arma3-be-scheduler

Schedule messages or commands to be sent to your arma 3 server.

Requirements

1. Node.JS
2. NPM - This is installed by defualt with Node.JS
3. arma3-be

Installation

1. Run the command npm 1 --save arma3-be-scheduler
2. Done! Now to configure.

Configuration

Package

This will load the package to be used in your code.
Add this to the top of your file.

const arma3_be_scheduler = require("arma3-be-scheduler")

Config

The config sets your timezone and the commands you want to be sent to your server.
Add this to your file and change the values.

arma3_be_scheduler.Config({
    "Debug": true,
    "Timezone": "America/New_York",
    "Commands": [
        {
            "Command": "say -1 Hello World!", //This will global messages everyone on the server with Hello World!
            "Amount": 1, //This will send the command one time
            "Time": "* * * * *" //To run the command every minute (1:01am, 1:02am, 1:03am, etc..)
        }
    ],
})

Functions

arma3_be_scheduler.Config(Config)

This function configures your scheduler setup.
The function's parameter must be an object.

Parameter Object

• "Debug" (true or false) - True will console log every time a command is run
• "Timezone" (string) - This is the timezone you want to use. (Useful map to find your timezome map)
• "Commands" (array of objects) - This array is for each command you want to send to your server.
  Each object must have the following values.
  • "Command" (string) - The battleye server command you want to send
    • Useful website to find commands
  • "Amount" (number) - How many times you want the command to be run
  • "Time" (string) - The cron time to run the command
    • There must be 5 inputs for minutes, hours, days, months, weeks
    • Useful website to figure out the time