EventCountdown

EventCountdown warns your players before wipes, boss nights and raid weekends with in game alerts and a live Discord clock, so nobody misses the big moment.

Nothing stings like missing wipe day because nobody saw it coming. EventCountdown makes sure that never happens on your server. List your big moments once and I build the hype for you: a heads up a week early, another at one hour, a tick across the screen for the final seconds, and a Discord post whose clock runs down all by itself. No database, no other plugin needed, and one command shows players what is coming.

Supported Features

• Events with names: call a countdown Server Wipe or Boss Night and I use that name in every single warning.
• Warning points you choose: list them like 7d, 1d, 1h, 10m, 1m, and I send one warning as the clock passes each.
• A ticker for the last seconds: switch on the on screen tick and players watch 10, 9, 8 before it lands.
• Events that come round again: set the repeat days and an event runs itself, so a raid weekend can fire every seven days with no help from you.
• Three in game styles: a coloured server message, a big note across the middle of the screen, or a plain chat line, in whatever colour you like.
• A Discord clock that ticks: one webhook post shows starts in 3 hours and keeps itself up to date, so you never repost the same countdown.
• A word when it starts: set the zero message and I say it the moment the event begins, in game and on Discord.
• What is coming up: players type one command and see every event ahead with the time left on each.
• Fine with no Discord: leave the webhook out and every warning still lands in game. Discord is a bonus, never a must.
• Change events live: edit your list and reload from the console or RCON, and the new times are live with no restart.
• Warnings in your language: name a language in the config and the warnings come out of a plain text file you can edit, so your players read wipe day in words they know.

Console & RCON Commands

Player Commands

Players get one command, and you may rename it in config.json.

Permissions

No permission plugin needed. EventCountdown puts nothing behind a permission node, so there is nothing to set up and nothing to install. The console and RCON commands are already yours alone.

Config

To see every configuration option, visit our docs. To edit your config files the easy way, open our configuration editor.

Requirements

• AsaApi v2.01 or newer
• A Windows server running ArkAscendedServer through the AsaApi loader
• A Discord webhook (optional, works without it)

Installation

1. Unzip the download.
2. Put the EventCountdown folder in ArkApi/Plugins/, keeping the folder name as shipped, because the loader pairs it with the DLL name.
3. Open EventCountdown/config.json and add your events and their times. Want the Discord side? Your webhook goes in discord.json, the small file right next to it.
4. Start the server through AsaApiLoader.exe.
5. Look for the loaded line in ArkApi.log, then type /events in game to see your list.

Support & Help

Hit a wall, or a clock that will not fire? Come and find me on Discord and we will get your countdowns running: https://discord.gg/8GGaEzWk9p

Frequently Asked Questions

What does EventCountdown do?

EventCountdown counts down to your server's big moments and warns everybody as the clock runs out. You list each event once with its date and its warning points, and I handle the rest in game and in your Discord channel, right down to a ticker for the final seconds.

How do I install EventCountdown?

Unzip the download and put the EventCountdown folder into ArkApi/Plugins/, keeping the folder name as shipped so it matches the DLL. Add your events to config.json, then restart the server through the AsaApi loader and watch ArkApi.log for the loaded line.

What clock do the event times run on?

The server machine's own local clock. Each time is written as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM on a 24 hour clock. If your host sits in a different time zone than you do, set the times to match the server and not the clock on your wall.

What happens to an event whose time has already gone?

I skip it, unless it repeats. A repeating event just rolls forward to its next run, so a raid weekend set to every seven days picks up next week on its own without you touching it.

Can I add or change an event without a restart?

Yes, and it is my favourite part. Make your change in config.json, then run EventCountdown.Reload from the console or over RCON and the new event list goes live straight away.

How does the live Discord countdown work?

The embed carries a Discord timestamp, so the post reads starts in 3 hours and keeps updating itself. One post covers the whole countdown. Run EventCountdown.TestDiscord first to be sure your webhook is right.

Was any AI content used in the making of this?

The source code itself was fully created by myself. I do use ChatGPT occasionally to generate product images, and I do use ChatGPT to generate the website descriptions. I do this because I don't speak native English perfectly. I am natively from Sweden, so I use GPT to help translate and write product descriptions. I also will sometimes use GPT to write better English logs. Majority of my Free plugins are open source, so you can review the code yourself and freely fork and edit it to your liking.