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Building Minecraft Server Modifications

By : Cody M. Sommer
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Building Minecraft Server Modifications

By: Cody M. Sommer

Overview of this book

If you have ever played Minecraft on a public server then the chances are that the server was powered by Bukkit. Bukkit plugins allow a server to be modified in more ways than you can imagine. Learning to program your own server mods will allow you to customize the game to your own liking. Building Minecraft Server Modifications is a complete guide that walks you through the creation of Minecraft server mods. From setting up a server, to testing your newly made plugins, this book teaches you everything you need to know. With the help of this book you can start practising for a career in software development or simply create something awesome to play with your friends. This book walks you through installing your own Minecraft server for you and your friends. Once your server is running, it will aid you in modifying the game by programming Bukkit plugins. You will learn how to program simple plugin features such as player commands and permissions. You will also learn more complex features including listening for events, creating a configurable plugin, and utilizing the Bukkit scheduler. All of this will be accomplished while writing your own server mods. You will become familiar with the most important aspects of the Bukkit API. Additional API features will become a breeze to learn after tackling these more complicated tasks.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Building Minecraft Server Modifications
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding a permission node to plugin.yml


Within your Enchanter project, open the plugin.yml file. Adding permission nodes is similar to how commands are added. On a new line we add permissions:. Be sure that this line is not indented at all. On the following lines we add each permission node that our plugin will use, followed by a colon. The next few lines will provide attributes of the permission, such as its description. The following code is an example of how the plugin.yml will look with the enchant permission node added. Ensure that the indentations are similar. Note that the version attribute should also be updated to indicate that this is a new and improved version of the Enchanter plugin.

name: Enchanter
version: 0.2
main: com.codisimus.enchanter.Enchanter
description: Used to quickly put enchantments on an item
commands:
  enchant:
    aliases: e
    description: Adds enchantments to the item in your hand
    usage: Hold the item you wish to enchant and type /enchant
permissions:
...