[MECH] CustomDifficulty v4.5.0 - Monsters too strong or too weak for you? Change it! [1240]

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    Pasukaru

    CustomDifficulty
    The Plugin to adjust the difficulty in SMP
    Latest version: 4.5.0
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    CustomDifficulty provides a lot of features to change the all around difficulty in Minecraft.
    You can change the monster's HP, damage, aggressiveness and more! You are also able to modify the player's damage.
    Each difficulty is stored in its own file - which enables you to create as many difficulties as you like! It's possible to set a difficulty for a certain region only (Use the built-in regions, or WorldGuard regions). This enables you - for example - to create hard dungeons with ease.
    For more information, take a look at the 'Features' section below.

    Please report any bugs you may encounter!

    If you are a developer and take a look at the source, please let me know if you have some improvements! I'm still new to this (Java/programming in general) and want to get better. :)

    Features:
    • Change monster's hp (200 HP is max - but that should be enough, a player has 20)
    • Change monster's damage - Let them beat you up - or not even scratch you :>
    • Change aggressiveness of monsters and animals. (Aggressive, Passive, Friendly)
    • Change if monsters burn in sunlight.
    • Spawn any mob, anywhere - naturally! Giant, 'monster' and sheep in any color included!
    • Define spawn chance.
    • Define min/max height for mobs to spawn.
    • Define min/max light level for mobs to spawn.
    • Define block types mobs will only/will never spawn on.
    • Define custom drops for each mob in each difficulty.
    • Define a loot-multiplier to let monsters drop more items!
    • Limit mobs per server/world/chunk
    • iConomy support! (For monster-killing rewards)
    • Change player's damage.
    • Multi-world support!
    • Permissions support!
    • WorldGuard support!
    • Create regions, each with a custom difficulty!
    • No need to restart/reload the server to apply changes, simply use the /difficulty reload command!
    • All (reasonable) commands can be used from the console!
    If you download, please also click the 'like' button at the lower right corner of this post - Thanks!

    If you need a more detailed explanation, feel free to drop me a message and I'll try to help as much as I can. :)
    This text is only used to have an empty line! :>
    How to use:
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    • Copy CustomDifficulty.jar into the /root/plugins folder.
    • Download WorldEdit (If you want to use regions) and place it into the /root/plugins folder as well.
    • Difficulties are located in the /root/plugins/CustomDifficulty/difficulties folder. Each difficulty is in its own [difficulty].yml file.
    • Simply change the values of the default configs and/or create new config files. The plugin will load all *.yml files inside the difficulties folder automatically on reload.
    • If you remove a configuration node, this plugin won't change anything of the corresponding event, thus preventing conflicts with other plugins.
    • You can create regions with the /difficulty region [regionCommand] commands and set difficulties for each of them independently! (See 'Commands and Permissions' below)
    Note that you must notuse tabs in *.yml (YAML) files. If you do, it will mess up the format and Bukkit will throw you a million errors (something like *snakeyaml* ) :>
    Important notes:
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    • All configuration nodes are case sensitive and your world's names shouldn't contain special character, as it might mess up the configuration nodes!
      If a configuration node does not exist, Bukkits default will be used - or nothing happens at all.
      The plugin will check if the monster/player is in a region first (if enabled - see below)
      If the monster/player is in no region, the world's difficulty settings will be used.
    • Slimes are handled according to their size.
    • Wolves are handled according to their tamed/untamed status.
    • Creepers are handled according to their powered/unpowered. status.
    • The last three points exclude the following nodes:
      spawnChance, spawnOnlyOn, spawnNotOn, lightLevelMin, lightLevelMax
    • Creepers have a floating point (e.g. 1.65) damage value and it's used as multiplier, not as fixed damage. This value applies to the damage only, not the explosion range/radius.
    • Wild wolves can be aggressive. They will attack a player on sight, but it is still possible to tame them - unless the player fights back.
    • Tamed wolves HP will always be read from the worlds difficulty! (To avoid exploits like healing it in a region where it as a maximum of 100 hp and then move to a region with a maximum of 50 hp)
    • Player's damage will be calculated like this:
      Round( (usualDamage * damageMultiply) + damageAdd )
      damageAdd is an integer.
      damageMultiply is a floating point value.
      usualDamage is the players default damage (e.g. 2 with fists, 5 with diamond pickaxe) - might be different if another plugin modified the event damage before CustomDifficulty did!
      You can use different values for Player vs Player and Player vs Monster. You can also set negative values - but a negative multiplier is not recommended.
    • Regions are disabled by default! If you want to use them, go to your config.yml(not difficulty.yml!) and set useRegions for the specified actions to 'true' (without quotes!)
      I disabled them by default do increase performance (a tiny, tiny bit :p, unless you have 1 million regions in one world) and I guess not everyone will use them.
    • Change difficulty of (regions or worlds) by using the corresponding command where difficulty = one of your /difficulties/[difficulty].yml without the ".yml" extension!
    Commands and Permissions:
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    Permission node to receive rewards: 'CustomDifficulty.reward'
    Ops can use all commands and permission nodes are case sensitive!
    bold = mandatory
    underlined = optional
    " | " = "or"

