Animations and Modifiers

Animations and Modifiers

If you're looking for information on the Animations expansion, see the placeholder page

Notes:

• All animations use their american counterpart spelling.
• Some animations or their specific options require KiteBoard 3.2 running on a 1.16 server.

Skip to:

• Align
• Appear
• Erase
• Flash
• Fade
• Format
• Gradient
• Health Bar
• Marquee
• Pause
• Pulse
• Rainbow
• Shine
• Typewriter
• Wave

Animation format:

HTML Parser

<tag-name option1 option2=false, option3=&0>Animation text</tag-name>

All animation options use american spelling.

Align

This animation uses implicit boolean options. A true value is not required and will be inferred as long as the option name is present. (Introduced v3.1, May 2020)

Align left:

<align left width=32>Text aligned left</align>

Align right:

<align right width=32>Text aligned right</align>

Option	Description	Default
Width	Width of container to align within.	32
Left	Align left	false
Right	Align right	false

Appear

Make text appear

<appear>Appearing text</appear>

With a fading effect:

<appear fade>Appearing text</appear>

Erase

Erase text

<erase>Erasing text</erase>

With a fading effect:

<erase fade>Erasing text</erase>

Flash

<flash>Flashing text</flash>

Fading text

Available variants:
This animation uses implicit boolean options. A true value is not required and will be inferred as long as the option name is present. (Introduced v3.1, May 2020)

Some options in this animation require KiteBoard 3.2 running on Minecraft 1.16 or above.

Option	Description	Default
in	Fade from black to white	false
out	Fade from white to black	false
from	(3.2/1.16+ only) Specify fade from colour	#000000
to	(3.2/1.16+ only) Specify fade to colour	#FFFFFF
hsb	(3.2/1.16+ only) Use HSB colour interpolation for fading gradient	false
length	(3.2/1.16+ only) Amount of frames to generate for the fade	10

Fading from Red to Blue (3.2/1.16+ only)

<fade from=#FF0000 to=#0000FF>Fade from red to blue</fade>

Fade in:

<fade in>Text fading in</fade>

Fade out:

<fade out>Text fading out</fade>

Format number

Format a decimal number

<format format=#.## mode=HALF_EVEN>2.5424</format>

Option	Description	Default
Format	The decimal format used to format this number, see Decimal Formatting for more information	#.##
Mode	Rounding mode to use when formatting, see Rounding Modes for more information	HALF_EVEN

Gradient

This animation utilises hexadecimal colours and is only available on KiteBoard 3.2 with Minecraft 1.16

<gradient from=#FF0000 to=#0000FF>Text with red to blue gradient</gradient>
<gradient rainbow>Text with a rainbow gradient</gradient>
<gradient colors=#FF000,#00FF00,#0000FF>Text with a red to green to blue gradient.</gradient>

Option	Description	Default
From	Starting colour of the gradient	#FF0000
To	Ending colour of the gradient	#0000FF
Colors	A list of colours to be used for advanced gradients (This overrides the to & from parameters)
Rainbow	Set the gradient to a rainbow, this enables the HSB option	false
Hsb	Use HSB colour interpolation (required for rainbow)	false

Health bar

Creates a healthbar

<healthbar symbol=♥ fill=&c empty=&7 size=10 max=20>%player_health%</healthbar>

Option	Description	Default
Symbol	Symbol used to represent the health bar	♥
Fill	Colour to fill the health bar with	&c
Empty	Colour to fill the empty health bar with	&7
Size	Number of symbols used to represent healthbar	10
Max	Maximum value of health bar. This should be an entity's max health. For event triggers use: {event.getEntity.getMaxHealth}	20

Marquee

Create marquee/scrolling text

<marquee width=32 space=32>Scrolling text</marquee>

Option	Description	Default
Width	Width of container to fit the scroller within	32
Space	Whitespace between scrolling the text again. This is required to be longer than the provided width.	32

Pause

Repeat text for a number of frames.

<pause times=10>This text is repeated for 10 frames</pause>

Option	Description	Default
Times	Amount of frames to repeat this text for	10

Pulse

Create pulsing text

<pulse color=multi pause=1>Pulsating text</pulse>

Option	Description	Default
Color	Colour to pulse, one of: multi, white, black, red, yellow, blue, pink, green, cyan	multi
Pause	Amount of frames to hold full brightness at	1

Rainbow

Creates a rainbow colour cycle of text.

<rainbow>Rainbow text</rainbow>

Option	Description	Default
Smooth	(3.2/1.16+ only) Enable 1.16 hex colour support	true on 1.16 and above
Length	(3.2/1.16+ only) Length of gradient	20

Shining text

<shine>Shining Text</shine>

<shine start=&9 middle=&4 end=&9 normal=&7>Shining Text</shine>

Available options:

Option	Description	Default
Start	Starting shine colour	&d
Middle	Primary shine colour	&5
End	Ending shine colour	&d
Size	Length of the shine	5
Normal	Normal text colour	&f
Speed	Step to iterate through the text per frame	1
Pause	Amount of frames to pause before running the shine again	10

Typewriter

Create typing text with flashing cursor

<typewriter cursor=_ pause=10 reverse>Typing text</typewriter>

Option	Description	Default
Cursor	Character to use as the flashing symbol	_
Pause	Amount of frames to pause after typing.	10
Reverse	Reverses the animation with un-typing the text	True

Wave

<wave>Rainbow wave text</wave>

Customising the colours:

<wave colors=&e,&a,&c>Wave text</wave>

Option	Description	Default
Colors	List of colours for the wave	&c,&e,&6,&a,&9,&1,&d
Colors	(3.2/1.16+ only) List of colours for the wave (1.16 +, requires hex codes)	#FF0000
Hsb	(3.2/1.16+ only) HSB Colour interpolation mode	false (set to true if one colour is provided)
Length	(3.2/1.16+ only) Length of gradient	30
Smooth	(3.2/1.16+ only) Enable 1.16 hex colour support	true on 1.16 and aboe