Inactive [MECH/ECON] Showcase v0.8.1 - Create visual shops by spawning drops on slabs [1.1-R5]

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Version 0.8.1​

As supposed in this thread, I created a plugin that lets you put items into glass blocks (now steps, it's notchs fault) to showcase them. This is useable for shops, to show what's for sale there, or to make clear what type of farm you built.
Features

• Showcase all items in a half-step Block
• Block protection (you can't break the step block and the block below it to prevent that the item falls down)
• Multiworld
• Items in a showcase can't be picked up
• Only the player who created a showcase can remove it
• Prevents despawning of items (Normally, drops disappear after 5 minutes)
• You can setup finite and infinite shops
• DropChest support (disables DropChest for absorbing the showcased items)
• WorldGuard support (works out of the box)
• Localisation
• Can show custom item names through BukkitContrib
• Economy support:
  • iConomy 4 & 5
  • BOSEconomy
  • Essentials Economy

Download & Source-Code
Download Showcase.jar
Browse Source-Code on Github
You will need an economy system if you want shops.
This will install NarrowtuxLib automatically!
Please donate, if you really like this
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When you have got issues, please read this:

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1. Please, first check if you have got the most recent version of Showcase and the most recent recommended build of Bukkit.
2. Then, check if the bug is already listed in the "Known Bugs" section.
3. After doing step 1+2, report the bug with at least this information:
   • Version of Showcase
   • Version of Bukkit
   • If possible, a step-by-step explanation of the bug
   • If possible, console errors
   • When you think that this has got to do with another plugin, please list all your plugins like this:
     • PluginA, PluginB, PluginC ...

This will be incredible helpful for me to fix it faster.


You don't actually have to retype everything I typed here, but if you'd take it as a guideline which content you should include in your issue report, it's more helpful

Please, don't come here just to say "This doesn't work.". This says nothing.

Usage
Adding a showcase

1. Start sneaking!
2. Right-click a half-step block with the item in your hand you want to showcase
3. An assistant will ask you which type of Showcase you want to add. Type the text before the colon )
4. Depending on the type you chose, the assistant will ask some extra questions, follow the assistant to finish showcase creation.

Removing a showcase

1. Sneak
2. Right-click on a showcase. If this was a finite showcase or an exchange showcase, you will get your items back.

Permissions

Action	Permission-Node	Without Permissions
Create a basic Showcase.	showcase.basic	Player
Create a infinite shop Showcase.	showcase.infinite	Operator
Create a finite shop Showcase.	showcase.finite	Player
Create an exchange Showcase.	showcase.exchange	Player
Buy from a finite shop showcase.	showcase.buy.finite	Player
Buy from an infinite shop showcase.	showcase.buy.infinite	Player
Removing a showcase of other players.	showcase.admin	Operator

The column "Without Permissions" explains which user-type can use this permission when no Permissions system is installed.
What are shop showcases?
A shop showcase can be used to sell items to your players. There are 2 types of shops now:

1. Infinite shop. This one has an infinite amount of items. The money that the players give to buy an item will go to nirvana
2. Finite shop. This one has that number of items which the owner has set up. The owner will get the money from which the items were bought.

How can a Player buy items from a shop showcase?

1. Click on the Showcase. The price per item and the available amount will be displayed.
2. Type in the number of items you want and hit enter. A message will show you the success of the checkout.
   • Type 0 to abort checkout

How can you refill a finite shop showcase?

1. Click on it
2. Type in the amount of items to refill. Negative values will remove that amount from the showcase.
3. Walk away or type 0.

Commands

The showcase command handles manual saving and loading
/showcase save
Saves the items to showcases.csv
/showcase load
Loads the configuration, translation and items without saving (Use with caution)
/showcase reload
Saves and loads everything after that. Useful when some items aren't in place and you want to quick-fix that.

Configuration
The configuration file is auto-generated and is called showcase.cfg
Here are the configuration possibilities:

• basicmode : this decides if the plugin should operate like in version 0.2 or before (Just the basics)
• priceforbasic : this adds a price to the basic showcases
• priceforfinite : this adds a price to the finite showcases
• priceforexchange: this adds a price to the exchange showcases
• removewhenempty: when set to true, a finite showcase will be removed when it's amount hits 0
• showcaseprotection : turn this to false to be able to remove showcases from other players (griefers) (you should now use WorldGuard instead of this one )
• locale: standard is en-US. The german translation which is included in the jar-file is de-DE. If you type that in, it will copy the german file from the jar to your plugins folder
  • You can change the translation very easily by editing the existing locale.
  • Colors are supported, just add something like [GREEN] or [DARK_RED] to the text.
  • You can add newlines with \n
• autosaveinterval: the time between two auto-saves in seconds. Standard is 60 secs. Use -1 to disable autosave.

