On the topic of a plugin...

I wasn't 100% sure where to post this, so please move this admins if it's in the wrong section.

Anyhow...

The topic of a plugin for enforcing tree-spirit came up ingame a while ago, and being experienced in java (though new to writing bukkit plugins), I took up the challenge.

After much frustration with my initial continuity-detection algorithm (it would crash java consistently ), I tried a different one which works much quicker, better, and more elegantly.

The point being, I fully expect to have a testable plugin stub by the weekend. (as of 11/30/11). Not a full plugin, but enough to inform the user "you are on a tree" or "you are off a tree". (not being able to host a server myself, I haven't tested it on the server, though my simulation runs flawlessly.)

Admins, mods, those of you who were looking for a plugin, please let me know what you think.

That is outstanding! I would love to try this out sometime. A plugin that just warns the player without harming them might actually suit our purposes much better anyway. Please let us know when you have something ready to test, and we'll give it a shot.

If you have a testable version and need some testing done, I'd be glad to throw it on my server to test.

anotherstiffler wrote:That is outstanding! I would love to try this out sometime. A plugin that just warns the player without harming them might actually suit our purposes much better anyway. Please let us know when you have something ready to test, and we'll give it a shot.

Ultimately, punishing the player for straying from their tree ought to be a configurable option in the plugin. (It would be bad practice not to )

Tohclan wrote:If you have a testable version and need some testing done, I'd be glad to throw it on my server to test.

lol, I'm not nearly done right now. I'll let you know when it's ready though

This sounds cool. Are you including leaves in this or just wood itself at the moment?

Blazinfox555 wrote:This sounds cool. Are you including leaves in this or just wood itself at the moment?

Leaves are calculated the way the lore says: They can be touched, but only with continuity to the heart. Logs cannot use leaves as a path to the heart, however leaves can.
# = leaves
= = logs
+ = spirit
@ = spirit

@
###====+ is valid
@
==###==+ is invalid

That makes a lot of sense, zapmunk, and fits perfectly with the lore. So far, I approve. Still can't wait to see what else you do.

Btw - did you email me recently? I seem to have lost it if you did.

anotherstiffler wrote:That makes a lot of sense, zapmunk, and fits perfectly with the lore. So far, I approve. Still can't wait to see what else you do.

Btw - did you email me recently? I seem to have lost it if you did.

I have not emailed you recently. Rest assured, I will contact you as soon as I have something testable.

Hmm... Ok. Someone emailed me and I lost it. Thought it was you. Must have been someone else.

What build of bukkit are you using currently? I've been coding this with the old 1.8 version, and I'm wondering which version to move to so it can be compatible with the server. (And also so I don't have to downgrade to 1.8 just to test )

We're using a dev release of 1.0 - will upgrade to the full version soon.

BAM! First testable version.

This has 2 permissions: treespirit_test and treespirit_control.
Test is given to everyone, Control is given to ops (by default).
Test is NOT a child of Control, however Control gives access to all Test commands in addition to Control commands.

It only adds one command: the /tree command. Use /tree help for more info.

NOTE: this is NOT a completed version-- I'm really just using this to determine how the algorithm reacts to large numbers of blocks and more than one player. The most useful thing it can do now is say "you are on" or "you are off" a tree.

excellent! Hopefully we get to test this out soon. I may even play with it later tonight,