| Latest version | 1.2.0 |
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| Last updated | 7 months ago |
| Created | 3 years ago |
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| Systems | All systems |
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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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| GM countdown | Player countdown |
Choose the interval in seconds to synchronisation the remaing time
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.
Choose the visibility mode, from the left to the right :
Limited visibility player view
The controls buttons are play, pause and stop (reinit) buttons. The last one is to manually resynchronize the remaining time.
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 countdownThe module give example for each methods with macros
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 :
--play to play the countdown at start.--visibility-mode or -vm to choose the visibility mode of the generated countdown.Example :/scd init 500 --play -vm none
To install this package, open your Foundry Setup screen and navigate to your Module tab and click the Install Module button.
From there, you can either search for the package unique name: simple-countdown or copy its manifest URL:
And paste it to the input box at the bottom of your window.

You can install this package directly to your Forge account.