Inactive [TP/MECH] Nethrar v2.3.1 - No-command minecart supporting Nether / multiworld portals [1.3.1]

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    akrieger

    Nethrar - Unrestrictive Nether / multiworld portals, with ridden and riderless minecart and boat support, and many options for the power server admin.

    Version: v2.3.1 (Dev v2.3.2a)

    Nethrar is a Nether portal implementation that aims for simplicity and as unrestricted usage as possible. Portals are created and used almost exactly like in SSP. Build a portal, light it on fire, and go! No commands, no required Permissions, and nothing else meta-gamey to use. Spatial compression is implemented, with configuration settings allowing varying ratios, even a Nether which is larger than the Normal world it is attached to! Portal pairs are automatically created, and even saved between reloads.
    Nitty gritty details (open)
    A somewhat conservative heuristic is used to link portals in the smaller world to portals in the larger world (the Nether is the 'smaller' world, usually), to avoid portal spamming the larger world. Additionally, portals will never destroy a pre-existing portal; rather, they will simply link to that portal.
    Stepping into a portal in one world will first try to find a portal to link to in the destination world, then build a new one if none is found. The tl;dr version of this search is "Is there a portal in the destination world, that, if newly created and stepped into, would link to this portal in this world?" If so, link to that portal, otherwise build a new one. What determines whether a portal in one world links to one in the destination world? Essentially, if the hypothetical 'perfectly positioned' counterpart, in the destination world, to the first world's portal would conflict / intersect with an existing portal in the destination world, then the already-present portal is chosen as the destination. Note that this overall strategy is to prevent creating portals unless absolutely necessary, but can make generating distinct unique portal pairs in close proximity difficult.
    If you really want to know what the name comes from, you can ask, but it's really not important.

    Features:
    • Drop-and-go: defaults provide full, basic SSP-like functionality for most servers. Just drop the .jar file into your plugins directory. Nethrar should now be able to guess most parameters, but if there is any doubt, check the generated worlds.yml file. **Current bug: due to changes in the way configurations work, the default worlds.yml file is no longer generated. This will get fixed in the next release.**
    • Total multiworld support. Whatever arbitrary world configurations you wanted, now you can have them.
    • Portals 'remember' their destination, so world loops are possible. For example, if I have it set up that portals from world A go to world B, and portals in world B go to world C, and then finally portals in C go to A, what would happen if I build a portal in A, which leads to B, and then step back through it? I will go back to A, not to C. This 'memory' is preserved with clean server shutdowns.
    • Facing, orientation, and when applicable velocity, are preserved going through the portal, for the smoothest transition possible for players.
    • Minecarts carrying players function seamlessly. Minecart tracks should lead to and from the portal on both sides, on the same elevation, for minecarts to work properly.
    • Minecarts can now go through portals riderless! Powered minecarts are not supported, but empty minecarts and storage carts both go in and out unassisted. For best results, use with the force-chunk-loading feature.
    • Boats can be driven through portals too! If you are linking between two water worlds, or a water and normal world, you can now paddle through between the two.
    • Chunk keep-alive: For servers strapped on disk IO, or lower-performance servers, teleporting can be a real bummer for everyone on the server. Nethrar can be configured to keep chunks loaded in a radius around portals, increasing RAM usage, but decreasing the amount of resulting lag from teleporting through portals.
    • World blocks: Each world can have a 'world block' assigned to it, like wool or a gold block or stone. If you create a portal with a particular world's world blocks in the top two corners, then that portal will link to that particular world. This lets you make permanent 'special' portals that go places regular ones won't.
    • Custom world generator support for any world.
    • Configurable settings include:
      • whether to use permissions or not.
      • whether to redirect respawns or not.
      • how many chunks around a portal to keep loaded.
      • whether to allow riderless vehicles.
      • how much debug logging to print (currently there is very little even at the most verbose setting, this is more for helping me with debugging).
    • It works.
    **** Important Note: You should turn off the default Nether functionality if you are going to use Nethrar. Failing to do so can cause random and unpredictable double teleports, teleport loops, or worse. Set "allow-nether=false" in server.properties, or add it at the end. This will notdelete your existing Nether, it will just prevent the portals from teleporting you if you stand too close for too long. ****

    Download Nethrar (.jar, config, worlds) (.tar.gz, .zip)
    Dev build: (.jar). Changes: see my post.

