Dual encoding for both WANV enums via the readEnumField
template: eventKind (int 0..6 OR 255 OR token "holiday"
/ "anniversary" / "doublexp" / "doublehonor" /
"petbattle" / "bgbonus" / "seasonalquest" / "misc") and
recurrenceKind (int 0..3 OR token "yearly" / "monthly"
/ "weekly" / "oneoff").
The polymorphic startDay field (1..31 day-of-month for
Yearly/Monthly/OneOff vs 0..6 weekday for Weekly) is
serialized as a plain int — operators editing JSON
need to know the recurrenceKind context to interpret
the value, which the validator already enforces on
import.
All 3 presets (holidays / weekly bonus / anniversary)
byte-identical roundtrip OK. CLI flag count 1274 ->
1276.
Novel replacement for the implicit recurring-event
scheduler vanilla WoW encoded across the GameEvent SQL
table + per-holiday script hooks. Each entry binds one
calendar-driven recurring event (yearly holiday like
Hallow's End, monthly tribute day, weekly Double XP
Weekend, anniversary celebration) to its scheduling
rule and its payload (a spell buff applied to all
online players, a gift item granted on first event-
window login).
Eight eventKind values (Holiday / Anniversary /
DoubleXP / DoubleHonor / PetBattleWeekend /
BattlegroundBonus / SeasonalQuest / Misc) and four
recurrenceKind values (Yearly / Monthly / Weekly /
OneOff). The startDay field is polymorphic per
recurrenceKind: Yearly/Monthly/OneOff use it as
1..31 day-of-month, Weekly uses it as 0..6 weekday
(Sun..Sat) — the validator enforces both ranges per
kind.
Three preset emitters: makeStandardHolidays (5 yearly
holidays with realistic spell+item payload bindings —
Hallow's End spell 24710, Winter Veil 26157, Brewfest
42500, etc.), makeBonusEvents (4 weekly recurring
bonuses — Friday triple-day weekends and Saturday-
Sunday double-day pet-battle bonus), makeAnniversary
(3 game-launch anniversaries — WoW Nov 23 / TBC Jan 16
/ WotLK Nov 13 with overlapping celebration windows).
Validator's most novel checks combine calendar +
recurrence semantics: per-kind schedule validity (Weekly
startDay 0..6 weekday, durationDays <= 7 to prevent
self-overlap; Yearly/Monthly/OneOff startMonth 1..12,
startDay 1..31 with calendar sanity — Feb cap at 29,
Apr/Jun/Sep/Nov cap at 30 for "no Feb 30" / "no Apr 31"
errors).
Format count 120 -> 121. CLI flag count 1269 -> 1274.
