Bukkit

This is a simple plugin which can create "blocky smokers" - blocks that generate smoke made of cobweb blocks which actually moves and billows slowly. Command based and very configurable. Everything from the volume of smoke produced to how long it lives to which direction the wind comes from can be customised. Even the block type of the smoke can be changed if desired.

For now you need to be op to use the plugin. In the future permissions and/or region support may be added.

(Note: the "chimney" can be any block you want; they just happen to be brick in this screenshot.)

Quick Start

Download the plugin, place it in your plugins directory and restart CraftBukkit or issue the /reload command.

Then, build a chimney, point at the topmost block of it and give the command /createsmoker. Instant smoke!!! Note that you have to be op to use the command. To remove the smoker, just destroy the block.

Creating Smokers

/createsmoker [decayChance=decayChance] [density=density | minDensity=minDensity maxDensity=maxDensity] [maxDistance=maxDistance] [wind=random | wind=wind | wind=windFrom-windTo] [type=type] [data=data]

Creates a new blocky smoker of the block you are pointing at, or updates an existing one. All parameters are optional:

decayChance=decayChance

maxDistance=maxDistance

density=density
minDensity=minDensity maxDensity=maxDensity

wind=random
wind=wind
wind=windFrom-windTo

type=type

data=data

Examples

A small smoker (say, a house):

/createsmoker

A very large and voluminous smoker (say, a large chimney of a major factory):

/createsmoker density=25 maxDistance=25

An even more dense large and voluminous smoker:

/createsmoker density=25 maxDistance=25 decayChance=0

A long but thin trail of smoke:

/createsmoker density=1 maxDistance=15 decayChance=0.1

A smoker with wind veering between easterly and southerly (a quarter circle):

/createsmoker wind=E-S

A smoker with wind veering between southerly and easterly (a three quarters circle):

/createsmoker wind=S-E

A smoker with northerly winds:

/createsmoker wind=N

A smoker which uses white wool instead of cobwebs:

/createsmoker type=WOOL

Other Commands

These are the other commands you can use:

/inspectsmoker

/removesmoker

/removeallsmokers

/pausesmokers

/continuesmokers

Configuration

The following config.yml file will be generated in your plugins/BlockySmoker directory. Most of the settings just configure the default values for new smokers, but there are a few other settings as well. The comments explain what each one does:

# The delay between smoke updates in server ticks (there are twenty server ticks
# per second)
delay: 40

# The default block type for the smoke blocks
smokeType: WEB

# The default data value for the smoke blocks
smokeData: 0

# The default minimum density (the number of smoke blocks spawned per smoker
# each update)
minDensity: 2

# The default maximum density (the number of smoke blocks spawned per smoker
# each update)
maxDensity: 2

# The default maximum distance (the maximum distance smoke blocks are allowed to
# go from the smoking block)
maxDistance: 6

# The default decay chance (the chance per smoke block per update that it will
# spontaneously disappear)
decayChance: 0.167

# The default random spread setting (whether there should be an additional
# random spread to the smoke)
randomSpread: false

# The minimum wind strength (in blocks per update)
minWindStrength: 0

# The maximum wind strength (in blocks per update)
maxWindStrength: 1

# The default wind constraint "from" value. If set, "windTo" must also be set.
# Leave empty to have no default constraint on wind direction. One of N, NE, E,
# SE, S, SW, W or NW
windFrom:

# The default wind constraint "to" value. If set, "windFrom" must also be set.
# Leave empty to have no default constraint on wind direction. One of N, NE, E,
# SE, S, SW, W or NW
windTo: