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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

Chapter 2. Learning the Bukkit API

You may be wondering what the difference is between Bukkit and CraftBukkit. Many people use the two words interchangeably. However, they are in fact different files. In chapter one you were introduced to the CraftBukkit jar. In this chapter you will be introduced to the Bukkit API and learn what it allows you to accomplish through programming plugins for a CraftBukkit server. By the end of this chapter you will most likely have numerous ideas for plugins that you will eventually be able to create yourself. This chapter will cover the following in more detail:

  • Understanding the purpose of an API

  • Finding documentation of the Bukkit API

  • Navigating through JavaDocs to find specific information

  • Reading and understanding the documentation

  • Exploring and learning more aspects of the Bukkit API