Backbone
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Backbone is a minigame which combines Guns with Swords and Teams along with Points and Upgrades! Not only do you get a minigame which your server will love, but you get a minigame which uses Custom Maps! Using 3 simple commands, you can turn your Pvp Map into a Battlefield! Players get specialized weapons and their goal is to wipe out the other team. Each kill they make adds 100 points to their bank and 1 point to their team. The team with the most points at the end of the 5 minute game wins! Players love it - Add some fun to your server and install Backbone today! You can also optionally install TagAPI for in-game colored nametags!
"...Its honestly the biggest hit that I have on my server" - ADVscout
"[Backbone] is by far my FAVORITE minigame I've ever played." - HGW1117
" I would recommend this plugin to anyone ... THANK YOU BACKBONE!" - CjkMinecraft
"Sound's amazing! ... I chose Backbone!" - Cjk25
"Such a cool plugin. I added it to my server and i love it!" - jmikulicz
"MAN BACKBONE ROXX!!!!!" - RealmOfAtlanta
How the game works
Players join your arena using commands or signs. When 2 or more players are queue'd up and ready to fight, a 20-second timer starts. After the 20 seconds, the queued players are sent to the arena to fight! Players get a Snowball Gun and a Diamond Sword as weapons. The goal of the game is to kill players on the opposing team as many times as possible. Each kill earns your team 1 point. Also, each kill you make gets you 100 killpoints which can be spent on Upgrades at the Backbone Store. The game lasts 5 minutes, and when the time is up all the players are teleported out of the arena.
Backbone guarantees your server an endlessly addicting minigame your players will adore. With support for up to 5 different Backbone arenas, the game won't ever get dull. Plus, Backbone updates will assure that you have the latest-and-greatest features and fun! So install Backbone today and see just how fun it can be!
DISCLAIMER: Be sure to set your arena, end, and lobbies in the SAME WORLD, otherwise you may get inventory storage problems!
/bb help - Get plugin help
/bb setend - Set the game's end (lobby)
/bb bspawn (arena) - Set the Blue team's spawn for an arena
/bb rspawn (arena) - Set the Red team's spawn for an arena
/bb setreload (arena) - Set the Ammo Reloader for an arena
/bb store - Buy Upgrades
/bb join (arena) - Join the game
/bb leave - Leave the game
backbone.player - Default, all permissions needed to play the game
backbone.admin - OP Default, all permissions
Individual Permissions:
backbone.setend - Use /bb setend
backbone.store - Use /bb store
backbone.setreload - Use /bb setreload
backbone.bspawn - Use /bb bspawn
backbone.rspawn - Use /bb rspawn
backbone.sign - Can create Join Signs
If you would instead like to use Join Signs instead of commands, it's really simple to do! First, you must have permission backbone.sign (OP default). Then simply place a sign and follow this format:
Line1: [Backbone]
Line2: Join
Line3: Arena#
Line4: (leave this line empty)
Line3 is the arena number you want players to join when they click your sign. "1" (without quotes) is what you'd use to join arena 1. Using a Join Sign is a great alternative to using the boring join commands!
What is Backbone?
Look at the Backbone Setup WikiBackbone is a minigame which combines Guns with Swords and Teams along with Points and Upgrades! Not only do you get a minigame which your server will love, but you get a minigame which uses Custom Maps! Using 3 simple commands, you can turn your Pvp Map into a Battlefield! Players get specialized weapons and their goal is to wipe out the other team. Each kill they make adds 100 points to their bank and 1 point to their team. The team with the most points at the end of the 5 minute game wins! Players love it - Add some fun to your server and install Backbone today! You can also optionally install TagAPI for in-game colored nametags!
Praise and Testimonials
"...Its honestly the biggest hit that I have on my server" - ADVscout
"[Backbone] is by far my FAVORITE minigame I've ever played." - HGW1117
" I would recommend this plugin to anyone ... THANK YOU BACKBONE!" - CjkMinecraft
"Sound's amazing! ... I chose Backbone!" - Cjk25
"Such a cool plugin. I added it to my server and i love it!" - jmikulicz
"MAN BACKBONE ROXX!!!!!" - RealmOfAtlanta
Minigame Details
How the game works
Players join your arena using commands or signs. When 2 or more players are queue'd up and ready to fight, a 20-second timer starts. After the 20 seconds, the queued players are sent to the arena to fight! Players get a Snowball Gun and a Diamond Sword as weapons. The goal of the game is to kill players on the opposing team as many times as possible. Each kill earns your team 1 point. Also, each kill you make gets you 100 killpoints which can be spent on Upgrades at the Backbone Store. The game lasts 5 minutes, and when the time is up all the players are teleported out of the arena.
