jaakkytt / 7days-to-die-time-bot

A Discord bot that reports the daytime and the current player count of a 7 Days to Die game server

7 Days to Die daytime bot

A Discord bot that reports the daytime and the current player count of a 7 Days to Die game server as the bot activity state. The bot switches its afk status to Idle when there are no players on the server, and Online when there are players.

Example statuses:

🕊️Day 118/119, 12:00 🧍1
💀Day 119, 12:00 🧍2
💀Day 120, 03:00 🧍4
🕊️Day 120/126, 04:01 🧍1
🕊️Paused at Day 122/126, 04:11

Currently, there are some assumptions on the game server configurations:

• TelnetEnabled is set to true
• TelnetPort and TelnetPassword values have been specified
• BloodMoonFrequency has a default value of 7

Installation

Discord bot

• Create a new bot application in the Discord Developer Portal
• In Settings > Bot: use the Reset Token button to generate a new token, copy that for later
• In Settings > Bot > Privileged Gateway Intents: enable PRESENCE INTENT and MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT
• In Settings > OAuth2 > Url Generator: check the scope bot and bot permissions Read Messages/View Channels, Send Messages, and Use Embedded Activities
• Use the generated URL to invite the bot in your Discord channel.

Node application

If your game server is running on the https://github.com/Didstopia/7dtd-server container image, you can simply run the bot in a Docker container next to your game instance. Adjust the variables and volume mappings accordingly. Or set up a container created from the jaakkytt/7days-to-die-time-bot:latest image, and additionally specify the TELNET_HOST and TELNET_PORT variables.

services:
  game:
    container_name: 7d2d
    image: didstopia/7dtd-server:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "26900:26900/tcp"
      - "26900:26900/udp"
      - "26901:26901/udp"
      - "26902:26902/udp"
    volumes:
      - ./game:/steamcmd/7dtd
      - ./data:/app/.local/share/7DaysToDie
    environment:
      - SEVEN_DAYS_TO_DIE_UPDATE_CHECKING=0
      - SEVEN_DAYS_TO_DIE_BRANCH=public
      - SEVEN_DAYS_TO_DIE_TELNET_PORT=8081
      - SEVEN_DAYS_TO_DIE_TELNET_PASSWORD=
  bot:
    container_name: time-bot
    image: jaakkytt/7days-to-die-time-bot:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
      - game
    environment:
      - DISCORD_TOKEN=
      - DISCORD_LOGIN_TIMEOUT=60000
      - DISCORD_UPDATE_INTERVAL=20000
      - TELNET_HOST=game
      - TELNET_PORT=8081
      - TELNET_PASSWORD=

If you wish to run the Node.js application outside the container:

• clone this repo,
• run npm install,
• run npm run build,
• create an .env file from .env.example and fill in the variables in that file,
• and run node dist/app.js

7days-to-die-time-bot's Issues

Add usage guide and example of result

Include discord bot and container setup.

Include example status messages:

🕊️Day 118/119, 12:00 🧍1
💀Day 119, 12:00 🧍2
💀Day 120, 03:00 🧍2
🕊️Day 120/126, 04:01 🧍1

Reduce the amount of permissions the bot requires

The bot probably does not need the MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT nor the Read Messages/View Channels and Send Messages permissions - currently they are there just because I did not clean up the DiscordClient after initial development and debugging.

• Identify the minimum set of permissions the bot needs to run
• Clean up DiscordClient and installation guide

Make the BloodMoonFrequency configurable

Currently, the bot assumes BloodMoonFrequency is set to 7. This could easily be made configurable if anyone shows some interest.