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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

Creating more plugins on your own


Now that you have these two plugins made, you have a feel for how to properly use event listeners. You now have the required knowledge to create hundreds of unique plugins on your own. All you need to get started is a cool idea. Why don't you try making one of the plugins suggested earlier in this chapter? For more ideas, you know where to look. The Bukkit forums or the API documentation are great for inspiration. For example, looking though the list of events, I saw the ExplosionPrimeEvent which has the description Called when an entity has made a decision to explode. This event is called when a creeper makes that hissing noise that every Minecraft player dreads. When this happens, you can send a message to all nearby players to make it look like the creeper is talking to them. First you would create an EventHandler for this event. You will want to return if the entity is not a creeper. Then you will want to get the entities that are near the creeper (there...