    Source (github) (LGPL licensed)

    Configuration / Installation, most people: Download Nethrar.jar. Put it in your plugins/ directory. For most people, this is enough.

    Configuration / Installation, fewer people: If you had trouble with worlds not being what you expect, or if you want more power, then do the following. The plugin will put a config.yml inside a directory called "Nethrar" in the plugins/ directory. Set the following parameters in config.yml for your particular server. Also, edit worlds.yml to describe the world setup YOU want for your server. Assign the relevant Permissions nodes as you see fit.
    config.yml (open)
    Code:
    # Set to true to use Permissions, otherwise everyone gets
    # all permissions.
    usePermissions: false
    # Set to false to use builtin vanilla respawning behavior.
    listen:
        respawn: true
    # Set to some number > 0 if you experience server-wide lag
    # when anyone teleports.
    forceLoadRadius: 0
    # Set to true to allow minecarts / boats to pass through a
    # portal without a Player passenger.
    riderlessVehicles: false
    # Set to 1 or 2 to increase the amount of console messages
    # Nethrar will show.
    debugLevel: 0
    
    worlds.yml (open)
    Code:
    world:
            environment: normal
            destination: world_nether
            scale: 8
    world_nether:
    # Note that the environment field is *required*
            environment: nether
            destination: world
            scale: 1
            peaceful: false
            respawnTo: world
    # Add more worlds here, or edit the ones above as you see fit.
    # For example, to make a loop of normal -> Nether -> SkylandsPlus -> first normal, do the following:
    # world:
    #        environment: normal
    #        destination: world_nether
    #        scale: 8
    #        worldBlock: 57
    #        ^ Any portal made with diamond blocks in the corners will link to 'world'.
    # world_nether:
    #        environment: nether
    #        destination: world_skylands
    #        scale: 1
    #        peaceful: false
    #        worldBlock: 42
    #        ^ Any portal made with iron blocks in the corners will link to 'world_nether'
    # world_skylands:
    #        environment: normal
    #      worldGenerator:
    #              name: SkylandsPlus
    #              args: if there were any args to pass to your world generator, they would go here
    #        destination: world
    #        scale: 8
    #        worldBlock: 41
    #        ^ Any portal made with gold blocks in the corners will link to the 'world_skylands'
    # Note that to make a SkylandsPlus world, you'll first need the SkylandsPlus mod, which you can get [URL='http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/skylandsplus/']here[/URL].
    Permissions (open)
    Code:
    # Allows usage of Nethrar portals.
    nethrar.use
    # Allows usage of Nethrar teleportation.
    nethrar.tp
    Commands (open)
    Code:
    # Teleports the invoking player to the destination world.
    # Places a single block of glass at the destination under the feet.
    /nethrar tp world 
    Not issues:
    • "I'm using MinecartMania and when I go through a portal I don't keep moving!" Obsidian is the default "minecart stopper" block in MinecartMania. Either power the obsidian block on both sides of the portal with redstone, or change the stopper block to be something other than obsidian.
    • Transitioning between worlds can be a little laggy. I am trying to mitigate this, the Bukkit devs and community are making great progress making teleports suck less, but there is nothing we know of that we haven't done to make things better. Sorry.
    • "Help I fall and sometimes die when I teleport between worlds!" Best thing I can say is: make sure you're running an up-to-date build of CraftBukkit, and it's lag-related, but it's nothing I believe I can solve any more than I have already tried.
    • "Why didn't I respawn at my bed?" Recent versions of CB should fix this, and Nethrar will support this soon as well even with respawn redirects.
    • "Help I am always respawning in the default world." Unless you are using Nethrar respawn redirects to keep people who die in one world to respawn in the same world, this is working as the Bukkit devs seem to want it to work.
    Known issues:
    • Chunks can sometimes, but less commonly with newer (860+) builds of CB, fail to load when transitioning between worlds, and only load on relog. Portals can also stop functioning when this occurs. Set "forceLoadRadius" in config.yml to something greater than 0 (reports say that 4 tends to work, I would recommend something between 2 and 4).
    • Camera orientation is not preserved when travelling through a portal in a minecart. I suspect some deeper issue with the server when putting a player into a minecart.
    Potential future development (open)

