The plugin below calculates elapsed time from when you connected and shows it in the status bar. It can be reset by typing "timerreset" so you can use it for timing any event (eg. you have 10 minutes to find your corpse).
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE muclient>
<!-- Saved on Thursday, March 04, 2004, 7:32 AM -->
<!-- MuClient version 3.42 -->
<!-- Plugin "Timer" generated by Plugin Wizard -->
<muclient>
<plugin
name="Timer"
author="Nick Gammon"
id="cc98cbe576474a19d1715a02"
language="VBscript"
purpose="Shows elapsed time in status bar"
date_written="2004-03-04 07:29:18"
requires="3.30"
version="1.0"
>
<description trim="y">
<![CDATA[
This plugin displays time connected in the status bar.
It can be reset to zero when you like.
The time is shown as hours and minutes (eg. 4h 22m) - if you are connected for
more than a day then it will show more than 24 hours.
You could amend it slightly to change that if you wanted.
Commands
--------
timerreset - reset timer to zero
Timer:help - show this help
]]>
</description>
</plugin>
<!-- Aliases -->
<aliases>
<alias
script="TimerToZero"
match="resettimer"
enabled="y"
send_to="2"
sequence="100"
>
<send>Timer reset.</send>
</alias>
</aliases>
<!-- Timers -->
<timers>
<timer name="StatusBarTimer" script="ElapsedTimer" enabled="y" second="30" >
</timer>
</timers>
<!-- Script -->
<script>
<![CDATA[
'
' Timer showing when we last connected
'
dim tConnected
tConnected = Now
'
' This world has been connected (to the MUD)
'
sub OnPluginConnect
tConnected = Now
Call ElapsedTimer ("StatusBarTimer")
end sub
'
' Plugin has been installed
'
sub OnPluginInstall
Call OnPluginConnect
end sub
'
' Called by alias to zero timer
'
Sub TimerToZero (sName, sLine, wildcards)
Call OnPluginConnect
End Sub
'
' Called when timer fires
'
Sub ElapsedTimer (sName)
dim Minutes, Hours
'
' Calculate how long in minutes
'
Minutes = DateDiff ("n", tConnected, Now)
'
' Convert to hours and minutes
'
Hours = Int (Minutes / 60)
Minutes = Minutes - (Hours * 60)
'
' Update status bar
'
SetStatus "Timer: " & Hours & "h " & Minutes & "m"
End Sub
'
' Plugin is being removed (closed)
'
sub OnPluginClose
SetStatus "Ready"
end sub
]]>
</script>
<!-- Plugin help -->
<aliases>
<alias
script="OnHelp"
match="Timer:help"
enabled="y"
>
</alias>
</aliases>
<script>
<![CDATA[
Sub OnHelp (sName, sLine, wildcards)
world.Note world.GetPluginInfo (world.GetPluginID, 3)
End Sub
]]>
</script>
</muclient>