There's been a lot of discussion on reddit, the forums and throughout the wiki about how to best display villager schedules. I worked out what I thought was a working design (the one in use on Vincent's page) but that format can be really bulky for the marriage candidates (since they have the most complex schedules). Almost as fast as I formatted these initial schedules they were reformatted to another layout by someone who felt the design should be different. Part of the reason there's gaps in villager schedules on the wiki is that they're constantly being reformatted and there's no standard to just plug the data into.
The current formatting is largely split between a table with the full schedule outlined (option 1) and the schedule split by season (option 2).
I'm planning to do a twitter poll and supporting the top voted design as the standard schedule format. First, I wanted to give the opportunity for any other options to be considered, there can be up to 4 options on the twitter poll, so we'll limit the vote these two and potentially two more.
If you like one of these formats but do not like the design don't propose a new option. Design can be improved, tweaked and optimized through the regular community wiki process - the structure of the data is what's being decided in this vote.
I'll post the poll up on the wiki twitter account sometime later this week (I want to give a chance for discussion/other design submissions). For other designs feel free to use your user page here, or your user talk page. Submit the design via reddit in the design thread and add the options with the highest upvotes will be added to the list below.
I'll be cross posting this on reddit and the official forums. Also feel free to use Template talk:Schedule|this template discussion page to discuss this on the wiki. I'll review all three discussions before creating the poll, but only the submissions through reddit will be considered as additional options (because the upvoting system makes it easiest). -- Katzeus (talk) 16:42, 1 May 2016 (EDT)
Raw Schedule
| This is the data as formatted in the game files. This is included to help understand how the schedules work mechanically, which is an important consideration when deciding how the data should be displayed.
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Examples of each key option, from highest priority to lowest. After checking through these options, finally spring will be checked again as the default season. So even if the current season is fall, if no fall or any of the other higher priority keys are found, it will try to use an appropriate spring schedule.
<Item>
<Key>rain</Key>
<Value>900 Trailer 5 5 0/1100 Trailer 9 7 0/1300 Trailer 12 7 0 penny_dishes/1500 Trailer 14 4 2 penny_sit_down/1800 Trailer 4 4 2 penny_read/2100 Trailer 4 9 1</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>rain2</Key> <!-- If this one exists there will be a 50% chance for it during a rainy day -->
<Value>810 Town 104 89 2 "I'm going to go inside, I just wanted a quiet moment."/1200 ArchaeologyHouse 20 5 0/1600 Trailer 14 4 2 penny_sit_down/1900 Trailer 12 7 0 penny_dishes/2100 Trailer 4 9 1</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>summer</Key> <!-- to gulch-->
<Value>810 Town 96 18 3/1300 Town 63 15 2 penny_sit_down/1800 Trailer 12 7 0 penny_dishes/2100 Trailer 4 9 1</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>winter</Key>
<!-- to cc -->
<Value>900 Trailer 1 8 0/1030 CommunityCenter 23 17 2 penny_read/1500 CommunityCenter 46 13 0/1800 Trailer 12 7 0 penny_dishes/2100 Trailer 4 9 1</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>CommunityCenter_Replacement</Key>
<Value>ArchaeologyHouse 16 10 2</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>winter_4</Key> <!-- doctor's apt day -->
<Value>900 Trailer 1 8 0 "I have an appointment at the clinic this afternoon."/1130 Hospital 4 17 2 penny_sit_down/1330 Hospital 4 6 1 "Hey! A little privacy, please?$a"/1600 Town 75 52 2 penny_sit_down/1900 Trailer 12 7 0 penny_dishes/2100 Trailer 4 9 1</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>9_6</Key> <!-- default day since she shouldn't visit Sam at 6 hearts -->
<Value>GOTO spring</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>23_6</Key> <!-- default day since she shouldn't visit Sam at 6 hearts -->
<Value>GOTO spring</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>9</Key> <!-- Visits Sam at the river -->
<Value>NOT friendship Sam 6/900 Trailer 1 8 0/1100 Town 78 93 2 penny_sit_down/1600 Trailer 12 7 0 penny_dishes/1840 Trailer 4 9 1</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>23</Key> <!-- Visits Sam at the river -->
<Value>NOT friendship Sam 6/GOTO 9</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>Summer_Sun</Key>
<!-- hang out w maru during day-->
<Value>800 Town 96 18 3/1200 ScienceHouse 8 5 2 penny_sit_down/1800 Trailer 12 7 0 penny_dishes/2100 Trailer 4 9 1</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>marriageJob</Key>
<!-- Teaches Vincent and Jas at library -->
<Value>830 ArchaeologyHouse 17 9 2 penny_read "Hi, honey. It's nice of you to visit me at work.$h"/1400 Town 88 100 2/1620 Town 17 90 3 penny_wave_left/1750 Forest 92 20 3 penny_wave_left/1830 BusStop -1 23 3</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>Tue</Key>
<!-- Teaches Vincent and Jas at library -->
<Value>830 Trailer 6 5 0/900 ArchaeologyHouse 17 9 2 penny_read/1400 Town 88 100 2/1620 Town 17 90 3 penny_wave_left/1750 Forest 92 20 3 penny_wave_left/1830 Trailer 4 9 1</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>Wed</Key> <!-- Teaches Vincent and Jas at library -->
<Value>GOTO Tue</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>Fri</Key>
<!-- Teaches Vincent and Jas at library -->
<Value>GOTO Tue</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>Sat</Key>
<!-- brings kids to playground -->
<Value>1000 Town 32 89 2/1200 Town 12 13 1/1700 Town 29 91 3/2000 Trailer 4 9 1</Value>
</Item>
<Item>
<Key>spring</Key> <!-- default day: read, come home and do dishes, sit on bench -->
<Value>800 Town 35 89 2 penny_read/1230 Trailer 12 7 0 penny_dishes/1600 Town 44 77 2 penny_sit_down/1840 Trailer 4 9 1</Value>
</Item>
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Option 1
Aligned at the bottom of the article, not separated by season (like option 2).