Translations

Currently available translations:

• English by @narrowtux - 0.6.7
• German by @narrowtux - 0.6.7
• Czech by @Jan Tojnar - 0.6.7 is included in jar in the next release

Changelog

Version 0.8.1

• Updated for CraftBukkit 1.1-R5
• Added plugin metrics http://metrics.griefcraft.com/plugin/Showcase

See the whole changelog

Todo

• Spawn multiple items in the same glass block (up to 4, would be aligned nicely)
• Verify that there is no free space below the glass block before adding a showcase
• Maybe let the showcase glow when you placed torches, glowstone or lava in it
• Custom messages (aka localisation)
• Sell-Showcases
• DropChest support (so the items inside the glass won't be absorbed by a Dropchest)
• Limit the amount of Showcases per player
• Add a price that the creator of a showcase has to pay (there would be an independent price for each basic, infinite and finite showcases)
• Linking infinite shops to banks (money spent for items goes there)
• Rent a showcase for money/day
• Autosave with configureable interval
• Commands for save, load and reload

Crossed items are already done!

Known bugs

• This plugin conflicts with some chat-altering plugins (i.e. bColoredChat) this is because the authors don't know how to correctly set up the priority of events.
• Normal players (the ones that aren't operators) can't use showcases that are in the spawn-protection area. Either disable the spawn protection or place the showcases to an other location (Disable spawnprotection by setting "spawn-protection-size=0" in the server.properties file)
• With the latest dev preview (not the recommended build), you're able to make slabs to double steps. I've got to investigate until they propose it as RB.
• ATM, Showcases won't save enchantments. So please just don't try to sell yours because that wouldn't work either.

 

PLEASE UPDATE TO ! 1.2 PLEASE!!!

 

Guys I found a way to fix the plugin!!!
Do you guys want it??
You can see it running on my server!

 

All of you complaining about how narrowtux doesn't do anything or update his plugins, how about actually being considerate? You do realize people are still waiting for a recommended build of 1.2? Making the comments that you're making isn't going to get narrowtux to update the plugin any faster.

If you're using a Beta or Dev build of 1.2, that is your problem. Sure, a large majority of developers are updating their plugins accordingly throughout the dev build releases, but in my opinion - they shouldn't. They can develop their plugins as the dev builds are released, but publicly releasing those updates shouldn't be done.

Why?

Fairness. This would force all bukkit servers to stay on a recommended build.

For those of you moving over to SCS, your loss. The plugin commands of SCS are more of a hassle over anything else, and goodluck converting your current showcase shops, you'll probably have to close them all.

I prefer Showcase and I shall wait patiently for a recommended build of 1.2, as well as a compatible version of Showcase. Showcase is the original plugin and it has a much friendlier, clean set up.

 

Cool Story Bro,
The only part u missed is that its working!

 

lol, show us the way to make it working on 1.2 or stop writing this

 

Ok the way to make it work is:
http://ci.getspout.org/job/Showcase/33/ (use that as the NarrowtuxLib!
and http://tetragaming.com/narrowtux/beta/index.php?action=download&plugin=2&version=latest
for showcase!

 

I´ll try it.

aaomidi
It doesnt work for me. I can create only 1 showcase and when I try to make another shop it writes some error with player chat event

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

 

My server gets constant severe errors with this, but it does work.

 

Does not work. Worked the first two times, but refill and creating is weird.

 

Update for 1.2.3?

 

I know have fun with it we will just wait

Guys Join nationcraft.fchosting.co It is working there with no errors at all!

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

 

Update please!

 

Riiiiight. Why would server owners who are here quit and go to your server? The plugin you posted allows people to buy, but not create, showcases.

 

Bro its working on my server do u want me to send the .jars?

 

Yea i would like the jar file's

 

I was using the ones you provided a few posts up. Have you updated them since that?
I did some testing and while my users and I are able to purchase from pre-existing markets, we are unable to create new ones. If it works perfectly for you, send me the .jar's and I will test them out on my server and get back to you.

If they do work, I would submit that you become the new primary developer of the plugin.

