Simple countdown
Allows the GM to get a countdown overlay. The countdown is visible to all client when start. You can set the countdown up to an hour or more.
To show the countdown , click on hourglass control button in the token menu.
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Settings
Choose the interval in seconds to synchronisation the remaing time
Button
Timer input
Three input to enter the hours, minutes and seconds of remaining time. When the timer is playing and game is not in pause it will decrease each seconds.
Visibility mode
Choose the visibility mode, from the left to the right :
- None : the clients will not see if the countdown start
- Limited : the clients will see the countdown start but not the remaining time
- Observer : the clients will see the countdown start and the remaining time
Limited visibility player view
Timer Control
The controls buttons are play, pause and stop (reinit) buttons. The last one is to manually resynchronize the remaining time.
API
All these methods can also be called with the module's API game.modules.get("simple-countdown").api with the same parameters and behavior:
xxx.api.init( seconds, isPlaying, visibilityMode )to generate a new countdownxxx.api.start()to start the timer of the current countdownxxx.api.pause()to pause the timer of the current countdownxxx.api.reset()to reset the current countdown with initial valuesxxx.api.close()to close the current countdownxxx.api.updateVisibilityMode( newVisibilityMode )to change the visibility mode of the current countdown
The module give example for each methods with macros
Chat commands
The countdown can alse be initialize with the chat command /scd init This command should be followed by a number representing the seconds of the countdown. It could contain the option :
--playto play the countdown at start.--visibility-modeor-vmto choose the visibility mode of the generated countdown.
Example :/scd init 500 --play -vm none

