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Misc other functions

System functions that don't fall into any other particular category

sysRealTime

Format	sysRealTime ( [Type] )
Description	Returns details of the current real time (according to the server clock)
Parameters	Type field specifying the date or time to fetch
Returns	Depending on the type field:
	Year - returns the current year (e.g. 2014)
	Month - returns the current month number (1 to 12)
	Day - returns the current day number (1 to 31)
	Hour - returns the current hour (0 to 23)
	Minute - returns the current minute (0 to 59)
	Second - returns the current second (0 to 59)
	UnixTime - number of seconds passed since 1st Jan, 1970

Example:

Event( "UseItem", "Tea" )
{
   $hour = sysRealTime( "Hour" )
   if ( $hour < 18 )
   {
      *msg %PLAYER% Tea can only be used at tea-time (6pm - 8pm)
    }
    else if ( $hour >= 20 )
    {
      *msg %PLAYER% Tea can only be used at tea-time (6pm - 8pm)    
    }
    else
    {
        *notifylarge %PLAYER% Tea-time!
    }
}

sysRaceIsActive

Format	sysRaceIsActive ( [Course_Num] )
Description	Returns 1 if the specified race number is currently active ; this can include being in a pre-race setup stage or post-race results screen
Parameters	Race Course number

sysGetCrowFlagState

TBD

sysSetCrowFlagState

TBD

Battle game Functions

BattleSetPreludeTime

BattleSetNumRounds

BattleSetRoundTime

BattleSetRoundScore

BattleSendChallenge

Background model Functions

: Not sure what the state of these functions is atm - many of the use cases for this are covered by the entity system - needs investigation

sysAddLocalBackgroundModel

TBD

sysDeleteLocalBackgroundModel

TBD

sysDeleteAllLocalBackgroundModels

TBD

sysAddBackgroundModels

TBD

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