Animated Timer

Introduction

Animated Timer (AT) data pack adds an in-game timer via the actionbar field of Minecraft’s HUD. A wide range of functions ensures a simple yet versatile configuration, allowing you to customize your timer according to your likings and needs.

Features

In its original and unmodified state, features include:

• Count-up & count-down
• Multiple render (display) types
• Both static (never changing) and animated (always changing) color configuration
• General style configuration (bold & italic text)
• Pre-built animations
• Profiles (ability to save current configuration & load at a later time)
• Trigger scoreboards for complete configuration & interaction even if cheats are disabled
• Advanced features for map makers (facilitated embedding into external projects)

Controlling the timer

AT can be controlled the following way:

Description	Cheats enabled	Without cheats
Start / resume the timer	/function at:continue	/trigger continue
Pause the timer	/function at:pause	/trigger pause
Set timer to its initial value and start it	/function at:reset	/trigger reset
Set timer to zero and stay paused	/function at:reboot	/trigger reboot

Manually setting time

In some situations, you may want to alter the current time manually. This can be done either with a function in the at-time namespace or with /trigger:

Description	Cheats enabled	Without cheats
Configure seconds	/function at-time:add/second /function at-time:remove/second /function at-time:set/seconds/10	/trigger seconds set 10
Configure minutes	/function at-time:add/minute /function at-time:remove/minute /function at-time:set/minutes/15	/trigger minutes set 15
Configure hours	/function at-time:add/hour /function at-time:remove/hour /function at-time:set/hours/3	/trigger hours set 3
Configure days	/function at-time:add/day /function at-time:remove/day /function at-time:set/days/7	/trigger days set 7

Note: The above functions that include at-time:set are just examples. In fact, a multitude of set functions are available for use.

Timer modes

AT is counting up by default but count-down is also available. You can toggle between both count modes with a single command:

Description	Cheats enabled	Without cheats
Switch between timer modes	/function at-conf:mode	/trigger mode

How to upgrade

1. Download latest data pack version
2. In your datapacks directory, replace old version with new one
3. Reload your game, either with /reload or through re-joining your world

Are you interested?

If you would like to find out more about configuration or how to integrate this timer into your projects, please check out the AT Docs site.

Roadmap

• Add option to trigger a pause at specific game events (player dies, dragon defeated, ...)
  
• Add gradient generator for custom animations
• Implement timer modes / render patterns "realtime" & "in-game time"
• Add display option (show timer in bossbar or scoreboard title)
• Implement timer configuration UI using new dialog feature

References

Changelog
The full changelog can be found here.

Inspiration
This project was inspired by German content creator BastiGHG who often uses a similar version of this timer in his videos.