Backbone guarantees your server an endlessly addicting minigame your players will adore. With support for up to 5 different Backbone arenas, the game won't ever get dull. Plus, Backbone updates will assure that you have the latest-and-greatest features and fun! So install Backbone today and see just how fun it can be!
DISCLAIMER: Be sure to set your arena, end, and lobbies in the SAME WORLD, otherwise you may get inventory storage problems!
Commands
/bb help - Get plugin help
/bb setend - Set the game's end (lobby)
/bb bspawn (arena) - Set the Blue team's spawn for an arena
/bb rspawn (arena) - Set the Red team's spawn for an arena
/bb setreload (arena) - Set the Ammo Reloader for an arena
/bb store - Buy Upgrades
/bb join (arena) - Join the game
/bb leave - Leave the game
Permissions
backbone.player - Default, all permissions needed to play the game
backbone.admin - OP Default, all permissions
Individual Permissions:
backbone.setend - Use /bb setend
backbone.store - Use /bb store
backbone.setreload - Use /bb setreload
backbone.bspawn - Use /bb bspawn
backbone.rspawn - Use /bb rspawn
backbone.sign - Can create Join Signs
Join Signs
If you would instead like to use Join Signs instead of commands, it's really simple to do! First, you must have permission backbone.sign (OP default). Then simply place a sign and follow this format:
Line1: [Backbone]
Line2: Join
Line3: Arena#
Line4: (leave this line empty)
Line3 is the arena number you want players to join when they click your sign. "1" (without quotes) is what you'd use to join arena 1. Using a Join Sign is a great alternative to using the boring join commands!
@lubby123
It works on 1.7, but we're recoding it right now. So the next time we update, you'll get official 1.7 support along with some great new features!
Is this for 1.7 as well?
@FireBreath15
Ok, thank you very much for the information. :D
Love your plugin non the less!
@MinecraftRiftwalker
@MinecraftRiftwalker
Yes as of now it's not possible. But we're working hard at making a new update which will make it much easier to add up to 10 arenas (maybe). The problem now is that Backbone is poorly coded. I'm recoding everything, and its taking forever. But once its done we can certainly look to the future. :)
@MinecraftRiftwalker
Currently it is not possible to have more than 5 arenas.
Hi, I was just wondering, how come I can only make 5 arenas?
When I made the 6th one and named it and did everything the same as the others, I type in
/bb bspawn 6
&
/bb rspawn 6
and it does absolutely nothing...
Is there a way to make more then the 5? I really would love to have more...
Thanks,
Riftwalker
@CookdBananaPeel
Make sure you have set all the points (In the same world) for your arena, then when players join the arena (Using the command or sign) the game is automatically started! If you can also be a little bit more clear by what you mean with "players are waiting" then I can help you further, describe what you exactly did and what happened.. :D
Hi! Im having problems with the joining of the players. In first i thought, the sign will teleport me to the arena. We have 4 players waiting, and nothing happens, PLEASE HELP!
@Hamlet3792
I am sorry but Back Bone is only for the latest Minecraft release... Just update your Bukkit :P
Am.. 1.6.4Plugin can 1.5.2? My friend like this plugin
@wiily8
This has nothing to do with Back Bone, be sure server PVP or world PVP is enabled and that you have not placed the arena in a no-PVP region...... EDIT: Players can only PVP with the sword or other weapons from Back Bone.. (Like Snowball gun, bow ect...)
@FireBreath15
I would also say change the armor color maybe to normal leather? And only keep the name tag as a indication on which team they are? Maybe handier to code.. So you only need to change the name tag and not the armor.. :D
@omgGrim
Those extra blocks will actually no longer be used, if the colored names is implemented.
@FireBreath15
I'm okay with that, also is the red team meant to be nether rack or is it supposed to be red wool?
@FireBreath15
I agree with that!
@omgGrim
If we do the TAGAPI implementation, their name tag in-game will be colored, so that's a better alternative to the block head thing (in my opinion). May possibly change color with any fake team changes also
@deleted_11279897
Hellooooow everybody! Just a progress report on the next update [v1.4].
I'm currently recoding EVERYTHING. I wrote Bb when I was just learning Java, so it wasn't written very efficiently. So I'm recoding pretty much everything. My tester Yamatsan along with some other Bb users have suggested some great ideas, which I hope to implement in 1.4 as well. I just finished putting in a Chest GUI for the shop (:O) and I've heard rumors (from talking to myself, of course) of a TagAPI implementation!
Lol, hope you all enjoyed my report, I'm gonna get back to coding stuff. Later!
-FB15
@omgGrim
I Agree with TagAPI and Block in inventory but Block Hat? Why? We already have colored armor right?
@FireBreath15
How about using TAG API, Block hat, and block in inventory, that way we know way more! xD