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Useful server admin tips

This section contains some useful tips to enhance your Village Defense server!

caution

These tips should be EULA friendly, but may not!

warning

We are not responsibility for other plugins. Please contact the authors of the plugins!

Let's start taking profit from our server!

Buyable kits for coins​

Required plugins: ChestCommands GUI (or other), Vault, Permissions plugin, Any plugin that gives money for mobs killing​

1. Using ChestCommands GUI you can create menu like that:

Just create good-looking GUI via Chest Commands, set item prices (requires Vault) and in command to execute use command from your permissions plugin.

Example:

cleaner-buy:
    ID: magma_cream
    COMMAND: 'console: pex user {player} add villagedefense.kit.cleaner;tell: &eThanks for purchase!' #for PermissionsEx
    #COMMAND: 'console: lp user {player} permission set villagedefense.kit.cleaner true;tell: &eThanks for purchase!' #for LuckPerms
    LORE:
       - '&7Clean map very fast and easy!'
       - '&7Click to buy for &e&l3000 coins'
    PRICE: 3000
    POSITION-X: 2
    POSITION-Y: 2

2. Edit kit descriptions in language.yml

Go to language.yml and modify descriptions of kits that you're selling via shop above. Add information that kit is available to buy for coins. You must add enough spaces to wrap this line to next line.

In overall it looks like this:

3. Profit

Global server boosters​

Requirements Web store (ex. CraftingStore), Permissions plugin​

Using Custom permissions you can create global server boosters for your server!

1. Create new custom permission in config.yml

CustomPermissions:
  server-booster: 100

Everyone who has this permission will receive 100% more orbs in-game.

2. Add new item to your web store

Create new item in your store with command:

  • lp group %your_default_group% permission settemp server-booster 12h for LuckPerms
  • pex group %your_default_group% timed add server-booster 43200 * for PermissionsEx

This command will give you 12 hour server booster for your default group.

3. Profit

Party support​

Required plugins: (Recommend) Parties or PartyAndFriends for Spigot or Bungee​

Using Bungee?​

1. Install the party plugin on your bungee and spigot server and restart both servers

2. Make sure to use the same database on both servers. (If you use MySQL us the same database and set it up on both servers)

(3.) Only if you use PAF for Bungee, you will need to install the PAF Addon and follow the instruction of it.

note

Basically the party plugin on spigot works as a bridge beetween bungee - (spigot) - our minigame

3. Profit

Using Spigot?​

1. Install the party plugin on your spigot server and restart the server

2. Our plugin will automatically hook into the party plugin

3. Profit

Bungeecord Lobby Signs​

Required plugins: BungeeSigns​

1. Install the BungeeSigns plugin on your lobby servers

2. Set it up like the plugin thread says it

3. Profit

note

When using EssentialsX make sure to set respawn-listener-priority to normal or low!