[announcements] Chat announcements v1

Author: Weissnix4711

scripts/info/announcements.js

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+Send random announcements at intervals using `/tellraw` command.
+Makes sure next message is not the same as the last.
+
+v1
+*/
+
+import {
+    getPlayerList
+} from "ez:player";
+
+let system = server.registerSystem(0, 0);
+let lastNo = 0;
+
+//CHANGE ME
+
+//Note: You can use colour codes, emojis and newline '\n' characters here.
+let messages = [
+    "§l§4[!] §6To kill a mob, hit it until it dies.",
+    "§l§4[!] §6Does anyone actually read these?",
+    "§l§4[!] §6You will die if you run out of health.",
+    "§l§4[!] §6Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell",
+    "§l§4[!] §6Welcome to Joe's Crab Shack!",
+    "§l§4[!] §6Press spacebar/\uE084/\uE000/\uE020 to jump."
+];
+//Time between messages (in ticks)
+let cycleTime = 600;
+
+//INTERVAL
+
+let i = setInterval(() => {
+    try {
+        //Do not run if 0 players online
+        if (getPlayerList().length <= 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+        //Generate and display message
+        let msg = randomMsg();
+        system.executeCommand(`tellraw @a {"rawtext":[{"text":"${msg}"}]}`, () => {});
+    } catch(err) {
+        console.error(err);
+    }
+}, cycleTime);
+
+//RANDOM
+
+function randomMsg() {
+    //Random number between 0 and messages.length
+    let r = 0;
+    while (lastNo === r) {
+        r = Math.floor(Math.random() * (messages.length));
+    }
+    lastNo = r;
+    return messages[r];
+}

scripts/info/index.js

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ console.log("=== Info ===");
 import "./chatCommands.js" //Chat commands
 import "./playerJoin.js" //Player join message / welcome text
 import "./wild.js" //Adds a .wild command
-import "./scoreboard.js" //Scoreboard
+import "./scoreboard.js" //Scoreboard
+import "./announcements.js" //Chat announcements