One of the biggest pet peeves I have with the game right now is, once you pick something up with a bucket, you cannot use that bucket again until you actually place what's inside of it. And there are many a time where there's nowhere really appropriate to put it. That's why I think it would be a good idea for a way to very easily empty your bucket when you need to, without having to use it.
I could do a quick plugin for you if you'd like. Is command-based alright? EDIT: Plugin link here. Simply adds a /empty command that empties a full bucket if you're holding one.
Produces an error on 186 SEVERE: null (Is it up to date?) java.lang.NullPointerException at com.bukkit.fullwall.QuickBucket.QuickBucket.onEnable(QuickBucket.java:33) at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.setEnabled(JavaPlugin.java:135) at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.enablePlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:370) at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.enablePlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:175) at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugin(CraftServer.java:61) at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:42) at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.e(MinecraftServer.java:154) at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.c(MinecraftServer.java:141) at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.d(MinecraftServer.java:102) at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:179) at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:512) --- merged: Feb 1, 2011 2:06 AM --- Looks like someone else submitted a plugin for this exact same thing.
Thanks for support . Look out for the next release of quickbucket! (I'll change the name though, as its purpose will be more general)