Tick Rate (Entity Action Type)

Sets, freezes, steps or resets the tick rate of the entity, of the chunk it stands in, or of its whole dimension. This is the one-shot form of apoli:modify_tick_rate — what it sets stays set until something clears it, so pair it with duration or with a matching reset call. The same thing from the console is /tick entity and /tick chunk.

Type ID: apoli:tick_rate

Fields#

Field	Type	Default	Description
scope	entity, chunk, dimension or server	entity	What the change applies to. chunk and dimension use the entity’s current position; server drives Minecraft’s own tick rate — see Server scope is vanilla’s /tick.
rate	Integer or Expression	unchanged	Logical ticks per second. 20 is normal speed, 0 stops everything.
frozen	Boolean	unchanged	Stops ticking entirely, regardless of rate.
step	Integer or Expression	unchanged	Lets a frozen scope run this many ticks and then freeze again — the per-entity form of /tick step.
sprint	Integer or Expression	unchanged	Runs the scope at full speed for this many ticks, ignoring its rate.
reset	Boolean	false	Clears every override on that scope and gives it back the normal flow of time. Every other field is ignored.
duration	Integer	0	How long the override lasts, in ticks, after which the scope goes back to what it was. 0 means until something clears it.

Fields left out are left as they were, so a second call with only frozen: false unfreezes without touching the rate.

Server scope is vanilla’s /tick#

scope: server does not use Apoli’s own gate at all — it calls the same code /tick does, so rate is /tick rate, frozen is /tick freeze, step is /tick step and sprint is /tick sprint. Minecraft syncs that state to every client itself, which means rendering, particles and sounds all slow down with the world and nothing stutters. It is the right scope for a global slow-motion effect.

It is also global and it is not reference-counted: the last thing to set it wins. Apoli remembers the rate and freeze state the server had before it first touched them, so duration and reset: true both put that back rather than assuming 20 TPS — which matters when an operator has already run /tick rate themselves.

scope: server is unavailable on Minecraft 1.20.1, which has no /tick command. There, use dimension.

Examples#

{
    "type": "apoli:tick_rate",
    "rate": 5,
    "duration": 100
}

Runs the entity at a quarter speed for five seconds, then lets it go back to normal on its own.

{
    "type": "apoli:area_of_effect",
    "shape": "sphere",
    "radius": 6,
    "bientity_action": {
        "type": "apoli:target_action",
        "action": {
            "type": "apoli:tick_rate",
            "frozen": true,
            "duration": 60
        }
    }
}

Freezes every entity within six blocks for three seconds — a time-stop shockwave.