So this is my first sneak peak post about the features that will come to v4.0.0 of Raid-Organizer!

This update will contain 2 new features:

• Scheduled Events
• Voice Channel creation
• (Premium Rewrite)

Scheduled/Discord Events​

In the gif below you see me creating an event with a start and end time + an image.

Note: Discord scheduled events have some limitations. In general there are:

• External events (events that do not have a stage/voice channel as a location)
• And internal events (events that have a stage or voice channel as a location)

External events must have a start time and and end time! Otherwise no event will be created.
Internal events only need a start time.

Since the bot only creates external events, your event must have an end time. Otherwise no Discord event will be created.

Also:

• If you add an end time later on, the bot will create the scheduled event.
• If an event has a voice channel attached (see below), the location of the scheduled event will be changed to the voice channel. (Note: That currently does not work because of a bug in the Discord lib.)

Some more notes:

• You will be able to en/disable the creation of those events with the new command /toggle discord_events. It is off by default. If on event creations will also create Discord events. Note: The bot needs additional permissions for this feature. You will find more information in the /permission command.
• Scheduled events are deleted on event delete.
• They are linked with the voice channel (if set and the voice channel is already created)
• If you edit the event, the scheduled event is also edited.
• The image from event create is also used for the scheduled event

Voice Channels (Premium)​

In the gif below you see me setting up a voice config with the following settings:

• Name of the voice channel will be created dynamically by the event title and the event date.
• The voice channel will be created 5 minutes before the event start time is reached
• The category in which the voice channel is created is called Voice Channels

Voice Channel behaviour:

• Voice channels are only created if the event has a start time
• Voice channels get removed:
  • After the event end time is reached and no user is in the channel.
  • If a user is in the channel after the end time is reached, the voice channel will be removed right after the last user leaves the channel.
  • If the event has no end time, the voice channel will be removed when the last user leaves the channel and the start time is in the past.
  • If an event gets deleted/closed and no user is in the channel, the channel will also be removed.
  • If a user is in the channel during deletion, the channel will be removed right after the last user leaves the channel.
• If the corresponding event gets edited (example the title changed), the voice channel will also change its name (if the ${event_title} variable was used).

Premium Rewrite​

As you might know, I am currently rewriting the Premium-System.
I have a few main things I want to achieve with this rewrite:

Making Premium via Paypal/Gears, Bronze and Silver/Gold Patreon equal.
Currently if you get Premium you have other benefits than Bronze Patreons. And if you are a Bronze Patreon you have other benefits enabled than Silver/Gold Patreons.

This will be gone after the rewrite. There will only be one Premium to rule them all ;)

But, as you might imagine, this requires some structural code changes.
Apart from that, I haven't really touched the Patreon system since I implemented it... like 2 years ago. Back than I implemented a minimal system because like 2 guys asked me if there is a way of supporting me.
The PayPal code isn't much better...

So the rewrite will:

• Combine all those features.
• Make it, hopefully, easier to use and maintain for both the user and me
• Change it to a key based system
  • Patreons will get keys that they can apply to a server. That server will have Premium features active.
  • Buying Premium over PayPal will give you a key that adds X days of Premium to that server.
  • Exchanging Votes/Gears for Premium will not change.
• And, most likely, there will also be "pay once, have lifetime Premium", option.

That's all I can say for now. Sadly I have no ETA for it ATM since I haven't even started with the PayPal rewrite and I don't know how much work it will be.

Cheers,
Snawe