From a8ea776bed6a6b7e9973e758c7175cc05c5b1252 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cesium <cesium@cesium.one>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:10:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] automatically creating state.json so it doesnt epic fail (new
 epic fail, the json start text is hardcoded)

---
 index.js | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b3525c2..8efd310 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,13 +4,26 @@ const path = require('node:path');
 const torn = require('./torn.js');
 
 let config, state;
-try { 
+try {
+    console.debug("Core: Loading config")
     config = require('./config.json');
-    state = require('./state.json');
 } catch {
-    console.error("Fatal: Unable to load config.json or state.json. Please follow the instructions in README.md");
+    console.error("Fatal: Unable to load config.json. Please follow the instructions in README.md");
     process.exit(1);
 }
+try {
+    console.debug("Core: Loading state")
+    state = require('./state.json');
+} catch {
+    console.log("Core: No state file found, creating one.")
+    state = {
+    "ocAlertLast": "2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    "payoutAlertLast": "2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    "itemAlertLast": "2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
+    }
+    fs.writeFileSync('./state.json', JSON.stringify(state));
+}
+
 
 // the basic discord setup stuff yoinked from their guide
 const { Client, Collection, Events, GatewayIntentBits, EmbedBuilder, Partials, MessageFlags } = require('discord.js');