BetterDiscord-Animated-Status

• Installation
• Usage
• Timeout / Time Per Keyframe
• 'rich' vs 'raw' editor
• Animations
• Examples
• Discord Nitro Emoji
  • Custom Javascript

Installation

Install BetterDiscord
Download animated-status.plugin.js into the following directory
Mac: ~/Library/Preferences/BetterDiscord
Windows: %appdata%\BetterDiscord\plugins
Linux: ~/.config/BetterDiscord/plugins

Usage

Open Discord, go to Settings>Plugins, enable AnimatedStatus and click on Settings.
Enter the required information into the input fields and click save

Timeout / Time Per Keyframe

The value specifies the length of each animation step in milliseconds. Example: With a timeout of 2000, the following animation would take 4 seconds to complete

"abc"
"def"

To prevent the discord server from being spammed with requests, the minimum allowed timeout is hardcoded to be 2.9 seconds.
Logically, the animation timeout should be at least 2900, at best 10000 milliseconds (10 seconds) for the animation to look smooth on other clients.
In the mobile app, the status isn't updated consistently, i.e. the list of server members is updated based on the users actions in the app. Don't be surprised, if the animation doesn't appear smooth, or skips frames.
^ According to @pintoso

'rich' vs 'raw' editor

Since the lastest version, the plugin now features a new rich editor. It doesn't add functionality, but makes editing your animations a whole lot easier!

The raw editor is just a text input field, where you can edit your animations manually in a json-like format
(looking at the source code reveals that it's basically json with missing brackets)

Animations

Animations are made in a really simple and easy to understand syntax.

"Test (Message)"
"Test (Message)", "👍 (Symbol)"
"Test (Message)", "emoji (Nitro Symbol)", "000000000000000000 (Nitro Symbol ID)"
"eval new String('test') (Javascript)"
"eval new String('test') (Javascript)", "eval new String('👍') (Javascript)"
...

Examples

Switching text:

"Text 1"
"Text 2 with emoji", "👍"

Discord Nitro Emoji

• Open a discord Chat, type \.

- Select the emoji you want to include in your status using the emoji picker.

- Notice that the message changed to `<:emojiname:emojiid>`. The values inside the brackets (emojiname and emojiid) are the values required for the status.

- Edit the settings accordingly

Custom Javascript

Have the current time as your status:

"eval let fmt=t=>(t<10?'0':'')+t;let d=new Date();`${fmt(d.getHours())}:${fmt(d.getMinutes())}:${fmt(d.getSeconds())}`;"

Have the current time with the corresponding clock symbol as your current status

"eval let fmt=t=>(t<10?'0':'')+t;let d=new Date();`${fmt(d.getHours())}:${fmt(d.getMinutes())}:${fmt(d.getSeconds())}`;", "eval ['🕛','🕐','🕑','🕒','🕓','🕔','🕕','🕖','🕗','🕘','🕙','🕚'][((new Date()).getHours()%12)];"