Feature Upgrade · Calendars · Created by
Matheral
declined
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation? I don't know if it's just me doing something wrong but I would like a working calendar. Currently if I set the current date on Traith as Xymdrel 31st it doesn't reflect the passage of time by showing tomorrow that the current date would Xymdrel 32nd. I have to manually go in and change it lol and to be honest I forget more often than I remember. The last time I updated it was Rilfant 28th and that's the equivalent of March 26th and today is the first day of WorldEmber.
How does this feature request address the current situation? I would like to see functionality added so my world reflects the passage of time by showing that today is Xymdrel 31st and when I log in tomorrow it will tell me that it's Xymdrel 32nd and when i login in 6 days it's the 37th of Xymdrel. Or maybe the introduction of a world clock that tracks the hours of a day on a given world.
If this could be tied into the Timelines system somehow you would also get something like an "on this day in history" or "famous people born on this date" I truly feel something like this could breathe some much more life into our worlds
Follow up
I can understand how this wouldn't necessarily benefit everyone so maybe as a feature option able to be turned off and on or possibly as a widget or something
The Team's Response
Hello Beans
This suggestion is not taking into consideration that first of all the calendars are not meant to track time (in their current implementation) but also that in many time systems the length of day varies. So a day in their calendar would not be a calendar on our calendar. A prime example of that would be Sci-fi settings with multiple planets with many varied dating system.
In addition this is a very very very specific feature. What we can do is add a button to progress to the next day but that can already be done by clicking on the date on the top right of your world and changing the day.
In terms of a campaign, if we automate this, that will mean that during week days the date will still be going, while sessions that last multiple dates will get the calendar drastically out of sync.
Feel free to reach me on Discord if you want to further discuss this
Current score
67/300 Votes · +6560 points