Info

About

External Announcements is a very basic modpack maker utility mod. That allows creating an external news file that will display in-game as chat messages. To provide updates about modpacks, server, or just advertise information.

Features

Read local text or json file
Read URL test file (.txt or JSON)
Multiple announcements
Announcement start delay
Announcement repeat interval

File Format

.TXT Format:

Each entry in the file needs to be as follows:

{"Message"} or

{"Message", 10s} or

{"Message", 10s, 100s}

.JSON Format:

Each entry needs to be as follows:

{
"messages": [{
"message": "Hello this is a test message",
"delayTime": "10s",
"waitTime": "100s"
},
{
"message": "Hello this is a second test message",
"delayTime": "20s",
"waitTime": "100s"
}
]
}

The first time value is the delay to first show the message. This can be set in seconds(s) or minutes(m). Second time value is how long to wait before showing the message again.

If there is more than one message it should be comma separated like so {}, {}, {}

There is no limit on the number of messages.

Configuration

The path to the announcement file is set in the config file. Prefix the path with "FILE:" to note that it's local, and "URL:" for remote locations.

Planned Features

Better Colors support
Web link support
Opening GUIs with formatted news
HTML GUIs for adding images
Overlay GUIs for showing news while user plays
Constant Overlays that always show on the GUI
Server Side support for overriding or adding to existing news
Localization support for translating news