Plugin for TreeCrafters : starting anew

Hey guys, grillo126 here
Since the last attempt has been discontinued, I decided to try to make a plug-in for this server, based on the challenge.

Here is the current list of feature wanted :

-Notify the player when not next to a connected log
-Maybe cause damage to the player if a way from a log for more than a minute
-Some permissions for admins (no damage etc)
-Plant sapling with axe in hand
-Plant saplings on logs
-Free roam in certain conditions (market, spawn)

Currently done :
Plant saplings with axe in hand (Use left click while sneaking to plant)
Place and break blocks restrictions : To be able to break/place something you have to be near a log or leaves of your tree's type.
And some other features like auto-creative for newcomers

Problems :
The connected to heart log thing is complex to apply (easy to code trough)
I never used any kind of bukkit's permissions before. So for now this is just hard-coded permissions.



Throw any suggestions in this topic, but keep in mind that I'm not a plugin dev. I never looked at a minecraft source code before so give me some time

This may be a little complicated, but see if you could add a timer so players have to be on the log for 30 seconds before hopping off, so they can't just hop on and off again. That may sound confusing.

Sounds good.
it looks like it is missing the player cant place or destroy block if he is not on a connected block.

Alternatively, instead of dealing damage, just make it so that the players can't pick up items unless they're touch their roots (or within a specific region defined by the admin, so they can have a market/spawn area that operates as normal).

I'm kinda fearing that checking if a player is on a log is going to be a VERY heavy plugin (in terms of performance requirements). Just sayin'.

I will prevent block damage/place if the player doesn't stand next to logs [connected to the heart log (not for now)].
I will damage the player gradually if he quit the roots

It won't ask much server capacities the way I plan to do that
edit : fake infos

. . . PROBLEM! I'm now a snow spirit, in which I use snow. (I'm not asking to make a whole new plug-in for me, just to add specified things like (PLAYERNAME) log.connect.false or whatever.)

Snow blocs will be supported, mushrooms too