Bukkit

iFactions Advanced is an alternative to the widely popular Factions plugin or many of the other team-based land grabbing plugins like it. Plugins which allow players to create their own groups and to grab up land and battle with other groups have been quite popular for a long time. This plugin aims to streamline the factions system by implementing a lightning-fast database system, easy-to-use commands, and a permissions system which is customizable by each faction leader (each faction can have their own ranks and their own permissions within their faction). Key Points

• UUID Compatible
• Fast and Feature-Packed
• SQLite compatible (soon to be remote DB compatible)

Operations

The plugin runs off of a small, compact SQL Database. For the more tech-savvy, you can use SQLite to monitor and edit the database in real time. The queries are done quickly and are very stream-lined so that the database is never occupied for long. This makes is ideal for connecting to a website or to other plugins (API coming soon).

• Full Changelog
• Permissions
• Mechanics
• Metrics This plugin collects the basic MCStats Metrics data for usage analysis. It doesn't collect anything special about your server - just the basic stuff like what version of Bukkit you are running, the plugin version, Java version, operating system, and your server location. It does not collect your server IP or anything like that. It cannot be disabled in the plugin because it collects vital information which is needed to track usage statistics. If you do not want Metrics enabled, you can disable it in the Plugin Metrics data folder within you plugins directory (there should be an opt-out setting in the configuration file there).

Commands

There are only three real, registered commands in the plugin. The main command, /fs, is broken into several subcommands to make it easy to use.

General Commands

Admin Commands

• Creating a new faction: To make a new faction, an administrator has to make sure they are in Faction 0 (the default faction). From here, the administrator does the command to create the faction with the desired name. The administrator can then add a player to the faction, then set that player's rank to the leader rank. After that, the administrator can set their faction back to what it was before having to create the faction.
• Deleting a faction: An administrator who needs to delete an old/abandoned faction can use the setfaction command to set themselves as a member of a faction. After that, /fs delete can be used to delete the faction and remove all traces of it.

Faction Leader Commands

Installing the Plugin

First Time Installation

• If this is your first time installing the plugin, follow these easy steps:

1. Download the latest Release Build (ZIP file). This will act as your base and has all of the files required to start up. Download
2. If available, download the latest Patch Build (JAR file). [No Patch Available]
3. Unzip the ZIP file into your plugins directory. This will create your IFA data folder and drop the plugin into your plugins folder automatically.
4. Place the JAR file (if available) into your plugins folder, replacing the one from the ZIP. This will update the plugin to the most recent version.
5. Restart the server - do not reload.

If you already have IFA on your server... (for updating)

• If you already have a version of the plugin, do not use a ZIP file as it will erase all of your faction data and player information for IFA. Instead, follow these steps:

1. If available, download the latest Patch Build (JAR file). [No Patch Available]
2. Place the JAR file (if available) into your plugins folder, replacing the one from the ZIP. This will update the plugin to the most recent version.
3. Reload or restart the server.

Plugin Maintenance

If there is an error...

• Use the support ticket system on BukkitDev to report the problem. I will not respond to any problems posted in the comments - make a support ticket. Be sure to provide a list of all plugins you are using, the version of the plugin you are using, and the full error message (your whole error log if possible).

Updating...

• Check back for updates to the plugin. Major updates may require installation of additional libraries to your server, but it's not likely.

Usage...

• There are no limitations on usage for this plugin, really. However, you may not use it to make money in any way by selling it or using it indirectly to make money (for example, selling the ability to have a faction is a no-no). The only other thing that I ask is that you report any bugs you may find and request any features you want to see.

Features

• Create and delete factions.
• Admins: Chunk management and faction management commands.
• Claim and Unclaim chunks (claiming takes 15 seconds)
• Faction teleportation and headquarters features
• Land protection (and the ability for faction leaders to set which ranks can use things on faction land)
• PVP stat tracking (and warzones)
• Calculated Skill Rating
• Faction Strength - determined by the average skill level of the members in a faction
• Faction permissions scheme (leaders can set their own permissions for the faction)