Removed configuration and permission warnings

At the moment, there are many false positives causing confusion among
users. The issue cannot currently be fixed in a timely manner.

BirthdayBot/BackgroundServices/BirthdayRoleUpdate.vb

@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@ Class BirthdayRoleUpdate
 
             If .AnnounceChannelId.HasValue Then channel = guild.GetTextChannel(gs.AnnounceChannelId.Value)
             If .RoleId.HasValue Then role = guild.GetRole(gs.RoleId.Value)
-            If role Is Nothing Then
-                .RoleWarningNonexist = True
-                Return 0
-            Else
-                .RoleWarningNonexist = False
-            End If
         End With
 
         ' Determine who's currently having a birthday
@@ -84,11 +78,11 @@ Class BirthdayRoleUpdate
 
         ' Set birthday roles, get list of users that had the role added
         ' But first check if we are able to do so. Letting all requests fail instead will lead to rate limiting.
-        Dim correctRolePermissions = HasCorrectRolePermissions(guild, role)
+        Dim correctRoleSettings = HasCorrectRoleSettings(guild, role)
         Dim gotForbidden = False
 
         Dim announceNames As IEnumerable(Of SocketGuildUser) = Nothing
-        If correctRolePermissions Then
+        If correctRoleSettings Then
             Try
                 announceNames = Await UpdateGuildBirthdayRoles(guild, role, birthdays)
             Catch ex As Discord.Net.HttpException
@@ -101,8 +95,7 @@ Class BirthdayRoleUpdate
         End If
 
         ' Update warning flag
-        Dim updateError = Not correctRolePermissions Or gotForbidden
-        BotInstance.GuildCache(guild.Id).RoleWarningPermission = updateError
+        Dim updateError = Not correctRoleSettings Or gotForbidden
         ' Quit now if the warning flag was set. Announcement data is not available.
         If updateError Then Return 0
 
@@ -116,7 +109,12 @@ Class BirthdayRoleUpdate
     ''' <summary>
     ''' Checks if the bot may be allowed to alter roles.
     ''' </summary>
-    Private Function HasCorrectRolePermissions(guild As SocketGuild, role As SocketRole) As Boolean
+    Private Function HasCorrectRoleSettings(guild As SocketGuild, role As SocketRole) As Boolean
+        If role Is Nothing Then
+            ' Designated role not found or defined in guild
+            Return False
+        End If
+
         If Not guild.CurrentUser.GuildPermissions.ManageRoles Then
             ' Bot user cannot manage roles
             Return False

BirthdayBot/BirthdayBot.vb

@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ Imports Discord.Net
 Imports Discord.WebSocket
 
 Class BirthdayBot
-    Const RoleWarningMsg As String =
-        "Note: This bot does not have a role set or is unable to use the role specified. " +
-        "Update the designated role with `bb.config role (role name/ID)`. This bot cannot function without it."
-
     Private ReadOnly _dispatchCommands As Dictionary(Of String, CommandHandler)
     Private ReadOnly _cmdsUser As UserCommands
     Private ReadOnly _cmdsListing As ListingCommands
@@ -58,6 +54,10 @@ Class BirthdayBot
     Public Async Function Start() As Task
         Await Client.LoginAsync(TokenType.Bot, Config.BotToken)
         Await Client.StartAsync()
+
+        Log("Background processing", "Delaying start")
+        Await Task.Delay(90000) ' TODO don't keep doing this
+        Log("Background processing", "Delay complete")
         _worker.Start()
 
         Await Task.Delay(-1)
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ Class BirthdayBot
                     Return
                 End If
 
-                ' Ban and role warning check
-                Dim roleWarningText As String
+                ' Ban check
                 Dim gi = GuildCache(channel.Guild.Id)
                 ' Skip ban check if user is a manager
                 If Not gi.IsUserModerator(author) Then
@@ -118,16 +117,8 @@ Class BirthdayBot
                         Return
                     End If
                 End If
-                roleWarningText = gi.IssueRoleWarning
 
                 Try
-                    If roleWarningText IsNot Nothing Then
-                        Try
-                            Await channel.SendMessageAsync(roleWarningText)
-                        Catch ex As HttpException
-                            ' Don't let this prevent the bot from continuing command execution.
-                        End Try
-                    End If
                     Log("Command", $"{channel.Guild.Name}/{author.Username}#{author.Discriminator}: {msg.Content}")
                     Await command(csplit, channel, author)
                 Catch ex As Exception

BirthdayBot/BirthdayBot.vbproj

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>BirthdayBot</RootNamespace>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
-    <Version>1.3.2</Version>
-    <Authors>Noiiko</Authors>
+    <Version>1.3.3</Version>
+    <Authors>Noi</Authors>
     <Company />
     <Description>Discord bot for birthday reminders.</Description>
     <StartupObject>Sub Main</StartupObject>

BirthdayBot/Data/GuildStateInformation.vb

@@ -20,59 +20,6 @@ Friend Class GuildStateInformation
     Private _announcePing As Boolean
     Private ReadOnly _userCache As Dictionary(Of ULong, GuildUserSettings)
 
-    Private _roleLastWarning As New DateTimeOffset(DateTime.MinValue, TimeSpan.Zero)
-    Private Shared ReadOnly RoleWarningInterval As New TimeSpan(1, 0, 0)
-
-    ''' <summary>
-    ''' Message for notifying servers that the bot is unable to manipulate its designated role for various reasons.
-    ''' The returned value is dependent on certain warning flags accessible in this class. To avoid bombarding users
-    ''' with the same message, this property only returns a non-Nothing value at most once per hour.
-    ''' Otherwise, it shall always return Nothing if there is no warning to be issued.
-    ''' </summary>
-    Public ReadOnly Property IssueRoleWarning As String
-        Get
-            SyncLock Me
-                If DateTimeOffset.UtcNow - _roleLastWarning > RoleWarningInterval Then
-                    _roleLastWarning = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow
-                Else
-                    Return Nothing
-                End If
-
-                If RoleWarningUnset Or RoleWarningNonexist Then
-                    Return "Warning: A birthday role must be configured before this bot can function properly. " +
-                        "Update the designated role with `bb.config role (role name/ID)`."
-                End If
-                If RoleWarningPermission Then
-                    Return "Warning: This bot is unable to set the birthday role onto users. " +
-                        "Make sure that this bot has the Manage Roles permission and is not placed below the birthday role."
-                End If
-
-                Return Nothing
-            End SyncLock
-        End Get
-    End Property
-
-    ''' <summary>
-    ''' Role warning message: The birthday role cannot be accessed.
-    ''' </summary>
-    Friend Property RoleWarningPermission As Boolean = False
-
-    ''' <summary>
-    ''' Role warning message: The birthday role no longer exists.
-    ''' </summary>
-    Friend Property RoleWarningNonexist As Boolean = False
-
-    ''' <summary>
-    ''' Role warning message: The birthday role is not set.
-    ''' </summary>
-    Friend ReadOnly Property RoleWarningUnset As Boolean
-        Get
-            SyncLock Me
-                Return _bdayRole Is Nothing
-            End SyncLock
-        End Get
-    End Property
-
     ''' <summary>
     ''' Gets a list of cached users. Use sparingly.
     ''' </summary>
@@ -303,7 +250,6 @@ Friend Class GuildStateInformation
     Public Sub UpdateRole(roleId As ULong)
         SyncLock Me
             _bdayRole = roleId
-            _roleLastWarning = New DateTimeOffset
             UpdateDatabase()
         End SyncLock
     End Sub