📢 AnnounceX - Advanced Announcement System

🎯 What is it?

AnnounceX is a powerful Minecraft 1.21+ plugin for displaying beautiful announcements! Show messages in the center of screen (title) or on the top bar (bossbar) with custom durations, sounds, and particle effects! 🎉

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✨ Features

• 📺 Title announcements - Large text in center of screen
• 📊 BossBar announcements - Animated bar at the top
• ⏰ Custom durations - 30s, 5m, 1h, 2d, 1h30m
• 🔊 Sound effects - Pleasant notification sounds
• ✨ Particle effects - Magical particles around players
• 🎨 Full color support - All & color codes
• 🤖 Auto announcements - Configure in config.yml
• 📊 Real-time tracking - See active announcements with time left

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🎮 Commands

📺 Title (Center Screen)

/announcetitle <message>
/announcetitle <time> <message>

Examples:

/announcetitle &c&lIMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
/announcetitle 30s &c&lSERVER RESTART IN 5 MIN!
/announcetitle 5m &e&lEvent is now active!
/announcetitle 1h &a&l2x EXP Active!

📊 BossBar (Top Bar)

/announcebossbar <message>
/announcebossbar <time> <message>

Examples:

/announcebossbar &d&lWelcome to the server!
/announcebossbar 2m &d&l⚔ PvP Event in progress!
/announcebossbar 1h &6&l💰 Shop sale - 50% off!

🛠️ Management

/announcex                    - Show help
/announcex list              - Show active announcements
/announcex clear titles      - Remove all titles
/announcex clear bossbars    - Remove all bossbars
/announcex clear all         - Remove everything
/announcex reload            - Reload config

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⏱️ Time Formats

Format	Duration	Example
30s	30 seconds	Quick messages
5m	5 minutes	Short events
1h	1 hour	Long events
2d	2 days	Weekend events
1h30m	1h 30min	Mixed format

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🎨 Color Codes

Use & for colors and formatting:

Colors: &0-9, &a-f (black to white) Format: &l bold, &o italic, &n underline, &m strikethrough

Example:

/announcetitle &6&l⭐ &e&nWelcome &6&l⭐

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🔑 Permissions

• announcex.title - Use /announcetitle
• announcex.bossbar - Use /announcebossbar
• announcex.admin - Use management commands

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⚙️ Config.yml

# Title settings
title-interval: 300          # Auto announcement interval (seconds)
title-fade-in: 10           # Fade in (ticks)
title-stay: 60              # Default duration (ticks)
title-fade-out: 10          # Fade out (ticks)
title-play-sound: true
title-show-particles: true

title-announcements:
  

# BossBar settings
bossbar-interval: 180        # Auto announcement interval (seconds)
bossbar-duration: 100        # Default duration (ticks)
bossbar-color: PURPLE        # PINK, BLUE, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, PURPLE, WHITE
bossbar-play-sound: true

bossbar-announcements:
 

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💡 Usage Examples

Server Restart

/announcetitle 5m &c&l⚠ RESTART IN 5 MINUTES!
/announcetitle 1m &c&l⚠ RESTART IN 1 MINUTE!
/announcetitle 10s &4&l⚠ RESTARTING NOW!

Events

/announcebossbar 30m &e&l⚔ PvP Event! /warp pvp
/announcex list  # Check active
/announcex clear all  # Clean up after

Promotions

/announcebossbar 1h &6&l💰 HAPPY HOUR! 50% OFF!

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📊 List Active Announcements

/announcex list

Output:

========= Active Announcements =========

⭐ TITLE (center of screen):
  • &c&lRESTART IN 5 MINUTES!
    Time left: 4m 23s

■ BOSSBAR (top bar):
  • &d&l⚔ PvP Event in progress!
    Time left: 1h 15m 30s
========================================

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🎯 Pro Tips

1. 🎨 Don't overdo colors - 2-3 colors per message
2. ⏰ Quick: 10-30s, Important: 5m+
3. 📊 BossBar for ongoing events
4. 📺 Title for urgent messages
5. 🔄 Check /announcex list before sending new
6. 🧹 Clean up with /announcex clear all
7. ✨ Use emojis: ⭐ 💎 ⚔ 🏆 💰 ❤ ⚡

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🚀 Quick Start

# Welcome message (1 minute)
/announcetitle 1m &6&l⭐ WELCOME! Check /rules

# Daily vote reminder (5 minutes)
/announcebossbar 5m &b&l💎 Vote with /vote!

# Event announcement (30 minutes)
/announcebossbar 30m &d&l⚔ Tournament! /warp arena

# Check what's running
/announcex list

# Clear all
/announcex clear all

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🐛 Troubleshooting

Not showing?

• Check permissions
• Use correct time format: 30s not 30
• Verify config settings

Stop early?

• /announcex clear titles or /announcex clear bossbars

Colors not working?

• Use & not §

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🎊 Features Summary

✅ Two display modes (Title & BossBar)
✅ Custom time durations
✅ Sound & particle effects
✅ Full color & formatting
✅ Real-time tracking
✅ Easy management
✅ Auto announcements
✅ Zero lag - highly optimized

Perfect for: Announcements, Events, Warnings, Promotions! 🎉

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Made with ❤️ for Minecraft 1.21+