- Pros: Easy to compare against gamefiles since it's formatted in a similar way (priority list)
- Cons: A bit complicated for readability
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Schedule
Penny can usually be found in town reading or cleaning up at the trailer she shares with Pam. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday she tutors Jas and Vincent at the museum, walking them both home afterwards. She doesn't tutor in the Summer season. Many Saturdays in Spring and Fall she'll take them to the town playground.
When it's raining Penny can either be found inside her trailer or visiting the museum looking at the selection of books.
Her schedule can deviate if there are specific conditions like season, weather or certain days of the week. Below are her schedule deviations prioritized highest to lowest (for example when it rains that schedule will override all others below it)
| Raining (Year 2)
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| 8:10 AM
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Museum
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Wakes up and walks to the museum to sit outside. "I'm going to go inside, I just wanted a quiet moment."
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| 12:00 PM
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Museum
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Goes inside the museum to look at the bookshelves.
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| 4:00 PM
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Trailer
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Leaves the museum and returns to the trailer to watch some television.
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| 7:00 PM
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Trailer
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Moves over to the sink in the trailer to do some dishes.
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| 9:00 PM
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Trailer
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Goes to bed in her room in the trailer for the evening.
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Option 2
Aligned at the top of the article, separated by season.
- Pros: It's at the top of the article and easy to preview
- Cons: Certain schedules are duplicated that apply to multiple seasons, makes maintaining changes more complicated. Also because the same data is entered in multiple places it increases the possibility of error.
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“Penny lives with her mom, Pam, in a little trailer by the river. While Pam is out carousing at the saloon, Penny quietly tends to her chores in the dim, stuffy room she is forced to call home. She is shy and modest, without any grand ambitions for life other than settling in and starting a family. She likes to cook (although her skills are questionable) and read books from the local library.”
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Penny is a villager who lives in Pelican Town. She's one of the ten characters available to marry. Her trailer is just east of the center of town, west of the river.
Schedule
Penny can usually be found in town reading or cleaning up at the trailer she shares with Pam. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday she tutors Jas and Vincent at the museum, walking them both home afterwards. She doesn't tutor in the Summer season. Many Saturdays in Spring and Fall she'll take them to the town playground.
When it's raining Penny can either be found inside her trailer or visiting the museum looking at the selection of books.
Her schedule can deviate if there are specific conditions like season, weather or certain days of the week. Below are her schedule deviations prioritized highest to lowest (for example when it rains that schedule will override all others below it)
| Spring Schedule
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| Raining (Year 2)
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| 8:10 AM
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Museum
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Wakes up and walks to the museum to sit outside. "I'm going to go inside, I just wanted a quiet moment."
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| 12:00 PM
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Museum
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Goes inside the museum to look at the bookshelves.
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| 4:00 PM
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Trailer
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Leaves the museum and returns to the trailer to watch some television.
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| 7:00 PM
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Trailer
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Moves over to the sink in the trailer to do some dishes.
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| 9:00 PM
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Trailer
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Goes to bed in her room in the trailer for the evening.
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| Summer Schedule
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| Raining (Year 2)
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| 8:10 AM
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Museum
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Wakes up and walks to the museum to sit outside. "I'm going to go inside, I just wanted a quiet moment."
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| 12:00 PM
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Museum
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Goes inside the museum to look at the bookshelves.
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| 4:00 PM
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Trailer
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Leaves the museum and returns to the trailer to watch some television.
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| 7:00 PM
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Trailer
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Moves over to the sink in the trailer to do some dishes.
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| 9:00 PM
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Trailer
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Goes to bed in her room in the trailer for the evening.
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| Fall Schedule
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| Raining (Year 2)
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| 8:10 AM
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Museum
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Wakes up and walks to the museum to sit outside. "I'm going to go inside, I just wanted a quiet moment."
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| 12:00 PM
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Museum
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Goes inside the museum to look at the bookshelves.
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| 4:00 PM
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Trailer
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Leaves the museum and returns to the trailer to watch some television.
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| 7:00 PM
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Trailer
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Moves over to the sink in the trailer to do some dishes.
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| 9:00 PM
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Trailer
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Goes to bed in her room in the trailer for the evening.
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| Winter Schedule
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| Snowing (Year 2)
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| 8:10 AM
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Museum
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Wakes up and walks to the museum to sit outside. "I'm going to go inside, I just wanted a quiet moment."
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| 12:00 PM
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Museum
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Goes inside the museum to look at the bookshelves.
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| 4:00 PM
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Trailer
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Leaves the museum and returns to the trailer to watch some television.
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| 7:00 PM
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Trailer
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Moves over to the sink in the trailer to do some dishes.
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| 9:00 PM
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Trailer
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Goes to bed in her room in the trailer for the evening.
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