    Difficulty-related commands:
    • /difficulty help - Displays the help / lists commands and descriptions.
      Permission node: 'CustomDifficulty.help'
    • /difficulty - Displays difficulty of the world the player is currently in - or of all worlds if the command user is no player (e.g. console)
      Permission node: 'CustomDifficulty.check'
    • /difficulty check <World | all> - Displays the difficulty of <World>, <all> worlds or the world the player is currently in if <World> is not specified. If the command user is no player, it will list all worlds.
      Permission node: 'CustomDifficulty.check'
    • /difficulty <change | set><World> <Difficulty> - Change difficulty of <World>, or the world you are currently in if none specified.
      Permission node: 'CustomDifficulty.change'
    • /difficulty reload - Reloads the config files. Use this after changing/adding difficulties or other configurations!
      Permission node: 'CustomDifficulty.reload'
    • /difficulty performance - Counts the used time for each feature for the next 10 seconds. Use this if you think the plugin causes lag, and to find out which part of it.
    Region-related commands (These require WorldEdit and WorldGuard):
    All commands start with /difficulty region *** - Replace "***" with one of the below:
    • help - Displays help about region commands.
      Permission node: 'CustomDifficulty.region.help'
    • <set | change> <World> <Difficulty> - Change difficulty of world <World>, or the world you are currently in, if <World> is not specified, to <Difficulty>
      Permission node: 'CustomDifficulty.region.set'
    • info <World> <RegionName> - Displays some information about region <RegionName> on world <World> or the world you are currently in.
      Permission node: 'CustomDifficulty.region.list'
    Note:
    If you are using WorldGuard regions, only the region commands 'info' and 'set | change' are available. To define new regions, you WorldGuard's '/region define' command.
    Changelog:
    Version 4.5.0 | 10/6/2011
    • Fixed: Squid spawn - for real this time
    • Fixed: min/max spawn distance works now.
    • Fixed: Ghats can now be friendly. (passive too, but they will behave as friendly. :/) Friendly ghasts hardly move though.
    • Added: OPs will receive a message on login, if a new of CD is available. Can be turned off, config.yml -> global.checkForUpdates
    • Added: Some code to make squids follow their targets. They don't do that naturally like other mobs. -.-
    • Ghasts and PigZombies take damage over time to simulate burning in sunlight. (If enabled)
    Old versions (open)
    Version 4.4.0 | 9/28/2011
    • Changed: Mob limit configuration; Nodes you have to use now:
    Code:
    global:
        mobLimit: 500 #= server Limit
    worlds:
        [worldname]:
            mobAggressiveLimit: 75
            mobPassiveLimit: 75
            mobFriendlyLimit: 75
            mobChunkLimit: 1
    
    You can remove all other limit nodes, they aren't used anymore.
    • Added: A new config node inside the difficulty files:
    Code:
    global:
        dropOnlyWhenKilledByPlayer: false
    
