carim-discord-bot 2.2.5

Discord bot that provides DayZ RCon capabilities and cross chat

carim-discord-bot

A simple Discord bot that can communicate with BattlEye via RCon. Support can be found in the Carim Discord.

Table of Contents

• Install
• Update
• Features
• Usage
  • Examples
• Scheduled Commands
  • Examples

Install

1. Install Python 3.7 or 3.8
2. Run pip3 install carim-discord-bot
3. Run carim-bot --setup and follow the instructions

Alternatively, you can deploy using Heroku.

Update

1. Run pip3 install carim-discord-bot -U
2. Run carim-bot --setup configuration to see if any options have changed
3. Update your configuration file accordingly
4. Restart the service if you have one

Features

• Log RCon communication to Discord
• Send RCon commands to the server via Discord
• Schedule RCon commands to be executed by relative time or aligned with the clock
• Skip the next instance of a scheduled command
• Perform safe shutdowns of the server, including kicking players and locking
• Establish cross-chat that links the in-game chat and a Discord channel

Usage

commands:
--help                     displays this usage information
--about                    display some information about the bot
--version                  display the current version of the bot

admin commands:
--command [command]        send command to the server, or list
                           the available commands
--shutdown [seconds]       shutdown the server in a safe manner
                           with an optional delay; notice messages
                           are broadcasted to the server at
                           60, 30, 20, 10, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 minute
                           until shutdown
--status                   show current scheduled item status
--skip index               skip next run of scheduled command
--kill                     make the bot terminate

Examples

--command "say -1 Hello everybody!"
# this sends a message to everybody on the server
# notice the quotes around the command

--command players
# gets a list of currently connected players

--shutdown 3600
# schedules the server to be shutdown in an hour

Scheduled Commands

Examples

Send a global server message every 5 minutes

{
  "command": "say -1 Hello everybody!",
  "interval": 300
}

Shutdown the server every 3 hours starting at 00:00

{
  "command": "safe_shutdown",
  "delay": 3600,
  "interval": 10800,
  "with_clock": true,
  "offset": 3600
}