DATESYSTEM Schedules — A schedule addon for my Datesystem macros

Hituro · August 15, 2024, 3:54pm

A frequent question for RPG-devs on the SugarCube channels is “how do I make an NPC schedule or calendar”. Since I already have a set of date/time macros, which have seen some use, it made sense to me to make a Scheduler addon for it.

Features

Create schedules with <<schedule>> or new Schedule()
Store schedules in normal story variables
Assign dates, partial dates, or date ranges to events
Check if a given event is live, or get a list of all active events on a schedule
Make as many schedules as you like, attach them to different datesystems
Write schedule times in easy notation like 7mo 10d or 5mo -> 10mo

Note: This release also updates the base DATESYSTEM to v1.1, which switches the meaning of [y] and [Y] in date formats, renames some methods, and fixes some bugs with dateCompare() .

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hituro/hituro-makes-macros/blob/main/date-macro/schedules.md

## Schedules

Schedules are an optional add-on to the Datesystem, allowing you to create lists of events that you can then check against the current time (or, optionally, a time you supply) to see if they are occurring or not.

**Basic Example**
```html
<<schedule "$myschedule">>                       // create a schedule
    <<event "country fair" "5mo 1d -> 5mo 7d">
<</schedule>> 
<<addevent "$myschedule" "birthday" "5mo 12d">>  // add an event to an existing schedule
<<removeevent "$myschedule" "birthday">>         // remove an event from an existing schedule
<<if $myschedule.check("country fair")>>         // check to see if an event is happening
<<for _event range $myschedule.events()>>        // get a list of currently happening events
```

### Installation

Add the contents of schedule.js to your story Javascript.

## Basic Concepts

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hemiboreal · August 19, 2024, 10:15pm

Hi! Great, amazing idea. I have been using your Date plugin for my game. However, I get the following error as a popup when I boot my game with the new schedules on.
Error [StoryInit]: cannot execute macro <<schedule>>: ["$","_"].contains is not a function.

I have tried to replace with .includes in all three instances but it seems to just return more errors.
I have even tried updating to Dates 1.1.
Thanks for the plugin!

Hituro · August 20, 2024, 9:13am

Hi

That looks like a SugarCube 2.37 issue, in that it removes contains() and switches to includes().

Making the three changes (which I assume are the ones you did) the code runs fine in 2.37 for me (and I’ve pushed the updated version to gitHub), so I’d be interested in knowing what the other errors you are seeing are.

hemiboreal · August 20, 2024, 12:03pm

Ok, I tried getting your updated version but it has the same error as I had when I switched the JS myself.

It returns a black game (there is no Passage or Story title, just the Save and Restart buttons) and when I go into Debug mode and press Play I get this error:

d.split is not a function or its return value is not iterable.

I play around with it a bit more and it seems to be an issue with the <<schedule $schedule>> macro. Whenever I add it it gives me what’s above, not the Javascript itself though.

Hituro · August 20, 2024, 12:25pm

Can you DM me the story file (or failing that, email it to stranger@teuton.org)

hemiboreal · August 20, 2024, 12:48pm

Done!

Hituro · August 20, 2024, 1:59pm

Thanks

I think the issue was a problem reviving the Schedule, where it ended up trying to parse the event it had already parsed. I’ve pushed a new version that should hopefully fix that.

hemiboreal · August 20, 2024, 2:19pm

Seems to work well. Thanks so much!