    • Pre-emptively generate or load chunks in the Nether which are 'known to be needed.'
    • Allow minecarts with any passengers to teleport between worlds. Works best with force-loaded chunks to enable physics with no players present.
    • Enable teleportation of *any* entity - animals, mobs, mobiles, etc.
    • Auto-link / generate nether for new normal worlds, as option.
    • Teleport delay. Obviously incompatible with vehicles.
    • Per-world End support., if possible.
    A note about future development: This is a side project first and foremost. Development was primarily driven by my and my friend's needs on our personal server, and future development will be heavily influenced by that. If there is sufficient demand by the general public and users, then I can implement other features, but I am not compelled or otherwise forced to do so. Just FYI.
    Changelog:
    Version 2.3.1:
    • 1.2.4-R1.0 support.
    • No major changes besides updating to remove deprecated API usage.
    Version 2.3:
    • 1.1-R3 API support.
    • Added support for custom world generators. Environment is still required, add key values worldGenerator.name to specify a world generator plugin, worldGenerator.args for additional args for the generator.
    Older changes (open)
    Version 2.2.1:
    • Removed 'physics!' spam.
    Version 2.2:
    • 1.0.1-R1 support.
    • Added support for teleporting to The End. Set the target world's enviroment to 'the_end' or the equivalent. Portals might not be able to be reignited once in The End, so beware!
    • Misc fixes and logging.
    Version 2.1:
    • Implemented world blocks. World can have an optional "worldBlock" property, an integer, defining a block ID for that world's "worldBlock." Any portal made with that block in the top two corners will link to that world.
    • Updated to use Bukkit builtin permissions. You must use a compatible permissions plugin to use this. Read http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/permissions-faq.25080/ for more information.
    • Still uses sync threads to do teleportation.
    Version 2.0:
    • Added easier drop-and-go installation code and support.
    • Added true multiworld support. See worlds.yml for syntax and examples.
    • Added per-world custom destination world.
    • Added per-world custom destination world for respawns.
    • Added command "/nethrar tp world"; Use it as a server admin to get between worlds to set up portals for people.
    • Added portal destination persistence to help with more complicated world setups.
    Version 1.5.1:
    • Fixed teleporting when riding a minecart so that everything happens in a thread, instead of half in a thread and half synchronously (it's not okay to be a passenger of a vehicle in another world, eh?).
    Version 1.5:
    • Fixed "moved too fast" issue causing disconnects. Unfortunate side effect: teleports exhibit just a wee bit of lag before actuall occuring once you hit a portal. Depends on the server's load at the time. This will have to wait for if/when the Bukkit team fixes the checks around that disconnect.
    • Riderless minecart teleportation! Hidden Netherworld logic, long-distance unassisted storage cart teleportation, possibilities abound! Supposedly will work great with Evercart.
    • Boats! Now you can enable your crazy multiworld water coaster. Not tested as thoroughly as it should have been, buyer beware...
    • Various refactoring to help prepare for Nethrar v2.0.
    Version 1.4:
    • Added option for it to always be night in the Nether (default true).
    • Changed Permissions support to default to false, change to true if you want to use Permissions.
    • Added chunk loading prior to teleporting through portals, to help alleviate more transition issues.
    • Nethrar now generates a config file if one is not found.
    • Added some checking around where Nethrar determines which block a player has interacted with, due to people reporting a situation where a player can be "in a vehicle" but either the vehicle, or it's location, are null. This will help prevent NPEs.
    Version 1.3:
    • Added configuration option to enable a 'peaceful' Nether, empty of Ghasts and Pig zombies.
    • Switched to using a more polite chunk unloading function.
    Version 1.2:
    • Added configuration option to keep chunks loaded in a variable sized radius around portals. Set "forceLoadRadius" in config.yml to > 0 if you are having issues with falling or with chunks not loading after transitioning.
    • Added "NethrarMinecartTeleportEvent" which is called after a player is teleported with a minecart. Plugin devs, listen for this event if your plugin does things with minecarts, and needs to know when minecarts suddenly move or get added/deleted.
    Version 1.1:
    • Added Permissions support for permission node "nethrar.use" - give users this permission to enable use of Nethrar.
    Version 1.0:
    • First release, with minecarts and conservative portal linking and configurable spatial compression, etc.



