Canonical source:
plugins_default/timemachine/README.md- edit that file, not this page (this page is built live from it, nothing here is a tracked copy).
TimeMachine
A "throwback options" plugin - lets a player opt back into older (pre-0.17.0) visual behavior: bullet holes (removed in 0.17.0, this plugin reimplements the 0.9.0 and 0.1.0 versions), bullet smoke, a classic egg-splatter death animation, and classic frag particles - each individually toggleable, none on by default except bullet smoke.
Setup
Depends on Legacy Settings and Legacy Themes (dependencies.js declares both as "plugin" dependencies) - and, unlike Legacy Themes itself, actually declares what it depends on rather than relying on splice-order coincidence.
What it actually does
Adds a "Throwback Options" category under a shared "Graphics" settings tab (see Legacy Settings) with four options, each wired directly into a plugins.cancel-based replacement of a default rendering behavior:
| Option | Effect when set |
|---|---|
| Bullet Holes | 0.17.0 (default, i.e. off), 0.9.0, or 0.1.0 - reimplements the old sprite-based bullet-hole decal system for the two non-default choices, using an original comment's own note that "0.17.0 removed them entirely." |
| Bullet Smoke | Off cancels the default bulletHitEffect behavior entirely (plugins.cancel = !this.bulletSmoke.get()). |
| Classic Death Animation | On cancels the default playerDeathAnimation and plays an egg-splatter (exploding shell/white/yolk mesh) animation instead. |
| Classic Frag Particles | On cancels the default shellFragBurstBefore particle burst and substitutes an old-style one. |
Also registers a "Classic Shell Background" entry in Legacy Themes' style-pack list, alongside its graphics options.
A genuinely useful example of conditional plugins.cancel
Every plugins.cancel example elsewhere in this wiki (Replacing Core Behaviour) cancels unconditionally. This plugin's bulletHitEffect/playerDeathAnimation/shellFragBurstBefore handlers all set cancel based on a live user setting read at the moment the event fires (this.bulletSmoke.get(), etc.) - a real example of a default behavior being conditionally replaced per-player, per-preference, rather than always-on for everyone who has the plugin installed.
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