    Should be self-explanatory, but you have to add it manually if you want to enable it.
    • Fixed: Squid spawning. Was checking for lava instead of water..
    • Fixed: A NPE inside the spawn algorithm.
    • Fixed: Another NPE inside spawn algorithm (dev build only)
    • Added: Multiverse-Core will now load before CD does.
    • Added: Register support. All major economy plugins should work with CD now.
    • Removed: iConomy5 support. If you use iConomy5, you also have to download and use Register.
    Version 4.3.0 | 9/24/2011
    • Fixed: Feeding wolf in 1.8; Item amount decreases and Raw Flesh added as food.
    • Fixed: Getting rewards with projectiles (arrows) works now.
    • Fixed: Giants spawning in walls and small caves. - Some still spawn in walls or weird locations and suffocate, but they will be removed immediately.
    • Added: Configuration nodes for the new mobs Enderman, CaveSpider and Silverfish.
    • Added: Now spawn-able: Electrified Creeper, Spider-Jockeys, coloured sheep.
    • Changed: Mobs will now spawn in at least 2 block high rooms instead 1 block only. (To prevent Zombies and other tall mobs to suffocate.)
    Version 4.2.3 | 7/28/2011
    • Changed: Giants attack players up to 3 blocks below them instead of 1.
    • Changed: config.yml nodes: spawnInterval, aggressivenessInterval and burnsInSunlightInterval are now in the worlds.worldname section. You can remove the global ones.
    • Probably fixed: ClassCastException in aggressiveness task. (?)
    • Changed: performance command.
    • Fixed: Another bug, I just don't remember which one... I should start writing it down immediately :eek:
    Version 4.2.2 | 7/27/2011
    • Fixed: BurnsInSunlight now reads the interval correctly from the config. (=Slight performance increase if you don't use an interval of 1. Default is 20.)
    • Fixed: Mobs can now spawn in snowy areas.
    • Added: Giants should attack players now, they don't do it naturally... (Please test this :))
    • Changed: Aggressiveness check is now performed every X ticks for every player, instead of every X move-events for the corresponding player only.
    Version 4.2.1 | 7/26/2011
    • Fixed: NPE in mobCleanup
    • Removed: Creation of unused node 'ignoreInvalidWorldDifficulty' in config.yml
    Version 4.2.0 | 7/25/2011
    • Added: command '/difficulty performance'
    • Added: another way of reading the difficulty of a mob (for testing purposes). change useOldGetDifficulty in your config.yml if you want.
    Version 4.1.0 | 7/15/2011
    • Removed built-in regions. (Use WorldGuard, it provides more features for regions)
    • Added customizable drops.
    • Added: Players will receive rewards if their wolf kills a mob
    • Changed spawn-algorithm, it will use the chunks around a random player per run, instead of chunks around all players.
    • Changed check for old iConomy versions.
    Version 4.0.6 | 7/13/2011
    • Fixed an 'out of bounds exception' in the reward calculations.
    • Mobs shouldn't suffocate anymore if they spawn next to a wall.
    Version 4.0.5 | 7/12/2011
    • fixed automatically created node burnInSunlight to burnsInSunlight in the config.yml
    • probable fix for a concurrent modification exception.
    Version 4.0.4 | 7/11/2011
    • Added fix for incompatible iConomy versions.
    Version 4.0.3 | 7/10/2011
    • Major bug fixed within the spawn-algorithm. To be specific: instead of reading the maximum light level for a mob to spawn, it was reading the minimum height - this, of course, messed everything up.
    Version 4.0.2 | 7/10/2011
    • NPE fix regarding the loot multiplier. - A weird one :confused:
    Version 4.0.1 7/9/2011
    • Mobs shouldn't spawn in water anymore if spawnNotOn WATER and/or STATIONARY_WATER is used.
    Version 4.0.0 | 7/9/2011
    • Aggressiveness is now split into aggressivenessDay and aggressivenessNight.
    • Added option on which blocks mobs will only spawn, or will never spawn on.
    • Reward now requires permission 'CustomDifficulty.reward' to receive it.
    • Added option for min/max light level for mobs to spawn.
    • Added option for min/max height for mobs to spawn.
    • large rewrite of the plugin.
    Version 3.6.0 | 7/7/2011
    • Depreciation of rewards if you kill the same mob type repeatedly.
    • Bugfix of the isDay() function which resulted in wrong calculations for the BurnInSunlight feature. (It was checking for night instead of day - fail)
    • SpawnChance will only affect naturally spawned mobs. (I was too stupid to find it previously - lol). Also, It will never affect the spawn behaviour of 'monster' and giant in any way, even if a plugin spawns them as 'naturally'. If you use another plugin to make them spawn, it should be possible to change the spawn amount there.
    • isAggressive and burnsInSunlight features are now available for animals as well.
    Version 3.5.1 | 5/7/2011
    • Added check for a nearby mob spawner for reward and lootMultiplier.
    • Added success-rate of a mob spawning.
    Version 3.5.0 | 7/5/2011
    • NPE fix within the reward system.
    • Added WorldGuard-Regions support.
    • Added option to disable startup messages.
    • Region Commands now have their own classes.
    • Difficulties with uppercase letters work properly.
    Version 3.4.2 | 7/3/2011
    • Fixed another bug regarding region-persistence. :eek:
    Version 3.4.1 | 7/3/2011
    • Fixed monsters (except skeletons & zombies) starting to burn during night if burnsInSunlight was set to true.
    Version 3.4.0 | 7/2/2011
    • Fixed regions not saving into database due to a wrong function call.
      Thanks to @Kytsune for spotting this bug!
    • Added iConomy support for mob-killing rewards.
    • Added lootMultiplier feature
    Version 3.3.1 | 7/1/2011
    • NPE fix
    Version 3.3.0 | 7/1/2011
    • Added some (possible) bugfixes
    • Added possibility to change if (hostile) monsters burn in sunlight.
    Version 3.2.0 | 6/24/2011
    • Added changeable aggressiveness.
    • Changed the way I hooked into WorldEdit / Permissions.
    • Different settings for wild wolves and tamed wolves.
    • Tested against RB 928.
    Version 3.1.0 | 06/16/2011
    • Added configuration nodes for "monster" (the 'human' mob)
    Version 3.0.0 | 06/16/2011
    • Added regions. (Requires WorldEdit and HSQLDB)
    • Added possibility to create as many difficulties as you want
    • Changed commands a bit to clean up source code - it was a mess!
    • Some minor bug fixes.
    • Something else I don't remember right now. :eek:
    Version 2.2.2 | 06/14/2011
    • Removed "Error in [world].yml - Check HP settings for [monster]" debug message.
    Version 2.2.1 | 06/07/2011
    • Added option to change Player's damage for each difficulty (multiply and [add or subtract damage] or both)
    • Added checks if config nodes are set. (If not - Plugin won't touch the corresponding event)
    • Changed "/difficulty" command - displays now the current world - or all worlds if the command user is no player (e.g. console)
    • Added "/difficulty all" - will display the difficulty on all worlds.
    • Priorities of 'CREATURE_SPAWN' and 'ENTITY_DAMAGE' events have been set to 'Lowest'.
    • Bug-fix - Fixed error with slimes - it was looking for node "slime[size]..." instead of "slime.[size]..."
    • Some minor changes in the source code (e.g. refactoring)
    Version 2.1.1 | 06/06/2011
    • Added Multi-World support.
    • Added Permissions support.
    • Bug-fix - Slimes are now handled according to their size.
    Version 1.0.0 | 06/05/2011
    • Initial release.

