This page is a collection of notes and hypotheses about how the game stores schedule data for NPCs. Schedule data determines the times and locations where the relevant NPC actor is, moves to, and the animations it displays meanwhile.
==DataRaw data==The schedule Schedule data is stored under in <tt>/Content/Characters/schedules/*.xnb</tt> and its subfolders in files (one per character-specific ), which can be [[Modding:Editing XNB files#Getting started|unpacked using XNB Extract]].
Schedule Here's the raw data (for Abigail as of v1{{version|1.23.33) is located on this wiki on each character's Talk page (''e.g.'', [[Talk36}} for reference:Abigail#Schedule code extracted from game files|Abigail's Talk page]]). {{collapse|Code|content===Format===;Note: most of this section is unconfirmed and presumed to work similarly to the format of dialogue data.<source lang="yamljson">{ "<preface>[heart level]_[date]_[year][suffix]rain": "String900 SeedShop 9 5 0/1100 SeedShop 13 20 0/1300 SeedShop 39 5 0/1500 SeedShop 7 9 2/1900 SeedShop 6 4 0/2200 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep",< "rain2": "900 SeedShop 34 5 0/source>1100 SeedShop 9 17 3/1400 Saloon 42 17 2 abigail_sit_down/2000 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep", "winter_15": "900 SeedShop 39 5 0/1030 ScienceHouse 5 19 1/1430 Beach 30 34 2 \"Strings\\schedules\\Abigail:winter_15.000\"/2400 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep", "marriage_Mon": "830 SeedShop 6 19 0 \"Strings\\schedules\\Abigail:marriage_Mon.000\"/1300 Town 47 87 0 \"Strings\\schedules\\Abigail:marriage_Mon..where001\"/1700 Saloon 33 18 0 \"Strings\\schedules\\Abigail:* {{t|preface}} is an arbitrary key which identifies the occasion(s) the schedule is formarriage_Mon.002\"/2030 BusStop -1 23 3",* {{o|heart level}} is the ''minimum'' heart level the player must have reached with the NPC for this schedule to be executed "marriage_Fri": "800 SeedShop 36 9 0 \"Strings\\schedules\\Abigail:marriage_Fri.000\"/1100 Mountain 49 31 2 abigail_flute/1500 Saloon 42 17 2 abigail_sit_down \"Strings\\schedules\\Abigail:marriage_Fri.001\"/2030 BusStop -1 23 3",* {{o|date}} is the numeric day of the month (like _28_) "fall_Mon": "900 SeedShop 10 5 0/1100 Beach 13 39 2/1800 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep", or the three-character weekday (like _Mon_).* {{o|year}} is _1_ for year one "6": "900 SeedShop 39 5 0/1030 SeedShop 2 20 3/1500 Mountain 46 23 2 abigail_flute/2000 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep", or _2_ for any year after that.* {{o|suffix}} is any string further identifying the dialogue (like <tt>_inlaw_Abigail< "16": "GOTO 6", "spring_4": "900 SeedShop 11 5 0 \"Strings\\schedules\\Abigail:spring_4.000\"/tt>1230 Hospital 13 14 0 \"Strings\\schedules\\Abigail:spring_4.001\"/1330 Hospital 4 6 1 \"Strings\\schedules\\Abigail:spring_4.002\"/1600 SeedShop 10 5 0/2000 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep", for dialogue that only appears when you're married to "Sun": "900 SeedShop 4 5 0/1030 SeedShop 20 5 1 \"Strings\\schedules\\Abigail):Sun.000\"/1300 Forest 14 40 2/2000 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep", "11_6": "GOTO spring",If multiple dialogues are eligible "25_6": "GOTO spring", the game prioritizes by the following "11":"NOT friendship Sebastian 6/1000 SebastianRoom 5 4 2 abigail_sit_down/1700 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep",# marriage status; "25": "NOT friendship Sebastian 6/GOTO 11",# preface; "Wed": "1000 ArchaeologyHouse 11 9 0/1800 Town 47 87 0/2200 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep",# suffix; "Fri": "900 SeedShop 34 5 0/1100 SeedShop 9 17 3/1500 Saloon 42 17 2 abigail_sit_down/2100 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep",# in-law status;# day of month; "fall": "900 SeedShop 39 5 0/1030 SeedShop 2 20 3/1300 BusStop 22 5 2/1700 SeedShop 3 6 0 abigail_videogames/1930 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep",# year;# heart level;# day of week. <source lang= "yamlwinter">: "900 SeedShop 39 5 0/1030 ScienceHouse 5 19 1/1430 SeedShop 3 6 0 abigail_videogames/1930 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep", "<key>summer": "schedule event900 SeedShop 39 5 0/schedule event1030 Railroad 30 45 0/schedule event1400 Mountain 49 31 1/1740 SeedShop 3 6 0 abigail_videogames/1930 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep", "spring": "900 SeedShop 39 5 0/1030 SeedShop 2 20 3/1300 Town 73 54 2/1630 SeedShop 3 6 0 abigail_videogames/1930 SeedShop 1 9 3 abigail_sleep"}</source>}}
==Format==
Schedule events are separated by slashes (/) and written Each schedule entry value has an arbitrary number of slash-delimited schedule commands in the following formatthis form:
<source lang="yaml">
