[FORMATTED] Civilizations/Ages

Suggested name: Civilizations or Ages


Point of the plugin:

The point of the plugin is to create ages that players can advance through by paying items. Players would start off in the Discovery/Wooden age where they would only be able to use fists and wooden tools. After gathering materials and chopping some trees they would type /age up and the plugin would take the required materials (specified in a config file) to "age up" from the players inventory. Now they are in the Stone age and would have access to stone tools and maybe leather armor.

Ages:

Just as an example the ages could go like this:

- Discovery: Players can only use hands as a tool
- Wooden: Requires 5 logs, Players can use wooden tools
- Stone: Requires 64 cobble, Players can use stone tools and leather armor
- Iron: Requires 16 iron, Players can use iron toolsand iron armor
- Diamond: Require 5 diamonds, Players can use diamond tools and armor.

Config:

To make this plugin as configurable as possible I would make the config file look something like this:

Code:

Ages:
#Some universal options here. Not sure what they would be.
  Discovery:
    AllowedMaterials:
    - AIR
    AgesTo: Wooden
  Wooden:
    AllowedMaterials:
    - AIR
    - WOOD_PICK
    - WOOD_AXE
    - WOOD_SPADE
    - WOOD_HOE
    - WOOD_SWORD
    RequiredToAge:
    - COBBLESTONE.64
    AgesTo: Stone
#ect

Under AllowMaterials names could be used or the id value. RequiredToAge defines what materials are needed to go to the next age up the list and after the decimal is the number of that material in your inventory required to do so. AgesTo says what age is next on the list.

Feel free to change the config to make it easier to program or use

Advanced Options:
These are some other options that probably won't be in the first release of this plugin but would make a great addition later on: NOTE: These are not in any particular order

- When you get to iron age you can have different age up options like redstone or decorative age so that each civilization will be different and not everyone will have the same abilities.

- Adding permissions for ages. For example if we created a cannon age and installed the Cannons plugin we would be able to add permissions to create cannons to the cannon age.

- A chunk claiming system and players are only allowed a certain number of chunks depending on the age they are at. (This may not nessicarily need to be handled by this plugin but rather hook into towny/factions or something)

- Hooking into towny/factions to allow for entire factions/towns to age up rather then each individual player. (Thus fulfilling the civilizations part of the plugin)

New additions:
- Another option for the above two would be to create a chunk claiming system for the plugin, and have civilizations that can be created and work similar to towny/factions. (I have no idea how difficult this might be so if this would end up being to much work, then don't worry about it)

- A "Land plots: " option to the config. This would limit the number of chunks that a town/faction/civilization would be able to protect.



Well I think that is everything! If you are a plugin developer and would like to create this please post below to let us know! If you have any questions, comments, or things that you would like me to add to this post, please post below!

 

Bump.

 

If anyone has any kind of feedback for this please let me know...

Is it a good idea?
Is it a bad idea?
Suggestions if its bad?
Would anyone use this?
Devs want to make this?

 

bump , looks like a good idea

 

Should be possible

 

Thanks for the feedback!

...So anyone want to make this?

 

Bump

 

I'll try.

 

Awesome! Thanks so much!

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I have some difficulties with the super-configurable thingies. You won't be able to add more ages than you ask me to add (I'm no very-advanced-java-programmer), so please give me the ages you need and I'll add them.

 

OK here are the ages and the prefered requirements to age up to them and the allowed materials, but I would prefer as much of this to be configurable as possible.

Code:

Discovery:  #(age that everyone starts off in)
 
Can use:
 
- AIR
 
- FISHING_POLE
 
Required to age up:
 
- LOG.10 #(Any type of log would work if you can do that)
 
Ages to:
 
Wooden
 
Wooden:
 
Can use: #(inherits all the stuff that previous ages have as well)
 
- WOODEN_PICKAXE
 
- WOODEN_AXE
 
- WOODEN_SPADE
 
- WOODEN_HOE
 
- WOODEN_SWORD
 
Required to age up:
 
- COBBLESTONE.128
 
Ages to:
 
Stone
 
Stone:
 
Can use:
 
- STONE_PICKAXE
 
- STONE_AXE
 
- STONE_SPADE
 
- STONE_HOE
 
- STONE_SWORD
 
- LEATHER_HELMET
 
- LEATHER_CHESTPLATE
 
- LEATHER_LEGGINGS
 
- LEATHER_BOOTS
 
Required to age up:
 