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    noahwhygodwhy

    so this is another world that acts as a train stop for portals?
     
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    akrieger

    I'm not sure what you mean - this plugin gives you multiverse-like control, where to get between worlds you use nether portals. Where you go when you enter the portal is controlled by the config file. I also added support such that you can ride into a portal in a minecart, and when you enter the other world you will still be in a minecart, going at the same speed you were going in the previous world. Nothing about train stops or anything.
     
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    noahwhygodwhy

    ok, i think i understand, this just makes it that two portals can be next to each other and go to two separate places without interfering?
     
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    akrieger

    Basically, yeah.

    I have a mostly functional update for 1.0.1, with End support. The support is a little inconsistent, I'm trying to figure out what model to support (or just give a configuration option or two to configure it, but that's more work...) but it should be ready soon.

    Update in progress. Downloads will be broken until GitHub's cdn clears.

    1.0.1-R1 release (v2.2) released.

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    Zombiemold

    Mentioned this on Bukkit.dev, but I wanted to make sure it got to you, so I'll post it here as well.

    Love this plugin. A must have staple on my server. I have even recommended it to others. Thanks for what you do.
    One problem to report (Kind of a big one)

    I am getting absolutely spammed in the console with this new version of Netherar. Fastest spam I have ever seen. I get: [INFO] Physics!

    Over and over again.
     
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    josh4600

    i can not get it working when i use /nethrar tp world it just puts me in the same world
     
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    akrieger

    You use /nethrar tp <world name>, so if you want to go the world 'world_nether', the command you would use is /nethrar tp world_nether

    Oh hell. Sorry about that.

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    josh4600

    i did that but its saying world does not exist :(
     
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    akrieger

    Can you pastebin your worlds.yml file for me?
     
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    kohina

    Thank you very much for updating! Works perfectly. One of the best plugins :cool:
     
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    josh4600

    world:
    environment: normal
    destination: world_nether
    scale: 8
    world_nether:
    environment: nether
    destination: world
    scale: 1
    peaceful: true
    respawnTo: world
    ps: i do have nether off does that need to be on but when i do have it on my server crashis :/
     
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    akrieger

    Careful, there's going to be some physics spam soon :p I'm getting a new version uploaded right now. But thanks!

    You are an op, correct? And you're typing in exactly

    /nethrar tp world_nether

    no quotes or anything?

    Can you go to http://pastebin.com/ and paste your entire startup log and link it here?

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    josh4600

    yes im op server owner no permisons btw ill put my log on the and yes i am puting in /nethrar tp world_nether

    there its up name:bukkit nethrar help!!!!!!!
    most of it was spam:[INFO] Physics!
    so i caut that out :)

    2011-12-19 11:07:16 [INFO] World world_nether is a duplicate of another world and has been prevented from loading. Please delete the uid.dat file from world_nether's world directory if you want to be able to load the duplicate world. shall i fix this?

