Animations

Source file:

modules/display/Server Display Tag/animations.yml

animations.yml is the shared animation registry for the Server Display Tag group. You use it to create animated text once, then reuse that animation in the scoreboard, bossbar, and TAB profiles.

How it works

Each animation lives under animations.texts.<id>.

Typical fields are:

Field	Purpose
interval_ticks	How often the frame changes in server ticks.
frames	The list of text frames shown in order.

The source also supports millisecond-based intervals through interval-ms, interval_millis, or interval-millis.

Example

The current source includes animations like java_title and java_text:

animations:
  texts:
    java_title:
      interval_ticks: 4
      frames:
        - "<gradient:#9966cc:#7289da><bold>FIOCHAT</bold></gradient>"
        - "<gradient:#a67af0:#7f96e3><bold>FIOCHAT</bold></gradient>"
        - "<gradient:#9966cc:#7289da><bold>FIOCHAT</bold></gradient>"

How to use an animation

Reference the animation id from another Server Display Tag section with {anim:<id>}.

For example:

title: "{anim:java_title}"

You can use the same animation id in:

• scoreboard titles and lines
• bossbar text
• TAB header, footer, or list-name text

Practical tips

• Keep animation ids short and descriptive.
• Reuse one animation id in multiple displays if you want the same motion everywhere.
• Use a higher interval_ticks value for slower motion.
• Keep frame text short enough to fit the target display.
• If a display already contains <shadow:...>, keep the shadow value in that display profile rather than inside every frame unless you want the animation itself to carry the effect.

Page note

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