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

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    garbagemule

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

    Hello there!
    I have two Problems with MobArena.
    First one is if someone was in the Arena it can be that he cant throw items away until he types /ma leave. It does not matter if someone is in the arena or not.
    Is it possible to delete this feature completly because its not possible to throw items outside my Arena.


    The second Problem is that if someone is in the Arena, god mode is disabled for everyone on each world. I think i used the Essentials god mode. Its good that it is disabled for everyone in the Arena and they cant reactivate the /god mode until they are leave the Arena. But i want that god mode works for everyone else.

    And oh i forgot to say that its a badass plugin!
     
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    Phibedy

    Hi, I got a real problem.
    If I die, I really die and spawn at the spawnpoint.
    In the version before, I just used autogenerated arenas so there must be something wrong in my config.
    http://pastebin.com/y6ppwMA9
    thx for help
     
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    garbagemule

    Testers needed!

    Come one, come all!

    I realize a lot of the bugs currently in the bleeding build are very server-specific, so I encourage everyone to come on IRC and help me get the next build out. If you hop on and help me test out, I might be able to throw some features requests in during the process :)

    So, come on IRC, and report your bugs there. I'll make some changes, and then give you a new build to try out. Help me get this next release out as quick as possible, guys :)
     
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    VTAT

    hmmm... does the sign have to be ON the iron block or can it be above?
     
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    josip1

    garbagemule, not sure if someone mentioned this...but I think you know of it...when players join an arena and then leave they get there inventory back, but enchants aren't included. Incase you didn't know. Could you find a way to fix this?

    May pop on IRC to test things out :):)

    As for my healer thing config file something like this maybe?

    Code:
    Inform class of players health: true/false
    Classes informed: "class name","class name" (can be 1 or it can be more than 1)
    Cooldown between informing: "in seconds"
    Inform class when players health below 3: true/false
    Message when players health below 3 " %player hp is %hp
    Inform class when players health below 5: true/false
     
    Message when players health below 5 " %player hp is %hp
    Inform class when players health below 8: true/false
     
    Message when players health below 8 " %player hp is %hp
     
    
    No sign needs to be on an iron block

    I've made a mage, warlock, healer classes using the plugin magicspells!

    It's really awesome. I gave them certain items bound with spells. Works quite well :) :) Also made it possible to give tanks a taunt of sorts. :) Will share more when I finalize it :)

    EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.
     
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    VTAT

    Oh! I guess i didnt read your last reply properly. i never clicked the iron block! haha thanks for your help!
     
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    garbagemule

    josip1 - The enchantment bug is fixed in the bleeding builds :) As for the health information, I think it might be better to introduce health bars (Spoutcraft only) for party members. Do you and your players use Spoutcraft?
     
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    josip1

    That would be a better option, but we don't use it :p Didn't want to force people to download a separate client to play.

    Talked to some of my players, I think I am going to install spout and spoutcraft.
     
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    MCDigItUp

    Thanks for this awesome plugin, been using it awhile now, very enjoyable :)
     
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    nitroxygen

    I have seen a lot of mob arenas but i have not seen one that looks like the one we built on my server, if anyone wants to see what it looks like go to youtube and look for
    A Different Mob Arena by Design
     
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    Maesthro

    yeah the version before used to warp u to the spec room, that was better i think
     
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    Phibedy

    In the next dev itĀ“s fixed, thx to developer <3
     
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    garbagemule

    nitroxygen - Nice video! :) I like it!

    Maesthro - In the current bleeding dev build (link in channel topic on IRC), there's a new setting, auto-respawn: true|false (defaults to true). If true, it works like the older versions, if false, you actually die in the arena.
     
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    Zach667711

    The /ma addcontainer command wont work for me. It says you dont have access to this command even though i have all the permission nodes....
     
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    worstboy32

    I have a issue with the protection..
    Creepers explode and break blocks.

    protect: true
    detonate-creepers: false
    detonate-damage: false
    And i did "/ma editarena false" and "/ma protect true" before starting.
    and it is even claimed as warzone what have creeper explosions to false.
    But ma probaly bypass this anyway.

    And I have a spec room on top of the arena with glass.
    But while the arena is running players can break the glass..
    And so they go in the arena.

    last tested with:
    Mobarena version: 0.94.4.5

    Please have a look at it.
    and tell me what i'm doing wrong.
     
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    toxicminers

    Hey there am trying to get this plugin up and running again. I haven't used it since 1.0 release. SO I downloaded the latest build v0.94.4.21 from irc link and set up arena how I did before. I have Factions on my server and the MA is in the Warzone as to not take a power loss upon death. The warzone is surrounded by safezone. I set up all my points correctly I am able to join, fight, die, ma leave. I am experiencing a few aggravating issues.

    1) Upon typing /ma join and warping into the lobby I am not charged a fee, it's supposed to be $250. Entry-Fee: $250

    2) When warping into the arena after hitting the iron block one food point is missing two hearts are missing and upon eating HP-regen does NOT occur.This makes the MA impossible as no hp-regen=death very fast.

