How about something to this extent for Multiplayer? http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=125803 Essentially what it does is creates NPCs with Jobs, such as mining, lumberjacking, fishing, guarding, etc etc.
I have an idea to turn this in a plugin. But i don't even know how to make one. You can have 2 options: 1) Start a new village 2) Use an existing NPC Village. To start, a new village you need a [block] (maybe preferibly Iron or Gold) Right-click the block with a Blaze Rod and 4 Testificates will pop up toogether with the message that you succesfully created a new village. The idea is to use Testificates as the NPC's. By right-clicking them with the appropiate item to give them a 'job'. (this might be difficult after 1.3 since there will be trading then) Testificates with jobs will behave according to their job. Plus a night they will go indoors just like normal. And of course reproduce like normal. (Children can't work) So you'll have to expand the village to gain more 'workers'. Jobs: - Miner (pickaxe): Digs underground looking for materials (does NOT dig trough man-placed objects) - Lumberjack (axe): Goes around planting and cutting trees. - Hunter (sword): Hunts for mobs close to it's village. (could be trouble for player made animal farms) - Farmer (hoe): Will plant and harvest wheat (and maybe melons?) on tilted grass. - Archer (bow): Stays close to the village and attacks from a distance. Can be hired to protect you. - Fisherman (Fishing Rod): Goes to nearby strand-biomes to fish. (Can also catch squid for ink) You will also need a place to store the items they gather. To do this place some chests and place a sign close to it with [the job that has to store it's items there] on the first line. Opotional on the second to fourth line[the items they can store here] If no other chests for that job are nearby they will only mine that item Examples: [Miner] will cause the miner to store all their items in there [cobble ] causes the miners only placing cobble in this chest [Miner] will cause the miner to store all their items in there [ iron ] will cause the miners only placing iron and gold in this chest [ gold ] PS: had to place a space at the materials because otherwise it would place an image And if it's possible: When a villager has a job, they get the name of that job above their head. (Maybe in colour) EDIT: I did find the UsefulVillagers plugin, But it's not really working as i desire.