    To-do
    • Limit mob spawning to biomes.
    • Suggestions!
    • Change Player's HP | Out of the scope of this plugin as it requires a custom health system. I might add later though... who knows.
    If you like this plugin and want to help me a lil bit - please [​IMG]. Thanks!

    ~Pardon my imperfect English. :>
     
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    Darcion

    great stuff!!!

    the name for human creatres is "Monster" took spawnmob plugin to get them

    edit:

    if i set all "useregions" to true wich difficult is in nonregions? serverdefault or the default in your plugin?
     
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    Pasukaru

    @Darcion
    If you set them to true, it just means that it will try to look for regions for the specific task, (monsterHP, monster damage, whatever)

    If it's set to false, it won't even search for regions, instead, it will use the World's difficulty.

    About the "Monster"/human - I'll add it right now, shouldn't take that long I think :)
     
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    Darcion

    @Pasukaru

    ok it worked well at this time

    i only need the aggressiveness for the next patch and maybe a shorter start command like /dif instead of /difficulty
     
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    Pasukaru

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    Darcion

    @Pasukaru
    omg nicht noch mehr plugins... ich komme auch so zurecht.

    btw. wenn du dein plugin mal auf einem server mit mehr als 20 spielern sehen testen magst, kommst du mal auf free2play.nitrado.net drauf

    aber ich bin noch auf der arbeit und erst ab 18 uhr on

    i will testing your plugin later :)
     
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    Pasukaru

    hehe :p
    Mit aggressivität meinst du doch bestimmt die "reichtweite" ab wann dich ein mob bemerkt und angreift, ne?
     
