SurgeThe Power Behind Your Server.
Discord Login
DocumentationFeatures
Free

Skip Night

Skips the night automatically at a time you pick, or lets players vote on it with the Yes emote. Only one of the two can run at a time.

01What it does

Plenty of players log off when it gets dark. Skip Night fast-forwards the in-game clock when night arrives, either straight away or after a quick vote. You choose which.

  • Automatic System: at the trigger time, the clock jumps to your skip-to time. No questions asked.
  • Voting System: at the trigger time, the bot opens a vote. If enough players vote yes, the night is skipped.

Skip Night is on by default with the Automatic System running, a trigger time of 20 and a skip-to time of 8.

02Setting it up

  1. 1Open Features > Skip Night and make sure the Skip Night master switch is ON.
  2. 2Choose the Automatic System or Voting System tab and turn that system ON. Turning one on switches the other off for you.
  3. 3Set the Trigger Time and Skip To Time.
  4. 4Edit the messages if you want, check the preview, and press Save.
Good to know

Trigger Time and Skip To Time are shared between both tabs. Changing them on one tab changes them on the other too.

03Every setting explained

  • Skip Night (master switch): off means nothing happens at night at all, whichever system is selected.
  • Automatic System / Voting System: which way the night gets skipped. Only one can be on.
  • Trigger Time (0 to 23): the in-game hour when Skip Night kicks in. 20 means any time from 20:00 to 20:59.
  • Skip To Time (0 to 23): the hour the clock jumps to. 8 is a nice bright morning.
  • Night skipped message: posted in chat after the clock jumps. Used by both systems.
  • Vote live message: Voting System only. Posted when the vote opens. Put {votecount} in it to show how many votes are needed.

The skip or the vote starts within a few seconds of the trigger hour arriving, and it only happens once per night.

04How players vote

When the vote opens, everyone sees your vote live message. The default says "Night Skip is Live! React with (Yes) to vote and skip the night!" along with the number of votes needed.

  1. 1Players open the quick chat and send Yes from the Responses section. Local, team or global chat all count.
  2. 2Each vote posts a line like "Zander Voted to skip night (2/3)" so everyone can see the progress.
  3. 3As soon as the needed number is reached, the night is skipped on the spot.
  4. 4If time runs out after 5 minutes, the night is still skipped as long as the votes reached at least 75% of what was needed. Otherwise the night carries on as normal.

Each player only gets one vote. Spamming Yes does nothing extra.

05How many votes are needed

The bot counts who's online the moment the vote opens and asks for roughly a quarter of them, rounded up. You don't set this yourself.

  • 1 to 4 players online: 1 vote
  • 5 to 8 players: 2 votes
  • 9 to 12 players: 3 votes
  • 20 players: 5 votes
  • 50 players: 13 votes
  • 100 players: 25 votes

The number is locked in when the vote starts. People joining or leaving during those 5 minutes don't change it.

06Good to know

  • The vote only opens once the vote live message has actually gone out, so nobody's vote gets lost before they know a vote is on.
  • The vote progress lines are fixed and can't be edited.
  • If the bot is offline when the trigger hour comes round, that night isn't skipped. It'll pick up again the next night.
  • If you clear one of the message boxes and save, it goes back to the default text.
  • While a vote is live, a player saying Yes for any reason (like ordering a Stallion through Book A Ride) also counts as a vote.
Tip

Small or brand new server? Automatic is usually the better pick, because with only a few people on, a vote can feel like a chore. Switch to voting once you've got a regular crowd.