[FUN] MobArena v0.96.8 - Become a mob-fighting gladiator! [1.7.x, 1.8.x]

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    MobArena - Become a mob-fighting gladiator!
    [​IMG] Latest build: v0.96.7 (1.7.x)
    [​IMG] Wiki
    [​IMG] IRC Channel
    [​IMG] Source

    BukkitDev Project Page - Find MobArena on dev.bukkit.org here: LINK.

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    Old description (open)
    If you enjoy fighting monsters for glorious prizes or just the sheer thrill of battle, you and your friends can now join forces against hordes of Minecraft evils in the exciting gladiator-style survival mini-game MobArena!

    Heavily inspired by Deminetix' Fight-plugin, MobArena is a PvE-take on arena-gameplay, with a similar class-based system. Instead of fighting other players, you team up with them to beat oncoming waves of monsters, earning rewards in the process. MobArena can be played alone, or with as many friends as you like!


    Features:
    • Fight oncoming waves of monsters
    • Play alone or team up with friends
    • Earn glorious prizes
    • Customizable classes, rewards and waves
    • Easy to set up
    • Extremely easy to use
    • Very few user commands
    • Supports Permissions and all major economies
    • Supports Spout
    • Supports Heroes
    Note: When you post a bug report, please provide a stacktrace/error from the server log/console window. Post this stacktrace in either a pastebin, a pastie, or a CODE-block! The same applies for config-files, permissions-files, etc! Please don't put them directly in your posts, as they become gigantic and annoying to read. If you don't follow this guideline, I might ignore your post!


    Wiki - Instructions, commands, FAQ, etc.
    I have set up a Wiki for MobArena. It contains a bunch of information and guides on how to set up and customize arenas, an overview of all the commands, how to set up Permissions, as well as frequently asked questions.

    New: MobArena now has its own IRC channel (#mobarena @ EsperNet). Click here for a web-based IRC client. Feel free to stop by to get help setting everything up if you really don't understand the Wiki and the instructional video, or to have a chat about MobArena (or anything else, for that matter) :)

    Relevant links:
    Videos:
    Getting started with MobArena, by Flamers
    Flamers made this really easy-to-follow, simple video of how to get started with MobArena. It covers installing the plugin, defining an arena region and setting up basic leaderboards, as well as a few pointers for arena design.
    Old instructional video (open)
    Instructional video for setting up MobArena:

    Note: This video was made for v0.67, but all the in-game instructions still work the same for the latest versions. The config-file has changed, so make sure to read the Wiki on how to set it up.
    More Videos (open)
    Review of MobArena by plugin reviewer jamescosten (v0.84):

    Note: My nickname "garbagemule" is pronounced "garbage mule", as in "trash donkey" ;)

    Hilarious showcase of MobArena by Daniel James and Daniel Cherry (v0.92.3):


    Delios showing off his beautiful arena setup:


    slowmonkey1227 in his interesting "island" arena: YouTube
    French video by avalondrey (v0.87.3): YouTube
    German video by blutherz and his friends (v0.91.2): YouTube



    Troubleshooting:
    To avoid wasting not only your own time, but mine as well, I expect everyone to do some extensive troubleshooting before posting bug reports. What does this mean?

    Try MobArena on a fresh server.
    MobArena works perfectly fine when I release it. Sure, there are a few bugs, but it works. If it doesn't work for you, something is most likely wrong on your end. Set up a local test-server, and verify that MobArena works before claiming that it doesn't. When you have verified that MobArena does indeed work, you can start adding other plugins and settings until something conflicts.

    Disable other plugins.
    The first thing you need to do is disable all other plugins. If you can't reproduce the bug with other plugins disabled, you know that you have a conflicting plugin. Now perform a binary search on the other plugins, or if you don't know how to do that, just add a couple of plugins back to the plugins-folder, try to reproduce the bug, and if you can't, the conflicting plugin must be in the remaining set of plugins.

    Write down reproduction steps.
    Figure out the exact steps to reproduce/trigger the bug. I need precise steps, and as much information as possible, because there are often many things that could be going on. An example of reproduction steps could be:
    1. Type /ma join
    2. Punch the Archer class sign
    3. Wait for someone else to join
    4. Punch the iron block
    5. Type /ma leave before the other player picks a class

    Check the console window/server.log
    Make sure you check the server.log file for any MobArena errors or exceptions. If you find any, copy the ENTIRE exception (including all the lines that say "at com.garbagemule.MobArena...") and paste it (with the other information) in a CODE-tag here in the thread.