 

Doesnt work.
i get these when starting server:

Code:

2012-03-12 16:12:07 [INFO] SubClassFactory parent ClassLoader [org.bukkit.plugin.java.PluginClassLoader]
2012-03-12 16:12:08 [INFO] Entities enhanced[0] subclassed[1]
2012-03-12 16:12:08 [SEVERE] Could not load 'plugins\showcase2-2.0a1-SNAPSHOT.jar' in folder 'plugins'
org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidPluginException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/bukkit/event/block/BlockListener
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:148)
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:287)
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager.java:211)
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:207)
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.<init>(CraftServer.java:183)
at net.minecraft.server.ServerConfigurationManager.<init>(ServerConfigurationManager.java:53)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:156)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:425)
at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:490)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/bukkit/event/block/BlockListener
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.PluginClassLoader.findClass(PluginClassLoader.java:41)
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.PluginClassLoader.findClass(PluginClassLoader.java:29)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at com.narrowtux.showcase2.ShowcaseMain.<init>(ShowcaseMain.java:46)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:144)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.bukkit.event.block.BlockListener
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.PluginClassLoader.findClass(PluginClassLoader.java:41)
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.PluginClassLoader.findClass(PluginClassLoader.java:29)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
... 27 more

Code:

 
2012-03-12 16:12:13 [INFO] [NarrowtuxLib] Enabling NarrowtuxLib v1.3.0
2012-03-12 16:12:13 [INFO] File C:\Users\Jani\Desktop\Minecraft 1.2\plugins\NarrowtuxLib\narrowtuxlib.cfg not found.
2012-03-12 16:12:13 [INFO] Version: 130
2012-03-12 16:12:13 [SEVERE] Error occurred while enabling NarrowtuxLib v1.3.0 (Is it up to date?)
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.bukkit.plugin.PluginDescriptionFile.getAuthors()Ljava/util/ArrayList;
at com.narrowtux.narrowtuxlib.NarrowtuxLib.sendDescription(NarrowtuxLib.java:132)
at com.narrowtux.narrowtuxlib.NarrowtuxLib.onEnable(NarrowtuxLib.java:100)
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.setEnabled(JavaPlugin.java:215)
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.enablePlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:336)
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.enablePlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:363)
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugin(CraftServer.java:250)
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.enablePlugins(CraftServer.java:232)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.t(MinecraftServer.java:374)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:361)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:187)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:425)
at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:490)

narrowtux

please update? jesus christ, this doesnt work. showcase 2 doesnt work..

 

Okay?

My post had nothing to do with whether or not this plugin was working. I was simply saying what I wanted to say to those who were complaining. Followed by my stated opinion on how the unfolding of 1.2 should have come about.

 

OMG IT WORKED THX !!! =)

 

Lol, showcase 2 isn't even finished yet. Of course it's not going to work.

In other news, the plugin seems to be at the bottom of this guy's list. Showcase may or may not be abandon. Most devs abandon their popular projects a lot, it happens. Just look at xcraftgate, it was abandon after it became a widely used plugin.

The issue here is either Showcase is abandon, or the dev is waiting for a recommended build of 1.2 to update it. I support him waiting for 1.2 to supply the update. I'm keeping my server at 1.1 till there is a recommended 1.2 update and currently some plugins or something are causing errors. Not as bad as 1.2 though so I deal with it.

Either wait, or find another plugin.

Also if you choose to download someone else's jars, back up your server in case they just gave you a virus. Just a friendly little reminder to virus illiterate people out there.

 

i dont think that works, as the showcase version is not for 1.2.3. try out this one here:
http://ci.getspout.org/job/Showcase/33/
this is the most recent dev build and the changes say its updated to 1.2.3 (and vault).

 

So guys delete all the ShowCase stuff you have(I think you can keep the old folders)
Showcase:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/66795014/Showcase.jar
NarrotuxLib:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/66795014/narrowtuxlib-dev-SNAPSHOT.jar

 

Trying the latest dev build of showcase on #2063. I get some problems with the narrotuxlib. I have tried updating it manually, I also deleted it and let showcase download and install it on start up, both give the same version and errors.

http://pastie.org/3583776

If I've overlooked something or missed something, I apologize.

 

use this narrowtuxlib here: http://ci.getspout.org/job/Narrowtu...artifact/target/narrowtuxlib-dev-SNAPSHOT.jar
it was posted in the original post.

 

all
Please be patient while I update. You can get a prerelease which is working with 1.2.3 over at http://ci.spout.org/job/Showcase
It also features full Vault support, which should resolve all your Permissions and Economy issues. Vault is optional, when you don't have it, it will fall back to SuperPerms (which is built into bukkit).

 

^ http://ci.getspout.org/job/Showcase/

Also, I updated to your latest dev build and all our showcases remained but the prices were reset to 0. Cant enable on our server again until I know whats causing that =/

 

narrowtux
Error report:
Latest dev build of showcase and tuxlib - March 12th builds

It works fine but with 1 issue:
All prices become $0 No matter what you enter.
No errors on console, though 1 error while setting the price, ingame.
"error formatting: entered price %f"
Price then becomes 0.00

This is both on Finite and infinite shops.

