Added broadcast

commands/general/broadcast.js

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+const Command = require("../../classes/command.js");
+
+class BroadcastCommand extends Command {
+  // yet another very hacky command
+  run() {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      if (this.message.author.id !== process.env.OWNER) return "Only the bot owner can broadcast messages!";
+      if (this.args.length !== 0) {
+        this.ipc.broadcast("playbroadcast", this.args.join(" "));
+        this.ipc.register("broadcastSuccess", () => {
+          this.ipc.unregister("broadcastSuccess");
+          resolve("Successfully broadcasted message.");
+        });
+      } else {
+        this.ipc.broadcast("broadcastend");
+        this.ipc.register("broadcastEnd", () => {
+          this.ipc.unregister("broadcastEnd");
+          resolve("Successfully ended broadcast.");
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  static description = "Broadcasts a playing message until the command is run again or the bot restarts";
+}
+
+module.exports = BroadcastCommand;

shard.js

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ const misc = require("./utils/misc.js");
 // generate help page
 const helpGenerator =
   process.env.OUTPUT !== "" ? require("./utils/help.js") : null;
+// whether a broadcast is currently in effect
+let broadcast = false;
 
 class Shard extends BaseClusterWorker {
   constructor(bot) {
@@ -79,20 +81,40 @@ class Shard extends BaseClusterWorker {
       }
     });
 
+    this.ipc.register("playbroadcast", async (message) => {
+      this.bot.editStatus("dnd", {
+        name: `${message.msg} | @${this.bot.user.username} help`,
+      });
+      broadcast = true;
+      return this.ipc.broadcast("broadcastSuccess");
+    });
+
+    this.ipc.register("broadcastend", async () => {
+      this.bot.editStatus("dnd", {
+        name: `${misc.random(messages)} | @${this.bot.user.username} help`,
+      });
+      broadcast = false;
+      return this.ipc.broadcast("broadcastEnd");
+    });
+    
     // connect to lavalink
     if (!sound.status && !sound.connected) sound.connect(this.bot);
 
     database.setup();
 
+    this.activityChanger();
+
+    logger.log("info", `Started worker ${this.workerID}.`);
+  }
+
   // set activity (a.k.a. the gamer code)
-    (async function activityChanger() {
+  activityChanger() {
+    if (!broadcast) {
       this.bot.editStatus("dnd", {
         name: `${misc.random(messages)} | @${this.bot.user.username} help`,
       });
-      setTimeout(activityChanger.bind(this), 900000);
+    }
-    }).bind(this)();
+    setTimeout(this.activityChanger, 900000);
-
-    logger.log("info", `Started worker ${this.workerID}.`);
   }
 
   async* getFiles(dir) {