    Donations:
    I develop MobArena for the fun of it and the positive feedback is all it takes to make me happy, but a few people have asked for a link, so if you're one of them, here's a link: Donate - You can donate as much as you want, even down to a few cents! If I get enough donations, I will spend the money on an extra Minecraft account to aid me in developing/testing/debugging MobArena :)


    Changelog:

    Version 0.94.3.24
    • Updated for CB 1337.
    • The repair-delay node is now unused! The reason for this is that it is now possible (with the release of 1317) to cancel block damage in explosions, and still retain the animation and sound! This also means that arenas should be fully pistons-compatible (for arenas that don't use soft-restore or force-restore)! I'm hoping to see some screenshots and videos of shifting arenas! :)
    • You can now right-click signs in the lobby! I finally found a super easy solution to the improperly updating inventory issue with right-clicking class signs. The result is that players can now left- or right-click as they please. This should solve all issues related to players not being able to choose classes, due to spawn region and WorldGuard/Factions/whatever conflicts.
    • It is no longer possible to warp out of the lobby.
    • New per-arena setting: final-wave - Allows for setting a final wave, meaning on that wave, the arena will end, regardless of how many players are alive.
    Version 0.94.3.11 (open)

    • v0.94.3.11 - Updated Register, built against CB 1240.
    • v0.94.3.8 - Added basic leaderboards.
    • v0.94.3.6 - Fixed MagicSpells support - MobArena no longer supports MagicSpells pre-v1.1!
    • v0.94.3.5 - Fixed a bunch of bugs introduced with CB 1185, as well as a couple of minor MobArena bugs.
    • Updated for CraftBukkit #1185
    • Updated economy support (now supports iConomy 6).
    • Added the three new mob types, Enderman/Endermen, CaveSpider/CaveSpiders, Silverfish. They can be used just like the other mob types in the waves.
    • Endermen cannot pick up arena blocks (this is why).
    • Endermen cannot place blocks in arena regions.
    • The per-class permission syntax has been fixed and changed slightly. The Wiki has been updated (clicky).
    • Fixed MagicSpells issues.
    Version 0.94.2 (open)

    • Redstone circuits now work properly in arenas.
    • Lightning now properly strikes on spawnpoints on special waves.
    • Fixed an issue where players somehow warping/cheating out of the arena world get kicked from the server when discovered.
    • Added MagicSpells support. Use the magicspells.yml file to ban certain spells from the arena either for the whole session, or only during boss waves.
    • Fixed the Heroes death conflict. MobArena and Heroes should now play nice together. Further Heroes support is planned for upcoming releases.
    • [COLOR=#1000000]MobArena will no longer support the discontinued Permissions 2.x and 3.x permission systems.[/COLOR] Recommended permissions systems include PermissionsBukkit (defacto standard) or PermissionsEX.
    Version 0.94.1 (open)

    • Added two new boss abilities: 'shuffle-positions' and 'flood'. Try them out!
    • Players disconnecting/crashing during an arena session no longer get corrupted data files due to economy rewards.
    • Weapon durability is now correctly set to "unlimited".
    • Item sub-types (cocoa beans, bonemeal, colored wool, etc.) now work again.
    • Players can no longer join the arena without first picking a class.
    • MobArena now works with spawn-monsters=false again.
    Version 0.94 (open)

    • Completely revamped the waves system! Undeniably the biggest feature in MobArena since multiple arenas in v0.92, the new customizable waves are guaranteed to bring much more awesomeness to your MobArenas. The waves system brings two new wave types, swarm waves and boss waves. The latter is a very elaborate feature, and the whole waves system has been given its own page on the Wiki. Note: MobArena will ignore all old wave settings, but use sane defaults.
    • Revamped the logging system. Instead of logging: true, you can now use logging: yml/xml. The logging system will now keep track of the last session only, but also maintain a collection of 'totals' for each arena. The idea behind these easy-to-parse files is making the stats available on server web pages.
    • Added SuperPerms/PermissionsBukkit support. Note that specifying mobarena.arenas.* and mobarena.classes.* probably won't work, but these nodes are given to everyone by default.
    • Added Spout support. Currently, the only Spouty thing MobArena does is print (some) announcements as notifications/achievements. This should limit the amount of "chat spam" that MobArena produces. Other Spout-features are planned, but don't expect something crazy. Note that MobArena does NOT require Spout!
    • Monsters will no longer target pet wolves. This is a major nerf to pet classes, but they were very overpowered as it was.
    • Fixed item amounts greater than 64 sometimes bugging out. You should now be able to put arrow:1024 for your Archer classes :)
    • Fixed players losing their stored items and/or earned rewards upon disconnecting from the arena.
    • Fixed blocks not restoring when burned by fire.
    • Fixed an issue with entry fees. They should no longer cause any problems.
    • Fixed slimes. That's right! Slimes that spawn as a result of bigger slimes splitting upon death are now considered arena monsters. This also means that Slimes no longer drop slime balls; as intended.
    • Revamped the repairing algorithm. It is now MUCH more sophisticated, and is capable of repairing not only signs and containers, but also torches, doors and beds. Redstone -should- repair properly as well, but it is still slightly buggy.
    • Added support for restorable containers. Registered chests, dispensers, and furnaces will have their contents stored upon arena start, and restored at arena end. This is useful for providing the arena players with chests with e.g. upgrades or food.
    • Added new commands (for the feature above) - /ma addcontainer <name>, /ma delcontainer <name>, /ma containers. These commands work much like the the spawnpoint commands. To add a container, simply look at the container and type /ma addcontainer <name>.
    Changelog (continued)
     
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    KoBro12

    @garbagemule - NNNNOOOOOOO! Please dont go inactive. :(
     
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    prosicraft

    I will _try_ to update this wonderful plugin now... but i think this will take a while, because the complete configuration system has been changed.
     