    3) This I have spent about 4 hours trying to figure out. After I start the arena I have a big arena btw in all the dark places mobs spawn everywhere. Not MA-mobs but regular mobs. I have a worldguard region over my spawn with mob-spawn deny flag but they still spawn? They do NOT spawn in the dark while Arena is not in progress ONLY when it starts. I have deleted the region, Removed all flags and they still spawn. I have to have the MA in a Warzone from the Factions plugin because the MA is very popular and people play it over and over and with many deaths they would lose their power and then their land because of it. I have used your plugin exactly how I have it set up before until 1.0 release. Any info or help would be greatly appreciated.
     
  18. Hello, do you think it would be possible for the plugin to subtract x amount of x from a players inventory? This is because im using gold as money on the server
     
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    Walrog

    Hi, I have a very big problem. The arena starts good, but when wave 8 becomes the boss didnĀ“t come. I have change the config so many times and the problem persist. This is my config:

    waves:
    recurrent:
    spec2:
    wave: 0
    type: special
    priority: 2
    monsters:
    giant: 1
    ghast: 2
    exploding_sheep: 5
    frequency: 2
    spec1:
    wave: 0
    type: special
    priority: 3
    monsters:
    zombie_pigman: 10
    powered_creeper: 10
    angry_wolf: 10
    frequency: 3
    def3:
    wave: 0
    type: default
    priority: 2
    monsters:
    enderman: 5
    creeper: 8
    cave_spider: 10
    growth: fast
    frequency: 2
    def2:
    wave: 6
    type: default
    priority: 2
    monsters:
    zombie: 10
    skeleton: 8
    creeper: 6
    growth: medium
    frequency: 1
    def1:
    wave: 0
    type: default
    priority: 1
    monsters:
    zombie: 10
    skeleton: 8
    exploding_sheep: 8
    growth: medium
    frequency: 1
    single:
    swarm2:
    wave: 13
    type: swarm
    monster: wolf
    amount: psycho
    swarm1:
    wave: 7
    type: swarm
    monster: cave_spider
    amount: high
    boss3:
    wave: 17
    type: boss
    monster: wolf
    health: psycho
    ability-interval: 1
    ability-announce: false
    abilities: warp-to-player,fire-aura,throw-nearby,fireballs,fetch-target,arrows
    boss2:
    wave: 14
    type: boss
    monster: powered_creeper
    health: high
    ability-interval: 2
    ability-announce: false
    abilities: root-target,arrows,fetch-distant,fire-aura,throw-distant
    boss1:
    wave: 8
    type: boss
    monster: spider
    health: high
    ability-interval: 3
    ability-announce: false
    abilities: fire-aura,disorient-target,fireballs,throw-nearby

    Thank you very much.
     
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    toxicminers

    In the Wiki there is a option for that. Entry-Fee $250 is money or you can name an item go check the wiki I seen it there.
     
  21. wow. awesome thanks
     
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    Grey_S

    Updated to latest dev build, still giving me the same issue. Any suggestions?
     
  23. I was just curious, is there a way to make it so you can only join the Arena if your near it? If so, how? Reason being is im a Head Admin for an RP server in development and I want to create an arena for players but if players can just /ma join from anywhere they want it ruins the RP.
     
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    chaseoes

    config.yml:
    Code:
    max-join-distance: (number of blocks in which player has to be within to join goes here)
    
     
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    Bluemarien

    When will this plugin be updated for 1.1? Thanks. :D
     
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    Skilinium

    I've tested it, someone max-join-distance does not work on the current bukkit 1.1-R1.
    Even if I change max-join-distance to 9999 and I'm right next to the arena.
     
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    toxicminers

    max-join distance would be how far away u can be before joining the arena. Your statement doesn't make sense. If you have max-distance set to 9999 then you can join anywhere within 9999 block sof the arena meaning you would have to be 10000 blocks away and you would not be able to join. Try setting that number to 10 or so and get 20 blocks away
     
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    Skilinium

    I tried, it keeps giving the same error. "You are too far away from the arena to join/spectage".
     
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    PainKNero

    pls update to vault because register doesn't work anymore under Bukkit 1818 / MC1.1
     
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    garbagemule

    Zach667711 - MobArena will only give you that message when you -don't- have permission for something, so no, you don't have the right nodes :) Double-check your permissions, and remember to restart the server, since some permissions plugins require it.

    worstboy32 - Hop on IRC and get the latest bleeding dev build from the channel topic.

    toxicminers - 1) The entry-fee might be "out of order" in the current bleeding dev build, but please keep all bug reports for those builds on IRC, since they are "unstable/unofficial" :) 2) This is not a bug. I disabled health regeneration due to satiation because it makes tank classes invincible, which skews the class survivability way too much - archers will die almost instantly compared to tanks, who will survive at least 3-4 times as long by just standing still and taking a beating. MobArena is not supposed to be easy, it's supposed to promote skill and teamplay - getting to wave 30 should ideally be nigh impossible. 3) Might be fixed in bleeding dev build v0.94.4.25 (link on IRC).

    Walrog - Delete your post please. It's huge and annoying. Use pastebin.

    Bluemarien - When will you hop on IRC and help me test, so I can update? :)

    Skilinium - Hop on IRC and get the latest bleeding dev build from the channel topic.

    PainKNero - Works fine for me, but yeah, I'll be introducing Vault at some point.
     
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    MathiasKippen

    Anyone know if this plugin is good for 1.0? :D
     

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