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Run start-up votes and sessions

Post a start-up vote, start a session when enough people vote, and shut it down cleanly.

5 minutesAdministrator, or anyone with the session role

A start-up vote (SSU) asks members if they will join. When it reaches the goal, County Control starts the session by itself: the vote disappears and the live panel posts with a ping. When you are done, shutdown ends it and runs :shutdown in your ER:LC server.

Before you start

Steps

1. Let your hosts run sessions (optional)

By default only Administrators can start and end sessions. To let a role such as Session Host do it, type /session role role:@Session Host.

You see: "@Session Host can now run sessions." Admins keep their access.

2. Post a vote

Type /ssu vote goal:6 (6 is the default if you leave it out).

You see: a "Server Start-Up Vote" panel in the sessions channel with a Vote to Start button and a Start Session button. The ping role is notified.

3. Members vote

Members press Vote to Start. Pressing it again takes the vote back.

You see: the panel counts down: "3 more vote(s) needed to reach 6."

4. The session starts

When the goal is reached the session starts by itself. A host can also press Start Session early, or skip the vote entirely with /ssu start.

You see: the vote is removed and the live panel posts with the ping role mentioned.

5. End the session

Type /ssu shutdown, or press End session on the live panel.

You see: a "Session ended" message with how long it ran and the peak player count. :shutdown runs in-game.

Change it later

  • Reword the vote: /session text and pick any of the "SSU vote" messages. Placeholders {votes}, {goal} and {needed} work there.
  • Rename the buttons: /session text event:SSU vote, Vote button label or SSU vote, Start button label.
  • Banner on the vote: /session banner slot:SSU vote panel.
  • Remove the session role again: run /session role with no role.

If something goes wrong

  • "You need to be an admin or hold the session role to start the session." Give the person the role you set with /session role.
  • "A session is already running. End it first." Run /ssu shutdown first.
  • "There's no active start-up vote." That vote already started or was replaced. Post a new one.
  • Shutdown did not run in-game. The server owner has not approved the link from /erlc authorize yet.

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