  4. Thank you for trying :D
     
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    shanko

    I hope somebody can update it ;_;
     
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    Tanite

    It would be a crime to let this die. Most plugins promise fun but not that many really deliver it like MA.
     
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    prosicraft

    I finished updating the plugin now...
    Please try out https://github.com/prosicraft/MobArena/
    You can find the binary in the dist folder.
    If the MobArena.jar in the dist folder does not work, try the direct http link:
    Link

    I tested it with CraftBukkit 1493. Maybe you need to reconfigurate your arenas.
     
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    --GJ--

    @prosicraft You sir, are a saint. Let's get this plugin moved back to active, huh? :D
     
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    shanko

    reconfigurate your arenas? what does this entail?
     
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    prosicraft

    It may happen, that the new build can't load your old configurations and arenas because of some changes in the source, which were not released yet. But I think there might be an exception in the console, if it can't.

    Good idea :D
    But I don't know if I have time to support this plugin.

    EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Jul 15, 2016
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    itsfanboy

    Would anyone care to help me? I did everything right in the video but when i click my signs for the classes it gives me nothing and dsnt let me chose the class. I try to enter the arena by click the iron block but it says i need to pick a class to enter. Sorry im a noob at these types of things. Anyone care to help? I do have skype and teamviewer if u would like to contact me. Skype: Jasonmc1333
     
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    Expatcat

    Does this plugin support economy?
     
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    lucasvilla97

    @garbagemule i think your mod it's awesome and i translate the announcement.yml to spanish so .... can u publicate it?
    and anyone that would like to have it on spanish here it goes , Aqui esta el announcement del mob arena en español para el que lo quiera :)
     

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    Zombiemold

    I'm pretty sure that since you aren't the MAIN developer, you won't be able to do major bug fixes and such but. There seems to be a problem with the MagicSpells listener in the version you provided. It won't load for me with our server's MagicSpells plugin installed.
     
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    prosicraft

    Please check this:
    1. Class name on the first line of the sign?
    2. Does the class exist in your config.yml below "classes:"?
    3. Have you placed the sign insight a lobby region?
    4. Does the server show any error in the console? (Please let me know, so i can fix it)

    I have'nt tested the MagicSpells feature completely yet. But it seems there are still problems with it. Can you give me your exact MagicSpells Version, so I can try to fix it. ;)
     
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    Zombiemold

    Version is MagicSpells v.1.3.2.
     
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    dark_hunter

    Another dead plugin that rocked.
     
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    Flamers

    @itsfanboy You haven't followed it correctly then. If you are using the 1.0 build of CB then it might not work.

    @Expatcat Yes.
     
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    Atredes

    So I'm having a few issues. First one that sparked a lot of bullshit was the fact that my bosses don't work as bosses. I set their difficulty to psycho and gave them about 5 perks. First up was a huge slime. He died and was split in two nearly instantly. Not only that, but once he died, nothing happened. Mob arena just stopped. Fix?
    Another issue is, after trying to take out the bosses and replacing them with normal waves, I got A LOT of errors. I should be able to fix that issue, though. I just want to know why my boss files don't want to work. And how do waves work? Like I put down

    wave1:
    wave: 1
    type: default
    monsters:
    zombie: 4
    spider: 4
    skeleton: 4
    growth: psycho

    So are those ratios I see? And if those are ratios, how will I ever know the exact numbers of mobs spawned? Please help me to understand mob arena a bit better. None of the guides seem to be clear enough. :)

    -Atredes



     
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    shanko

    I have this same issue bit I'm pretty sure its because this plugin doesnt work with 1.0 dev builds of bukkit
     
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    ibreaktoucher

    please start continueing!
    is it compatible with 1.0.0 ?
     
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    itsfanboy

    1. Yes
    2. Yes spelled exactly the same
    3. Yes
    4. Not one.

    As i stated b4 u can feel free to come to my server and help me or over skype or teamviewer. I really want this to work because this would make my plain server alot better. Thanks
     
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    prosicraft

    Since bukkit updated some methods bosses had some issues. I tried to fix this issue.
    Please try out my latest build: From Github (https) -- Or from my website (http)

    P.S: Maybe this Page helps you understanding the configuration nodes ;)
     
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    ParadoXz

    why inactive :'(
     
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    Zombiemold

    That atleast got Bosses working. Thanks for that.

    Still lots of bugs with the boss abilities. Seems chickens don't function well as bosses as they aren't aggressive like they were before 1.0.
     
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    tom

    For some reason with this version, users don't loose health in the mobArena
     
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    shanko

    Can somebody post their config file for the newest version posted by proiscraft so I can see what I need to alter on mine

    Although the bosses now seem to be working properly, my Arena ends after I defeat the first boss.

    EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Jul 15, 2016
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    prosicraft

    This is the default configuration file.
    And this is a more complex sample file.
     

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