- IRON_INGOT.16
 
- COAL.32
 
Ages to:
 
Iron
 
Iron:
 
Can use:
 
- IRON_PICKAXE
 
- IRON_AXE
 
- IRON_SPADE
 
- IRON_HOE
 
- IRON_SWORD
 
Required to age up:
 
- DIAMOND.3
 
- IRON INGOT.32
 
- COAL.32
 
- COBBLESTONE.256
 
- GOLD_INGOT.3
 
Ages to:
 
Diamond
 
Diamond:
 
Can use:
 
- DIAMOND_PICKAXE
 
- DIAMOND_SPADE
 
- DIAMOND_HOE
 
- IRON_HELMET
 
- IRON_CHESTPLATE
 
- IRON_LEGGINGS
 
- IRON_BOOTS
 
Required to age up:
 
- IRON_INGOT.32
 
- COAL.32
 
- STONEBRICK.128
 
- GLOWSTONE_BLOCK.8
 
- REDSTONE_DUST.64
 
- LAPIS_BLOCK.5
 
- GOLD_BLOCK.1
 
Ages to:
 
Imperial
 
Imperial:
 
Can use:
 
- ALL

Just to clear this up:
- The "Required to age up" in each age means that you are already in that age, and need those materials to get to the next one.

 

Seems good, reminds me a bit of InTheLittleWood 's server (StirredFork)'s idea of challenges
But this includes what tools etc. seems good!

 

I give up. It's too hard for me sorry

 

Demon_Penguin Awesome idea, I'd love to take this up but I've got other plugin projects ):

 

Aww.. Well thanks for trying colony88.

Anyone out there think they could give this a try?

 

Bump.

 

Removed the [REQ] as per the sticky post.

 

Have you still got the source?

 

The source isn't worth a lot... It's pretty crap, that's why I gave up.

 

Oh,
I will not pick this up than.

 

I will. I love this idea.

Would this be per-player or per-world?

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

 

hawkfalcon

I would like it to be per world and per player if you can. So each player would have their own age in just that world, as I plan to have multiple worlds.

I'm not sure how in depth you want to get on this, but I have a few more ideas that I'm going to add to the main post. Please don't feel that these are necessary, but if you want to add to it, then there will be some more ideas for you.

Thanks for being willing to make this

 

No problem this is fun. Ive always wanted to make an evolution plugin. Question: How would one progress from one age to another?
EDIT: This will be public correct?

 

They would need to have the materials defined in the config in their inventory and type /ageup Then if they have the materials required to age up, they would progress to the next age.

 

Then they would spend about 3 minutes in the discovery/wood age

 

That's the idea, it gets harder to progress as you progress. If the discovery age seems like just an annoyance for the players, then feel free to just ignore it. If the wood age seems to easy, then feel free to make it a bit harder.

My intentions were always to have this be a public plugin, because then it will just keep getting better and better!

 

Okay. I'll think of something... Feel free to plan out more ages.
I'm thinking of making it so the player has to first mine enough wood before they can mine stone to cobble, then mine enough cobble before they can mine coal... etc.

 

Hmm well the hope with the plugin being public was to make as much of the ages configurable so that server admins can adapt the plugin to their server. So as much of this as you can make configurable would be great.

Although a nice default config file wouldn't be a bad idea either... I don't have much time to plan more ages today, but expect a few more by tomorrow.

 

Yeah I'll definitely have an extensive config.
This is going to take a while.

 

Yeah I figured it might take a while.

I have another age that will smooth out the jump from stone to iron: The Mob Age (I really need another name for this...)

Code:

#Some changes to stone age:
required to age up:
- LOG.32
- COBBLESTONE.64
 
- COAL.16
 
- STRING.9
 
ages to:
 
Mob
 
Mob:
 
can use:
 
- BOW
 
required to age up:
 
- STRING.16
 
- SPIDER_EYE.5
 
- BONE.16
 
- SULPHER.20
 
- ROTTEN_FLESH.30
 
ages to:
 
Iron

The idea for this was to encourage players to hunt mobs, and not just stay in the mines in the safety of torchlight. Another work around for this would be to just add some mob items to the requirements to age up.

If anyone else wants to give me ideas for ages and how to balance them out, the help would be appreciated.