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    akrieger

    Next time just copy-paste the url from your browser here :) Easier than me having to hunt through public pastes to find it.
    Code:
    2011-12-19 11:07:16 [INFO] World world_nether is a duplicate of another world and has been prevented from loading. Please delete the uid.dat file from world_nether's world directory if you want to be able to load the duplicate world.
    2011-12-19 11:07:16 [SEVERE] Error occurred while enabling Nethrar v2.2 (Is it up to date?): null
    java.lang.NullPointerException
            at org.akrieger.Nethrar.PortalUtil.initializeWorlds(PortalUtil.java:216)
            at org.akrieger.Nethrar.PortalUtil.initialize(PortalUtil.java:98)
            at org.akrieger.Nethrar.Nethrar.onEnable(Nethrar.java:118)
            at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.setEnabled(JavaPlugin.java:188)
            at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.enablePlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:968)
            at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.enablePlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:280)
            at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugin(CraftServer.java:186)
            at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.enablePlugins(CraftServer.java:169)
            at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.t(MinecraftServer.java:348)
            at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:335)
            at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:165)
            at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:399)
            at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:457)
    There's your problem. Something is wrong with your world_nether folder. Go and delete the 'uid.dat' file it is taking about inside of the world_nether directory and see if your problem goes away.
     
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    josh4600

    cool soz for no link :) ps can i make the nether like the normal world by puting in environment: normal?

    its working

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    akrieger

    If you change it to environment: normal, you'll need to delete the world_nether directory first, otherwise you'll have a bunch of nether surrounded by a bunch of normal terrain.
     
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    josh4600

    cool thxs for the spped of your help :)
     
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    akrieger

    2.2.1 uploaded, contains the fix you need :) Sorry again!
     
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    josh4600

    one last thing the map for nether is now not building in the game shall i copy the level.dat from world in?
     
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    akrieger

    What do you mean 'not building'? Just delete the entire directory and try again if it's having problems.
     
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    josh4600

    ok

    still not working im seeing if moveing the world files in will work
    u can join the server and see if u like
    ip:83.222.235.129:25566

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    akrieger

    I'm supposed to be working right now, if we're both on in the evening we can try again. What happens when you teleport into the world? It's also possible that world_nether is a reserved word for Bukkit, and you might have to just name it something else. Try naming it something else and seeing if it works, like 'world_nether_normal' or something.
     
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    josh4600

    ill rename it some thing and it just does not load when i go in

    nope still not working hmmm
    and so much spam

    still not working

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    akrieger

    Download the new 2.2.1 version, from here or http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/nethrar/files/. That will at least fix the spam. Also make sure you've renamed the world in worlds.yml (I'm guessing you have). Please send further comments via pm, instead of chain-replying here.
     
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    MAKroy

    Great to see this updated. Will be (re)installing tonight!
     
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    Neero

    Will people be able to make a portal from the end if I allow making portals to other worlds?
     
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    akrieger

    Portals *out* from the end are not possible - the game prevents them from being lit. Portals into the End are only possible if you configure some world or worldblock to link to the End, in your worlds.yml file. If you create a portal *to* the End, then the return portal is automatically created, and lit, and is protected from being extinguished by Nethrar.
     
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    Neero

    Okay, nice. thanks :)

    Midgar is my main world. When a person tried to go through the end portal in MineWorld, he took a lava bath xD Is this normal behaviour? Is it possible to make the end portal work in a secondary world?

    Here is my worlds.yml
    Code:
    Midgar:
            environment: normal
            destination: Midgar_nether
            scale: 8
    Midgar_nether:
            environment: nether
            destination: Midgar
            scale: 1
            peaceful: false
    MineWorld:
            environment: normal
            destination: Midgar
            scale: 8
            worldBlock: 57
    
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    akrieger

    No idea. Nethrar doesn't do anything with regards to End portals. I can look into making it an extension in the future, I just need to find an End portal first :/ Consider it on my todo list.
     
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    Neero

    Okay, cool :) I think it's possible to create a portal if you somehow get the portal stone blocks.

    We will try it out some more later tonight, to see if he just goofed (I don't know if it's possible to miss it?), or if it really is not working. Might need to generate MineWorld_the_end first or something... I don't know. I'll do some testing :)

    Thanks!
     

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