samp-precise-timers ⌚

Developed for net4game.com (RolePlay), this SA-MP plugin provides precise timers for the server. It is written in Rust, a memory-safe language.

Available on sampctl:

bmisiak/samp-precise-timers

Why rewrite timers?

I had a lot of safety concerns with some of the existing solutions. They weren't written with data integrity, memory safety or preventing server crashes in mind and seemed to have quite a few bugs. As privacy and safety is our primary concern at net4game, I wrote this in Rust, which combines high-level ergonomics with the performance of a low-level language. ⚡

Take a look at the code to see the benefits.

Notes

• Calling DeletePreciseTimer from a timer's callback works fine. ✔
• Creating new timers from callbacks works fine as well. ✔
• Supports strings and arrays properly without memory leaks. ✔

Compiling

Install Rust from rustup.rs. Afterwards, you are two commands away from being able to compile for SA-MP, which is a 32-bit application.

Compile for Linux servers

rustup target add i686-unknown-linux-gnu

Then, enter the project directory and execute:

cargo build --target=i686-unknown-linux-gnu --release

Compile for Windows servers

Note: You might need to install Visual Studio Build Tools.

rustup target add i686-pc-windows-msvc

Then, enter the project directory and execute:

cargo build --target=i686-pc-windows-msvc --release

Contributing

If you like the code and would like to help out, feel free to submit a pull request. Let me know at [email protected] if you would like to join our team. 👋