api.lua

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ function yl_ticker.set(message, frequency, runtime, owner, param)
 
     -- Check frequency
     if (type(frequency) ~= "number") then
-        return false, "frequency not a number"
+        frequency = yl_ticker.settings.frequency
+        --return false, "frequency not a number"
     end
     if (frequency <= 0) then
         return false, "Frequency cannot be zero or negative"

chatcommand_list_all.lua

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ local chatcommand_definition = {
                          "[yl_ticker] player " .. name .. " lists all tickers: " ..
                              param .. " unsuccessfully, message: " ..
                              dump(message))
+            if (next(message) == nil) then message = "No tickers active" end
             return false, dump(message)
         end
     end

globalsteps.lua

@@ -27,14 +27,12 @@ local function calculate_bucket(bucket, data) -- This is per bucket
         ticker._next_runtime = os.time() + n * distance
         n = n + 1
     end
-
 end
 
 local delta = 1
 local timer = 0
 
 local gs = function(dtime)
-
     timer = timer + dtime
     if timer <= delta then return end
     timer = timer - delta
@@ -50,32 +48,33 @@ local gs = function(dtime)
 
     -- Check if any ticker should be displayed
     for _, ticker in pairs(data) do
-        -- Check if any ticker needs to be removed from the list due to runtime expired.
+        if current_time >= (ticker._next_runtime or 0) then
-        if ((type(ticker.runtime) == "number") and
-            (current_time >= ticker.runtime)) then
-            yl_ticker.delete(ticker.id)
-            table.insert(changed_buckets, ticker.frequency)
-        elseif current_time >= (ticker._next_runtime or 0) then
-
             if (type(ticker._next_runtime) ~= "number") then
                 table.insert(changed_buckets, ticker.frequency)
             else
+                yl_ticker.log(os.date("!%H:%M:%S", os.time()) .. " = " ..
+                                  tostring(ticker.id))
                 local a_success, message = yl_ticker.say(ticker.id, "*")
                 if (a_success == false) then
                     minetest.log("error",
                                  "[yl_ticker] globalstep cannot send to target, message = " ..
                                      dump(message) .. " : ticker = " ..
                                      dump(ticker))
-                    return
                 end
                 ticker._next_runtime = ticker._next_runtime +
-                                           (ticker.frequency or 3600)
+                                           (ticker.frequency or
+                                               yl_ticker.settings.frequency)
             end
+        end
 
-            yl_ticker.log(os.date("!%H:%M:%S", os.time()) .. " = " ..
+        -- Check if this ticker needs to be removed from the list due to runtime expired.
-                              tostring(ticker.id))
+        if ((type(ticker.runtime) == "number") and
+            (current_time > ticker.runtime)) then
+            yl_ticker.delete(ticker.id)
+            table.insert(changed_buckets, ticker.frequency)
         end
     end
+
     -- If there were any tickers that had no _next_runtime, then we need to recalculate their bucket
     if next(data) then
         for _, bucket in ipairs(changed_buckets) do