What is an Epoch Event?

[vbawol]

This system can be used to execVM a script on a specific Year,Month,Day,Hour,Minute or ANY.

 

Example Events config in init.sqf:

 EpochEvents = [["any","any","any","any",0,"hello_word"],["any","any","any","any",30,"crash_spawner"],["any","any","any","any",0,"crash_spawner"]];

This will fire the hello_word.sqf and crash_spawner.sqf found inside the dayz_server.pbo "modules" folder at the top of the hour and crash_spawner.sqf again on 30.

[Sandbird]

Is there a way to remove the script after X minutes ?

For example load racetrack.sqf on Tuesday night and 2h later remove it.

[maca134]

You would have to create another event script to remove the objects.

 

You could add the objects to a global variable and then loop through it when you want to remove it.

[Sandbird]

so if we want a script to run every day at 20:00 we'll do something like this ?

 

 

 EpochEvents = [["any","any","any","20",0,"custom_script"],["any","any","any","any",30,"crash_spawner"],["any","any","any","any",0,"crash_spawner"]];

 

And how is the Year,Month,Day set ?

Full year ? like 2013

Month 1-12

Day 1-7  (Which one is 1 ? sunday or Monday ?)

[maca134]

I think the day is 1-31

 

And yes that looks correct.

[Sandbird]

Oh yeah, lol...i am a dumbass. thanks maca

[MassAsster]

Example Events config in init.sqf

 

 

to be clear, we are talking about the map init, arn't we ?

[BetterDeadThanZed]

 

This system can be used to execVM a script on a specific Year,Month,Day,Hour,Minute or ANY.

 

Example Events config in init.sqf:

 EpochEvents = [["any","any","any","any",0,"hello_word"],["any","any","any","any",30,"crash_spawner"],["any","any","any","any",0,"crash_spawner"]];

This will fire the hello_word.sqf and crash_spawner.sqf found inside the dayz_server.pbo "modules" folder at the top of the hour and crash_spawner.sqf again on 30.

 

 

I don't have a "modules" folder in my dayz_server.pbo. I only have compile, init and system. My files such as init.sqf and mission.sqm, etc go into a seperate folder on my server, not into my pbo. Do I put the event sqf into the folder with those files?

[babylonstew]

is there a way to have it trigger once per reset?, as im trying to have a roaming trader who changes locationtyo one of several every reset.

similar to what maca has on uk420 ;)

[vbawol]

I don't have a "modules" folder in my dayz_server.pbo. I only have compile, init and system. My files such as init.sqf and mission.sqm, etc go into a seperate folder on my server, not into my pbo. Do I put the event sqf into the folder with those files?

If you do not have have a modules folder then your not using our server pbo, maybe your using a modified version from a host?

[vbawol]

to be clear, we are talking about the map init, arn't we ?

yes

[BetterDeadThanZed]

If you do have have a models folder then your not using our server pbo, maybe your using a modified version from a host?

 

That was posted 3 weeks ago. I've since changed hosts.

[grillorj]

In this Event

["any","any","any","any",30,"crash_spawner"]

 

this 30 means that will execute 30 in 30 minutes? Is this?

[rukx]

I used a simple setDate script to shorten days and nights! Awesome sauce.

[GhostTown]

I used a simple setDate script to shorten days and nights! Awesome sauce.

 

Can you explain this?

I Have been looking for a script that I change the Length of days and nights..

[duncajcb]

when using the [Year,Month,Day,Hour,Minute,"blah];

 

what is the time relative to?  Real world time?  Server time?  Game time?

 

ie.  I'm running a Dayz.st server and have full moon nights enabled which has the setDate [year, month, day, hour, minute] already run.  Not to mention I am running on GMT -12 but live in GMT-5.

[duncajcb]

Can you explain this?

I Have been looking for a script that I change the Length of days and nights..

  so far ive found http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setDate

[vbawol]

In this Event

["any","any","any","any",30,"crash_spawner"]

 

this 30 means that will execute 30 in 30 minutes? Is this?

That will execute on the :30 minute mark of each hour.

[Adminlaststand]

I used a simple setDate script to shorten days and nights! Awesome sauce.

care to share with us how you did this?

 

Cheers

[Turtle]

Can someone please make a turtorial or list steps to get the missions on my server. I have been looking all over and this is the closest I've gotten but still no one actually says how I can install or add the scripts to get the Epoch Events on your own server. 

[Sandbird]

I am having a small problem with the time the events start. For example:

EpochEvents = [
["any","any","any","any",0,"crash_spawner"],
["any","any","any","any",15,"supply_drop"],
["any","any","any","any",20,"supply_drop"],
["any","any","any","any",30,"crash_spawner"],
["any","any","any","00",00,"Military"],
["any","any","any","00",30,"Supplyitems"],
["any","any","any","01",00,"sidemissions"],
["any","any","any","02",40,"Treasure"],
["any","any","any","03",50,"Military"],
["any","any","any","04",40,"Construction"],
["any","any","any","06",30,"Supplyitems"],
["any","any","any","07",30,"sidemissions"],
["any","any","any","08",20,"Military"],
["any","any","any","10",38,"Construction"],
["any","any","any","12",10,"Supplyitems"],
["any","any","any","14",30,"Treasure"],
["any","any","any","17",50,"Military"],
["any","any","any","18",20,"sidemissions"],
["any","any","any","21",50,"Military"],
["any","any","any","23",10,"Treasure"]];

Is the hour 00:00 and all the way up to the 10:38, are set like this ?

That extra 0 should be there or not ?

Cause right now, some events fire up at the same time and NOT at 00:30 (for example)...but some time after that.

Its just acts weird....i dont know why.....Not to mention that the markers on the map, sometimes dont correspond to the colors i selected in the .sqf files.

Sometimes Treasure.sqf is Brown, when i have it Yellow, etc...

[Guest]

could be because all the event markers are defined by _event_marker, so if there 2 events at the same time running it will create a conflict

 

just a wild guess, i dont guarantee anything

[Sandbird]

Hmmm i thought the private variables at the top of each file would guarantee that wont happen.
That means any variable is a gobal variable?
Why do we have setvariable and getvariable the ?

I am mot attacking you, dont get me wrong. I am getting winded up with the arma engine. I thought (if this is why its doing that) that i shouldnt worry about such things.

 

Edit:

 

Yeah, this is total BS: my log file a few minutes ago with the above Event settings:

21:20:04 "RUNNING EVENT: supply_drop on [2013,11,30,17,20]"
21:20:04 "RUNNING EVENT: Military on [2013,11,30,17,20]"
21:20:04 "RUNNING EVENT: sidemissions on [2013,11,30,17,20]"

I dont see any event starting at 21:20.....anyone ?

[Sandbird]

Well, thanks to the AWESOME non existing documentation of dayz epoch events and after wasting 2h trying to figure this out i came to the conclusion that in order to make the epoch event function to work every specific hour of a day, you must NOT use double quote at the time integers.

So the proper way of writing an event for ex. 20:32 is :

 

["any","any","any",20,32,"sidemissions"],

 

putting the extra quotes will break the event.

 

Thank you again for the detailed documentation on how to make an epoch event ....... (not).

[Guest]

jeah well, everyone else did figure it out xD