AlwaysShowTime

AlwaysShowTime: Keep Your Slay the Spire Runs Timed

Ever found yourself engrossed in a challenging Slay the Spire encounter, only to lose track of time? Or perhaps you’ve wished for a more persistent way to monitor your progress during those extended ascents? The AlwaysShowTime mod addresses this by bringing a familiar display from earlier Slay the Spire iterations directly to your current gameplay.

Always Visible, Always Informative

This mod’s core function is to make the game timer visible on every screen, not just during the map exploration. Whether you’re in the heat of combat, navigating a perilous event, browsing a shop, or resting at a campfire, the timer is readily available. It adopts the style of Slay the Spire 2’s time display, offering a seamless visual experience that won’t interrupt your strategic decisions.

Smart Integration for a Smooth Experience

A key aspect of AlwaysShowTime is its intelligent rendering strategy. It works harmoniously with both the base game and other popular mods like BaseMod. On the map screen, it cleverly allows the existing display to function, preventing any visual clutter. For all other screens, the mod steps in to provide the timer, ensuring that the transition is visually undetectable. This smart approach guarantees that the timer display feels like a natural part of the game interface.

Key Features of AlwaysShowTime:

• Full-Screen Timer: The game timer is persistently displayed on the top bar across all game screens, including combat, events, shops, and campfires.
• Slay the Spire 2 Style: Replicates the time display behavior familiar to players of earlier versions.
• Dynamic Color Coding: The timer appears golden when active and turns green when the timer is paused or stops, mirroring the original game’s visual cues.
• BaseMod Compatibility: Automatically detects the presence of BaseMod and adjusts its coordinate system for optimal visual consistency.
• Preserved Interactions: All original interactions, such as tooltips on hover and proper hitbox rendering, are maintained.
• Performance Optimized: The mod ensures zero impact on your frame rate by only supplementing rendering where necessary.

Seamless and Compatible

Developed using the ModTheSpire framework, AlwaysShowTime prioritizes compatibility and performance. It utilizes standard patching methods to minimize conflicts with other modifications. The mod also boasts a lightweight design, with its BaseMod detection happening only once at startup, resulting in no performance cost during gameplay. You can even add this mod mid-run without any issues.