[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)
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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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    garbagemule

    @marinating - Could you come on #bukkitdev on IRC and fire up a private message in there? I'd love to give you all the methods and features you need in the new version!
     
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    Darkzombies

    plz make it so it just takes youre items then gives em back when u finish, it would make this 50x better, all my server members complain :/
     
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    some1

    i cant find my conflicting plugin
    plugin list :
    announcer
    appletree
    atm
    autosave
    bigbrother
    borderguard
    citizens
    colorme
    craftbook
    craftbookcircuits
    delayedstop
    essentials 2.4
    flatlands
    fortunecookie
    heroicdeath
    Iconomy
    IconomyDeath
    istabreak
    lazyroad
    loginmessage
    lwc
    magiccarpet
    mobarena
    mobbounty
    multiinv
    multiverse
    permissions
    persistence
    pathloots
    portecoulissante
    questioner
    retractablebridge
    rocketboots
    speedsign
    tetris
    uquest
    virtualchest
    worldedit
    worldguard
     
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    Pringles

    Mobs arnt spawning in my arena but the waves keep going i even see the lightning strike for charged creepers but nothing any ideas why?
     
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    garbagemule

    @Darkzombies - Coming in v0.92 :)

    @some1 - Please put some effort into it. If you can't find the conflicting plugin, too bad. I can't find it for you.

    @Pringles - Find the conflicting plugin.
     
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    blacknedvertigo

    Can you allowed infinity blocks? like 351:-1?
     
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    godgodgodgo

    Hey, the last player of each game (me) seems to be getting kicked from the server and it says Internal server error.
    This is the error the log shows:
    Code:
    >17:55:18 [INFO] [HeroicDeath] godgodgodgo hugged a creeper
    
    >17:55:19 [WARNING] Failed to handle packet: java.lang.NullPointerException
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException
    
      at net.minecraft.server.ItemStack.a(ItemStack.java:199)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.InventoryPlayer.f(InventoryPlayer.java:120)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.EntityHuman.v(EntityHuman.java:182)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.EntityPlayer.v(EntityPlayer.java:280)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.EntityLiving.m_(EntityLiving.java:218)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.EntityHuman.m_(EntityHuman.java:96)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.EntityPlayer.a(EntityPlayer.java:192)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.a(NetServerHandler.java:293)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.Packet10Flying.a(SourceFile:126)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.NetworkManager.b(NetworkManager.java:226)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.a(NetServerHandler.java:84)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.NetworkListenThread.a(SourceFile:105)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.h(MinecraftServer.java:451)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:361)
    
      at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:422)
    
    I have recently set one of the rewards to have 341:2
    I apologize if this isn't enough information or this has already been said.
    Thanks for the great plugin! Love it :D
     
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    Gamerz1996

    okay, i try everything, but no mobs spawn in my arena... the waves go from 1 - unlimited but the mobs donĀ“t spawn here.... in the config file are mobs disabled, but on my testserver its working...
    are plugins the trigger? I use:

    Citizens
    Essentials
    EasyBan
    Falsebook
    HelpPages
    iChat
    LogBlock
    LWC
    LoginMessage
    MobArena
    nSpleef
    Permissions
    PVP-Arena
    RealShop
    WorldEdit
    WorldGuard
    xAuth

    Please help me ;)
     
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    tuderen

    @Gamerz1996 disable all your other plugins, check if it works, then slowly add more until you find the culprit.
     
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    garbagemule

    Updated to v0.92
    Possibly the biggest, most feature-packed version of MobArena before v1.0, v0.92 brings you several features you've all been waiting for. This includes multiple arenas, pet classes, Permissions-support, MANY new per-arena settings, including anti-griefer and anti-camper settings, armor auto-equipping, region restoration and inventory saving.

    v0.92 comes with quite a revamp of the config-file, so things might break! If you get an error, the first thing you MUST do is verify that it's not because of a bug with old data.

    Note 1: For your own sake, stop your server and take a backup of config.yml, and then delete your MobArena folder inside of your server's plugins-folder (v0.92 will try to convert your old config-file to a new one, but I can't guarantee it will work). Then overwrite the MobArena.jar file, boot up the server to generate the new config-file, make the necessary changes and reload.

    Note 2: You CANNOT simply copy the coords-section from an old config-file to the new config-file. You will either have to reset the arena region, or hope that the auto-fix works.

    Note 3: This version is bound to contain LOTS of errors and plugin conflicts, so not "if", but "when" you report bugs, please use the CODE tags when you paste the server logs.

    Since this version is PACKED with new features that have been requested by many, and for a long time, I'm going to be a jerk and tag a bunch of people for the features they've been requesting, just so you all know to upgrade to v0.92 ;)

    Multiple arenas: @thepackett @woodzy @Chuckster @IceBlueFire @tman333 @Arcaian @Filano @morizuki @blarre @5514zilla @Legolas75893
    Pet classes: @genfinternet @Missnostalgia @mnopjh @Rpa;otj @Sorcerer @Kevin Forte
    Permissions: @kenneth123 @omerdn1 @Joy @esperg @lucent @Kentoss @kahlilnc @Azurini @Rossy
    Anti-griefing/-camping: @Combat Wombat @Anticontrame

    Special thanks to @Rpa;otj @Joy @FireFreak111 for their patience, persistence and help with testing and bug hunting.
    Note to testers: You should probably discard your "beta" config-file, or at least make sure to update the setting names.
     
