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Real Time Countdown Timers

I'm a GM in GURPS and there are a few powers that have cooldown in "real time", 15,30,60min of gaming time. Most of the player characters have a few of these and keeping track is starting to become cumbersome.  For in-game time I can put in items on the turn order track, but some sort of real time indicator is desired.  Ideally I would like a token I can pull out of a list with custom icons/descriptions onto the map which counts down "Gonzo Luck 15min: 04:20" and stops at 00:00 but could also work with a count-up and when it passes 15min I can delete it. (To cut down lag a refresh every 10 seconds is fine until <10sec.) A similar function would be something I can set in chat which would count the appropriate time and cause  a pop up in chat "Gonzo countdown: Luck15min complete!" would be great. (I have tried the API GameTimer but it causes so many screen updates our browsers tend to crash every 10min or so.)
A Timer you can set for a certain direction that is just displayed while counting down would be amazing to have... Not only for Cooldown but for Adventures where a timer is needed / helpful as well...
Nick Olivo did a video on this using either animated GIFs or the Hourglass api <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jv5Bx3RrXQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jv5Bx3RrXQ</a> I'm about to play with these myself :) would this fit your usecase?
I tested the hourglass and it did not fit for me. That is why I am supporting this one here... A free timer to be displayed whenever its needed would be great.. Norman said: Nick Olivo did a video on this using either animated GIFs or the Hourglass api <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jv5Bx3RrXQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jv5Bx3RrXQ</a> I'm about to play with these myself :) would this fit your usecase?
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