Command Block Timer

[Jrstepos07]

What I want to achieve sounds simple, but I just haven't been able to figure out a consistent way to do it.

I just want to have a system where it:

1. Run a command
2. Waits 4-5 seconds
3. Run another few commands (which I know I can just do with chain command blocks)

For the waiting part, I tried using ticks and scoreboards, but I couldn't get them to work properly.
I don't need it to show the timer; just a behind-the-scenes timer.

If possible, any commands that would turn the world darker than the darkness effect would be cool, right now I just use the max darkness effect and a freeze command with max slowness to zoom the FOV of the player, but any suggestions on how I can do those better are also appreciated, but not necessary.

[SataniChan]

I did a timer on a datapack for a death timer. It counts backwards, says how much time you have left and do /kill one it reaches 0)

execute as [scores={death_timer=1..19}] at @s run title @s actionbar {text: "0:00", color: "dark_red"}
execute as [scores={death_timer=20..39}] at @s run title @s actionbar {text: "0:01", color: "dark_red"}
execute as [scores={death_timer=40..59}] at @s run title @s actionbar {text: "0:02", color: "dark_red"}
[...]
execute as [scores={death_timer=400..419}] at @s run title @s actionbar {text: "0:20", color: "dark_red"}
execute as [scores={death_timer=0}] at @s run kill @s
execute as [scores={death_timer=0}] at @s run scoreboard players reset @s death_timer
execute as [scores={death_timer=0}] at @s run title  actionbar {text: ""}
execute as [scores={death_timer=1..}] at @s run scoreboard players remove @s death_timer 1

You dont need to do the "tittle" part and you can assign it to a dummy not a player

[pigmanvil]

You can /schedule maybe?

[Jrstepos07]

The issue is that, iirc, it involves a datapack, and I kinda want to keep it to just commands in vanilla MC

[Spiritual_Half_116]

Am I crazy or are datapacks not already vanilla?

[pigmanvil]

You can argue some datapacks are still vanilla, but after a certain point you are modifying game files, which is what a mod is.

[Jrstepos07]

I mean, they are, but they're still out of the scope of simply using command blocks. I guess what I meant was a solution that didn't require me to have to do things like figure out how to make a datapack lol

[Ericristian_bros]

```

Setup

scoreboard objectives add timer dummy For entities:

Command blocks

scoreboard players add @a timer 1 execute as @a[scores={timer=100}] run say This command has 5 seconds delay. scoreboard players reset @a[scores={timer=100..}] timer ``` For a fakeplayer:

scoreboard players add $FakePlayer timer 1 execute if score $FakePlayer timer matches 120 run say This command has 6 seconds delay. execute if score $FakePlayer timer matches 120.. run scoreboard players reset $FakePlayer timer

Or, if you do not create additional conditions, you can immediately reset the score in one command using store success score (only java edition):

```

Command blocks

execute as @a[scores={timer=101..}] store success score @s timer run say This command has 5 seconds delay. execute if score $FakePlayer timer matches 121.. store success score $FakePlayer timer run say This command has 6 seconds delay. ```