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    Darcion

    jaein ich meinte das pigzombies direkt angreifen xD
    aber reichweite wäre auch nett, doch in meinen dungeons unnötig.

    aggressivness has to be

    aggressive = most of all mobs
    passive = pigzombie or wolf
    neutral = chicken...

    i want to change that
     
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    Pasukaru

    Yikes, another update!
    I added the "Monster" configs now. :D
    Simply add these lines to your [difficulty].yml(s)
    This are (my custom) defaults:
    easy:
    Code:
    monster:
        hp: 10
        damage: 1
    
    normal/default:
    Code:
    monster:
        hp: 20
        damage: 1
    
    hard:
    Code:
    monster:
        hp: 50
        damage: 7
    
    I think this is the last update for the next few days on this one, unless you find some bugs. :p
     
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    NeonJ

    Is this compatable with mcMMO?
     
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    Pasukaru

    @NeonJ
    yea, it should work without problems. In fact, it should be compatible with any plugin ;)
    However, mcMMO may override some settings (like player vs monster damage) but I'm not sure of that.
     
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    NeonJ

    Yeah, mcMMO tends to alter the damage dealt [EG: Player can deal +2 damage with a bow, x2 damage with an axe, etc] and I was wondering if this plugin would mess with that at all if all I altered was the enemy's health.
     
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    Zarius

    Looks great, just an idea - would it be possible to add a little randomness to the monsters? Like having an average median that most monsters are at and a max/minimum with decreasing chance as you approach them (ie. lots of average monsters but a few might be weak and a few superstrong). Would be better if you could change the scaling size (ie. smaller/bigger monsters), well one can wish :D

    Also, is it possible to change a monsters agressiveness? So sometimes you might have a passive zombie that doesn't care about you and othertimes you may meet a mad cow that wants to take you out.

    Higher difficulty levels could have undead that rise again.

    Ideas are inspired by Martigens Monster Mod from Oblivion.
     
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    Pasukaru

    @NeonJ
    If you do not change the players damage, the plugin won't do anything at all. This can definitely not interfere with other plugins. ;)

    @Zarius
    Great ideas!
    Adding randomness should be possible - I might add this feature in a future version. (I'm not sure how I'm going to implement that yet, but I'll think of something). About the monster's size, I guess there is nothing I can do about.

    I'm still trying to find out how to change how to change the aggressiveness, I couldn't find anything yet but I'll keep my eyes open.
     
  15. Cool :)

    Any way I can configure a default that will apply to all worlds not specifically configured in config.yml ?
     
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    NeonJ

    Ooh, randomness. Do want.
     
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    Pasukaru

    @Joy
    Modify the default.yml, every world should default to this one first.
     
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    y1985

    Could you please upload to different host? Seems link is unable to download (maybe only me?).
     
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    Pasukaru

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    DraZiLoX

    Are the damages just like in singleplayer, like in normal spider's health is one heart, and in hard it's one and half?
     
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    Pasukaru

    @DraZiLoX
    You can adjust it to whatever you want. All you need to do is change the config files, or create new ones ;)
     
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    y1985

    Thanks :D
    I'll try right away.
     
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    DraZiLoX

    Nice, thanks!

    Oh and btw, Wild and Tamed wolves do difrent damage.
    (Sorry for doubleposting)

    EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: May 16, 2016
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    Pasukaru

    @DraZiLoX
    Oh yeah, I forgot about that, I'll add that in the next version.
    Thanks for pointing out :)
     
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    DraZiLoX

    And now I'm spamming this topic, sorry, but how about charged creepers, and maybe spider jockeys?
     
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    Pasukaru

    @DraZiLoX
    Creepers damage is multiplied, this applies to charged creepers as well. About spider jockeys, they are handled as two different mobs, I don't think I change that.
     
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    oxguy3

    You need to have the Bukkit version in the header for this post, just so you know.
     
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    Pasukaru

    @oxguy3 Oh thanks, I accidentally removed it :eek:

    Updated to version 3.2.0. :)

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

    Features for burning in sunlight and probability of spawning? :)
     
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    br0ad456

    nice, i just started a RPG server this is going to come in handy :)
     

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