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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

Using a third-party permissions plugin


You will most likely have trusted players on your server with whom you wish to share the use of the /enchant command. However, these players are not trusted enough to be an OP. In order to accomplish this scenario you will need to use a permissions plugin. The permissions plugin will allow you to create multiple groups of players. Each group will have different permissions assigned to it. Each player that plays on your server can then be assigned to a specific group. As an example, you can have three permission groups: default, trusted, and admin. The default group will have the basic permissions. Any new player that joins the server will be put into the default group. The trusted group will have a few more privileges. They will have access to specific commands such as setting the time of day in the server world and teleporting players. The admin group will have access to many other commands such as kicking or banning a player, the /give command, and...