/polyplot

A mod for Minecraft Forge with Minecraft v1.12.2.

Primary LanguageJavaOtherNOASSERTION

PolyPlot

Mod for Minecraft Forge with Minecraft v1.12.2.

Curseforge: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/polyplot

Youtube Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ_u5vh_u4w

Specifications

Features:

  • New Items:

    • Wierd Wand (effectively inert, used for crafting the other three wands)
    • Banagon's Wand
    • Banagon's Wand of Spires
    • Banagon's Wand of Barriers

  • New Functionality:

    • Create protected polygonal zones ('plots') in any dimension (plots with spires or barriers are restricted to the overworld).
    • Generate up to three plots using any of the three wands.
    • Remove a plot using any of the three wands.
    • Rejects block placement/removal in/from plots by foreign players.
    • Plots generated by a Wand of Spires generates a 3-block-high pillars at the plot's corners.
    • Plots generated by a Wand of Barriers generates a 3-block-high pillars at the plot's corners, and 3-block-high walls along the plot's edges.
    • Alerts players upon entering/leaving a foreign player's plot.
    • Customize plot entry/exit messages by changing a wand's display name using an anvil.

  • New server console commands:

    • /pp_ls: list all plots
    • /pp_setPillarConfig: set blockstate configuration for pillars
    • /pp_setWallConfig: set blockstate configuration for walls

Planned Features for the Future

  • New Items:

    • 3 lore books, adding some background lore to why the wands exist, that can be found randomly in generated chests.

  • New Functionality:

    • Allow plots to have multiple owners.
    • Allow plots with pillars and walls to be created in non-overworld dimensions.
    • Enable rendering of plot borders/area for plot owners and server op's while holding wands.
    • Plot area protects from explosions damage.
    • Plot area protects from interactive modification by foreign players (i.e. opening a chest).

  • New Server Console Commands:

    • /pp_deletePlot: forcibly delete a plot from the server

  • Fixes:

    • Fix bug where walls generated and protected plot area doesn't line up exactly.

User Manual

Crafting Recipes

Wierd Wand (Shaped Recipe)

Wierd Wand

Banagon's Wand (Non-Shaped recipe)

Banagon's Wand Banagon's Wand of Spires Banagon's Wand of Barriers

Plots

Create

Steps

  1. To begin your plot, wield one of Banagon's Wands on your item bar.
  2. Right click a block on the ground to begin your plot. This is your 'origin' block.
  3. Right click somewhere that isn't the origin block to create a new vertex for your plot.
  4. Repeat step 3 until you have added all desired points to your polygon.
  5. Right click your 'origin' block to complete the plot.

Note: If you are using Banagon's Wand of Barriers, and your plot extends across open air, the

Quit creating a plot

If you start drawing a plot but put put a polygon point somewhere you don't want or otherwise mess up your shape, you can abandon the drawing process by right clicking towards the sky with one of the Banagon's Wands.

Restrictions

  • Plot polygons may not have overlapping edges.
  • A player can have at most 3 plots.
  • A plot polygon can have at most 30 points.
  • The dimensions of the square that circumscribes the plot polygon can not be greater than 100 x 100 blocks.

Delete

To delete your plot, wield any of the Banagon's Wands and right click the ground three times inside of your plot area.

Customise Plot Name

To customise the name of your plot that shows up to other players when they enter and exit your plot territory, rename the wand using an anvil.

Development

Build

Java JDK 8 is required at this time.

sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk

First run the server, and then run the client to connect to the server in another shell.

./gradlew runServer

then

./gradlew runClient

You may have to chmod the gradlew file to be executable.