object[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Oxide.Core.Plugins.CSPlugin.OnCallHook (System.String name, System.Object[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Oxide.Core.Plugins.Plugin.CallHook (System.String hookname, System.Object[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 

2. how do I get a timer that is called x second as long a player is still online? I was thinking do doing a while statement to test if the player is still in, and if he is, call timer.Once hook, but I can already see an error with that, and surely there is a better way.

 

I did reference it.

can you give me an example code?

 

Call a function from the plugin using the parameters it needs. This is just a example as I haven't looked at the plugin

Code:

object isAFK = PlayTimeTracker?.Call("functionName", new object[]{param1, param2});
if (isAFK is bool)
if ((bool) isAFK)
//do stuff

 

what did you put a question mark? and dont you mean 'as' instead of is?
and I'm looking for a way to call the class variable directly if that's possible

 

What Wulf said for the question mark and no I meant 'is'

Code:

object isAFK = PlayTimeTracker?.Call("functionName", new object[]{param1, param2});
if (isAFK is bool) // Check to make sure what has been returned is actually bool
    if ((bool) isAFK) // Check to see if the bool is true
         //do stuff

That example was to call a function from another plugin which is what I thought you were trying to do based on what you originally posted.

After looking at PlayTimeTracker there is no indication anywhere of a check to see whether a player is actually AFK. The AFK time is calculated in a function by checking the players position from a previously stored position, then it checks the time difference between then and now and the time is added to the time stamp in data.

I am unsure why you want to use another plugin to get this data anyway, you could easily create a function inside your own plugin to check whether your player is AFK. Here is something I quickly put together based roughly the same way as PlayTimeTracker does it, its pretty basic and untested but its a good start that you can improve on

Code:

        Dictionary<ulong, Vector3> AFKData = new Dictionary<ulong, Vector3>();
        List<ulong> AFKPlayers = new List<ulong>();        void OnServerInitialized()
        {
            AFKCheck();
        }        void AFKCheck()
        {
            foreach (BasePlayer player in BasePlayer.activePlayerList)
            {
                if (AFKData.ContainsKey(player.userID)) // If afkdata already contains the player check their position
                {
                    if (player.transform.position == AFKData[player.userID]) // If the players current position is the same as their previous position
                        AFKPlayers.Add(player.userID); // Add them to afk list
                    else
                    {
                        if (AFKPlayers.Contains(player.userID))
                            AFKPlayers.Remove(player.userID); // The players postion is not the same so check the afk players list and remove them if they are in there
                        AFKData[player.userID] = player.transform.position; // Update the data with the new position
                    }
                }
                else AFKData.Add(player.userID, player.transform.position); // No data currently for this player so add them in
            }
            timer.Once(300, () => AFKCheck()); // Repeat this function in 5 mins (continuous loop)
        }        bool isAFK(BasePlayer player)
        {
            if (AFKPlayers.Contains(player.userID)) // Check if the player is in the afk list
            {
                if (AFKData.ContainsKey(player.userID)) // Check if the player is in data (they should already be here if they are in the afk list)
                    if (AFKData[player.userID] == player.transform.position) // Check the position one last time to make sure they havent moved since the last check
                        return true;
            }                  
            return false;
        }

 

It didnt have that function (I added it myself), and I didnt make one because I was unsure of how to do a repeat effectively (which was my second question). Thanks for the sample script, Ill check it out