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    yourock129

    Thank you so much for having it where it takes your items on entry and then gives them back when u leave it. It was a hassle to chest my items every time. Thanks for the plugin!

    I just checked the config file and it seems that you took out the "disable-command" feature. Please bring it back. or if im looking in the wrong spot for it, where is it?

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

    @yourock129 - Like the changelog says, I "contraposed the "disabled commands"...". It's now called allowed-commands and works in an inverse manner. This makes it easier for server hosts to specify exactly which commands should be allowed, instead of worrying about catching exploiters with red hands.

    Edit: I just fixed an error with max-idle-time, where it would take 20 times longer than expected to trigger, and uploaded the new build. Make sure you grab it :)
     
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    ACStache

    awesome! I can't wait to try the new version out! thanks for all your hard work :)!
     
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    garbagemule

    @ACStache - I can't wait to hear what you think of it and hopefully not get any bug reports ;)

    @yourock129 - Thanks for the tip! I don't know if I need it though. The only reason I haven't implemented economies yet is that I'm trying to weed out all the basic, fundamental bugs first, such that when v1.0 arrives, it will be as bug-free as I can possibly make it.
     
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    d00ba

    Fantastic work garbagemule, love it.

    Roll on iConomy support :-D
     
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    ACStache

    I won't post any bug reports, I'll just be that guy that starts screaming "Y U NO WORKIN?!" at the plugin then /facepalm when I figure out why haha.
     
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    yourock129

    There is one bug that I have found while upgrading from pre v0.92 to it. Arenas won't always auto-degenerate on the first typing of it. After i typed it about 3 times, it finally worked. But it might of had to do with the fact that the arena was from an old MobArena version. All new arena's auto-degenerate perfectly fine.

    Also, is it possible to put your own classes? Such as if I wanted to create a class called the "Noob" class?

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

    I did /ma l and left but retained all my items, I relogged incase it was just lag with removing them and I still had them when I logged back in, I tried it again and it didn't happen, the items got removed.

    also the second time my Wolves came out of the arena with me.
     
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    Dennman37

    I have a request for this plugin.

    I would like to have the option as admin or op/special group etc. to have the possibility to choose the gladiators that will fight, but everyone may watch, it is neccesary for my server, wich i am working on now, i am building a huge arena, excelly an recreation of the Colloseum, and i want to let newcomers fight in it, and if they win(till wave 15 or something), i will give them a house, if they don't, they will have to stay in prison, and keep trying to win.
    That way i entertain me and everyone in the server.
    It will be really helpfull if you could make that.
    Thank you:D
    P.s if it works i will make a youtube video for mobarena to promote my server and mobarena.
     
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    GFlow

    So i was testing it out, and i logged out while i was in the lobby. I came back into the game, and i was outside of the lobby. When i tried to join again, it keeps giving me the error "Failed to store inventory. Try again." I keep trying, and i also reloaded the server, but nothing happened. It keeps giving me that error.
     
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    JakebIngram

    My server is currently using Mob arena and magic spells ( which allows a ton of cool classes )
    I am suggesting making something similar would be pretty cool.

    Also I copied the Wolf Master class but wolves dont spawn on the start. could this be a conflicting plugin issue?
     
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    garbagemule

    @Ratchet - Find the conflicting plugin.

    @GFlow - The reason is that your inventory is still stored in a file. You need to restore the inventory (look in Commands), or delete the file.

    @JakebIngram - Perhaps, yes. Try to find it.
     
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    morizuki

    hmm found one bug.. I tried going in solo, but when I hit the ironblock, it says I'm flagged.. but the arena won't start..
     
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    tuderen

    @yourock129 you can make your own custom classes, read the wiki.

    @Ratchet and that's why garbagemule have been holding off adding that feature. ;)

    If it persists, disable inventory storing until garbagemule can troubleshoot it?

    @Dennman37 too specific a request, you'll have to control it from your end I'm afraid.

    @Jakeblngram garbagemule won't add anything like that, people will have to get special powers and the likes from other plugins. As for wolves, it's probably a conflicting plugin yeah. The class does have bones, right?
     
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    Pawel

    This plugin is AWESOME !!!!! :D
     
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    garbagemule

    @morizuki - Does it happen all the time? Can you reproduce it?
     
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    JakebIngram

    Ill try to find it, the wolves spawn by default dont they? as long as bones are in the item list?
     
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    noahwhygodwhy

    can't wait for the econ support, instead of gold blocks, money. at least i hope...

    hmm, more than 1 works? and did you disable other commands that would let someone out of the lobby? and they forgot to do /ma leave? And there weren't any battles already going? No errors i suppose...didn't post them. Just trying to find out what the problem is. Lotta questions, but they are all possibilities i think.

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

    @noahwhygodwhy - Very admirable troubleshooting mindset! That's the kind of debugging attitude I wish everyone would have :) About economy support - I'll most likely get working on it as the flagship feature of the next major update. Let's weed out all these bugs first :)

    @JakebIngram - The wolves will spawn if you have bones in your inventory upon arena start. Or they should, anyway. Perhaps you have a plugin that prevents wolves from spawning all-together. Do you have spawn-animals=true in your server.properties?
     

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