Periods¶

Note

These options are only available for the MiniGamemode.

It is often the case that you want to split your game into half times, over times or other kinds of periods. BlockBall supports to add and customize as many periods you like.

When you create a new minigame, it comes with 6 preconfigured periods.

First period
- Close condition “TIME_OVER” (ends when the duration has passed)
- Duration 150 seconds
- Spawned ball
- Respawn of players
- No goal switch
- No messages
Second period
- Close condition “NEXT_GOAL” (ends when a goal gets scored or the duration has passed)
- Duration 15 seconds
- Spawned ball
- No respawn of players
- No goal switch
- Message “Over Time”
Third period
- Close condition “TIME_OVER” (ends when the duration has passed)
- Duration 10 seconds
- No spawned ball
- No respawn of players
- No goal switch
- Message “Break”
Fourth period
- Close condition “TIME_OVER” (ends when the duration has passed)
- Duration 150 seconds
- Spawned ball
- Respawn of players
- Goal switch
- No messages
Fifth period
- Close condition “NEXT_GOAL” (ends when a goal gets scored or the duration has passed)
- Duration 15 seconds
- Spawned ball
- No respawn of players
- No goal switch
- Message “Over Time”
Sixth period
- Close condition “TIME_OVER” (ends when the duration has passed)
- Duration 10 seconds
- No Spawned ball
- No respawn of players
- No goal switch
- No messages

Configuring ingame¶

Go to the Settings Page of your arena
Open the Game Settings Page

Open the Match Times Page

Select or add a new match time

Customize the available options to your own needs.

You can find all options explained at the bottom of this page.

Configuring in your arena_x.yml¶

At this stage, you should be able to find your arena save file. If not, please take a look at this page.

Go to the Open the arena_x.yml of your arena
Search for the following section:

arena_x.yml

match-times:
    '1':
      duration: 150
      close-type: TIME_OVER
      switch-goals: false
      ball-playable: true
      respawn: true
      start-message-title: ''
      start-message-subtitle: ''
    '2':
      duration: 15
      close-type: NEXT_GOAL
      switch-goals: false
      ball-playable: true
      respawn: false
      start-message-title: §6Overtime
      start-message-subtitle: Only a few seconds left
    '3':
      duration: 10
      close-type: TIME_OVER
      switch-goals: false
      ball-playable: false
      respawn: false
      start-message-title: §6Break
      start-message-subtitle: Take a short break
    '4':
      duration: 150
      close-type: TIME_OVER
      switch-goals: true
      ball-playable: true
      respawn: true
      start-message-title: ''
      start-message-subtitle: ''
    '5':
      duration: 15
      close-type: NEXT_GOAL
      switch-goals: false
      ball-playable: true
      respawn: false
      start-message-title: §6Overtime
      start-message-subtitle: Only a few seconds left
    '6':
      duration: 10
      close-type: TIME_OVER
      switch-goals: false
      ball-playable: false
      respawn: false
      start-message-title: ''
      start-message-subtitle: ''

Customize the available options to your own needs.

Properties¶

Close-type: The condition when this period ends. Can be TIME_OVER (ends when the duration has passed) or NEXT_GOAL (ends when a goal gets scored or the duration has passed).
Duration: Duration in seconds until this period ends.
Switch goals: Should the goals be switched when this period starts?
Playable ball: Should the ball be available during this period?
Respawn: Should the players respawn at their team spawnpoint or ball spawnpoint when this period starts?
StartTitle: Title of the message being sent to players when this period starts.
StartSubTitle: Title of the message being sent to players when this period starts.