SRP System

01What it does

SRP is a daily raid window for the whole server. You set two times. At the Allow Server Raiding time, building damage is switched on everywhere, so bases can be raided. At the Deny Server Raiding time, it's switched off again and every base is safe. That cycle repeats every day until you turn SRP off.

It's a good fit for servers where most of your players are in one region and you don't want people losing everything at 4am. The window can cross midnight too (for example, allow at 18:00 and deny at 02:00).

The panel shows a 24 hour timeline of your schedule, how many hours are raidable versus protected, the current UTC time, whether raiding is allowed right now, and a countdown to the next switch.

02Setting it up

1. 1Open Features > SRP System and go to the Raid Schedule tab.
2. 2Set the Allow Server Raiding time and the Deny Server Raiding time (HH:MM). Your local time is shown under each one so you can sanity check it.
3. 3Save the schedule.
4. 4Flip the master switch ON. Surge applies the correct state straight away and posts the matching announcement.

03Every setting explained

• Allow Server Raiding: the UTC time each day when building damage is turned on server-wide. Required.
• Deny Server Raiding: the UTC time each day when building damage is turned off server-wide. Required, and it has to be different from the allow time.
• Master switch: starts and stops the schedule. It won't turn on until you've saved a valid schedule.

Saving a new time while SRP is on works the same as turning it on: the correct state for right now is applied immediately, with an announcement.

04Announcements

On the SRP Personalization tab you set the automatic messages for when raiding is on and when it is off. They go out at the same Allow and Deny times as the raid schedule — you cannot pick a separate interval for them. In-game lines join the chat queue. Discord uses the two embeds on that same tab.

• Each in-game message can be up to 1000 characters and neither can be left empty.
• Rust rich text works, so you can use things like <b>, <size=45>, <color=red> and <br> for a new line. The in-game preview shows you how it will look.
• The defaults are a big red [RAIDING] heading with "Raiding is Allowed" or "Raiding is Turned Off" underneath.
• Reset to default puts an in-game message back to the original.
• Turn Discord on, pick a channel, and edit the raiding-on and raiding-off embeds. Those post at the same schedule times as the in-game lines.

05If the server or bot was offline

Switches fire on the exact minute. If your server or the bot was down when a switch was due, Surge applies the right state as soon as it reconnects, so you never end up stuck in the wrong mode after a restart.

The chat announcement is only sent if the switch was due in the last 5 minutes. That way players don't get a "raiding is allowed" message hours late when the server comes back from a long restart. The state itself is still corrected either way.

06Good to know

• Turning SRP off leaves raiding exactly how it is at that moment. It doesn't flip anything back. If you switch it off during a protected window, building damage stays off until you change it yourself with the PVB switch under Management > Shortcuts.
• The PVB switch on the Shortcuts page follows SRP, so you can see the current state there too.
• Every switch, including the one made when you turn SRP on, comes with the matching in-game announcement and Discord embed if Discord is on (apart from late catch-ups after downtime).