ORP Timers and Scheduled ZORP

Helios provides two different scheduling tools. Choose the one that matches what should happen to existing ORPs.

Dashboard setup

Open Offline Protection → Schedule and choose Creation Timer or Scheduled ZORP. Set both boundaries and the timezone, choose what should happen to existing zones where offered, then save. A creation block leaves existing protection alone; a Scheduled ZORP window can disable or delete existing zones.

Example: Block new ORP creation every day from 15:00 to 18:00 UTC for an event. Use Creation Timer when existing ORPs should keep working.

ORP Creation Timers

/orp timers server:"<SERVER>" toggle:On block_start:"Every Day" start_time:"15:00" block_end:"Every Day" end_time:"18:00" timezone:"UTC"

/orp timers blocks players from creating new ORPs during the scheduled window. Existing ORPs remain active and are not changed.

• On first activation, provide both boundaries and a timezone.
• Turning the timer Off keeps the saved schedule for later reuse.
• Weekly days and Every Day are supported.
• Times use 24-hour HH:MM format with minute precision.

Scheduled ZORP

/orp scheduled-zorp server:"<SERVER>" toggle:On block_zorp:"Every Day" stop_zorp_time:"19:00" allow_zorp:"Every Day" start_zorp_time:"20:00" timezone:"UTC" wipe_zorp:True

Scheduled ZORP pauses new ORP creation and also acts on existing ORP zones:

• wipe_zorp:True deletes all ORPs when the stop window begins.
• wipe_zorp:False disables existing ORPs and restores them when the allow window begins.
• With wipe_zorp:False, pause_expiration:True preserves the remaining expiration time during the scheduled pause. False lets expiration continue, so a zone can expire before the window ends. This option cannot preserve zones deleted by wipe_zorp:True.
• Turning the schedule Off retains its saved times.

After a server restart, Helios reapplies raiding hours separately. See Scheduled Raid Protection.

For a temporary pause that keeps zones and their remaining expiration time, explicitly use wipe_zorp:False pause_expiration:True. New schedules default to deleting zones if you omit wipe_zorp; the expiration option does not change that.

On a saved schedule, you can change the expiration option alone:

/orp scheduled-zorp server:"<SERVER>" toggle:On pause_expiration:True

That keeps the existing zone mode and times. Check Expiration During Pause in the reply. See Scheduled Raid Protection for full options.

ORP Setting Updates

Changes made in /orp settings save immediately. Updates to already-existing zones continue in the background, so do not repeatedly press the same panel control while that update is running.