 

Yes. I was using the latest dev build from the getspout link, at the time #31. I just updated to build #32 released just a couple of hours ago, and the problem has disappeared.

This is great! My 1.2.3 server is now running without any errors from any plugins! Hopefully there isn't any major bugs with anything. If there is, oh well, will just deal with it until it is fixed.

Thanks for the work on this amazing plugin narrowtux.

 

Im getting a weird error in my console and it won't let me use the plugin,
It reads " could not pass event PlayerInteractEvent to Showcase "
It won't let me make a showcase, but when I click it with nothing in my hand, it says " You must have something in your hand"

I have all the permissions and everything, but I still get this error.

heres what appears in the log

2012-03-13 15:41:27 [SEVERE] Could not pass event PlayerInteractEvent to Showcase
org.bukkit.event.EventException
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader$1.execute(JavaPluginLoader.java:303)
at org.bukkit.plugin.RegisteredListener.callEvent(RegisteredListener.java:62)
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.callEvent(SimplePluginManager.java:441)
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.event.CraftEventFactory.callPlayerInteractEvent(CraftEventFactory.java:168)
at net.minecraft.server.ItemInWorldManager.interact(ItemInWorldManager.java:285)
at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.a(NetServerHandler.java:634)
at net.minecraft.server.Packet15Place.handle(SourceFile:39)
at net.minecraft.server.NetworkManager.b(NetworkManager.java:229)
at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.a(NetServerHandler.java:112)
at net.minecraft.server.NetworkListenThread.a(NetworkListenThread.java:78)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.w(MinecraftServer.java:554)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:452)
at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:490)
Caused by: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 0, Size: 0
at java.util.ArrayList.RangeCheck(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ArrayList.get(Unknown Source)
at com.iCo6.util.Common.formatted(Common.java:125)
at com.iCo6.iConomy.format(iConomy.java:476)
at com.nijikokun.register.narrowtuxlib.payment.methods.iCo6.format(iCo6.java:38)
at com.narrowtux.showcase.ShowcaseTypeSelectionPage.getPrice(ShowcaseTypeSelectionPage.java:98)
at com.narrowtux.showcase.ShowcaseTypeSelectionPage.<init>(ShowcaseTypeSelectionPage.java:38)
at com.narrowtux.showcase.ShowcaseCreationAssistant.<init>(ShowcaseCreationAssistant.java:50)
at com.narrowtux.showcase.event.ShowcasePlayerListener.onPlayerInteract(ShowcasePlayerListener.java:73)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader$1.execute(JavaPluginLoader.java:301)
... 12 more

 

Please help .....

Code:

2012-03-13 22:36:46 [INFO] [Showcase] Enabling Showcase v0.8.1.32
2012-03-13 22:36:46 [INFO] Downloading NarrowtuxLib.jar (80kb) ...
2012-03-13 22:36:47 [INFO] 45%
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [INFO] Download finished
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [INFO] [NarrowtuxLib] Enabling NarrowtuxLib v1.3.1
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [INFO] Version: 131
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [INFO] [NarrowtuxLib] v1.3.1 by [narrowtux] enabled.
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [INFO] [NarrowtuxLib] Payment method found (BOSEconomy version: 0.7.0)
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [SEVERE] Plugin Showcase is attempting to register event com/narrowtux/dropchest/api/DropChestSuckEvent, which does not exist. Ignoring events registered in class com.narrowtux.showcase.event.DropChestListener
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [SEVERE] Exception in thread "Thread-10"
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [SEVERE] java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.bukkit.plugin.PluginDescriptionFile.getAuthors()Ljava/util/ArrayList;
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [SEVERE]    at com.narrowtux.showcase.Metrics.postPlugin(Metrics.java:217)
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [SEVERE]    at com.narrowtux.showcase.Metrics.access$100(Metrics.java:55)
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [SEVERE]    at com.narrowtux.showcase.Metrics$1.run(Metrics.java:191)
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [SEVERE]    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.scheduler.CraftWorker.run(CraftWorker.java:34)
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [SEVERE]    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [INFO] [Showcase] Registered type [basic] (0 items loaded)
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [INFO] [Showcase] Registered type [finite] (0 items loaded)
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [INFO] [Showcase] Registered type [infinite] (0 items loaded)
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [INFO] [Showcase] Registered type [exchange] (0 items loaded)
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [INFO] [Showcase] Registered type [tutorial] (0 items loaded)
2012-03-13 22:36:48 [INFO] [Showcase] version 0.8.1.32 has been enabled.
2012-03-13 22:37:12 [INFO] [NarrowtuxLib] Disabling NarrowtuxLib v1.3.1
2012-03-13 22:37:12 [INFO] [NarrowtuxLib] v1.3.1 by [narrowtux]