BookManager
I No Longer Work On This Plugin
Find it's replacement here: http:dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/bookmanager-reloaded/
Have you written a book with the new book and quill, and realized that you needed to edit something after you signed it? This plugin is for you. If you need to edit the body of the book, you can unsign the book so that you can edit it and sign it again. Just need to rename it? There's also a one-command method in this plugin that allows you to rename books. You can copy a book, and you can require players to use up the materials that make a book and quill. You can also change the author of a book (want a book written by Herobrine or Notch?) and save books as .txt files on the server. Permissions is supported, and this plugin uses separate permissions for editing your own books vs other people's books.
Setup
Very simple. All you need to do is put the jar in your plugins folder. That's it :)
Commands
There are eight commands in this plugin:
- /unsign
- Unsigns the book that you are holding (the highlighted item in your hot bar)
- /rnbook <name>
- Renames the book that you are holding
- /rnauth <name>
- Changes the author name for the book that you are holding. Note: this changes ownership, so if you take a book from someone who can't edit other people's books and you change the author name, that player cannot edit that book anymore.
- /copybook [amount]
- Copies the held written book, taking away a book, ink sack, and a feather (unless they either have the "free" permission or are in Creative mode). You don't need to specify an amount when using this command if you only want one copy.
- /savebook <save name>
- Saves a book as .txt files. Each page is a numbered .txt file inside a folder by the name of the book. Saved books can be found in the folder plugins/BookManager. Also found in the folder is a file called conf.yml. See below for details.
- /loadbook <save name>
- Takes a saved (or edited or new) book from the plugin folder and turns it into a book in-game.
- /deletebook <save name>
- Deletes a saved book in the plugins folder
- /listbooks
- Lists all the books saved in the plugins folder
Saved Books
When you save a book, it makes a folder who's name is whatever you set the save's name to be. The folder can be found in your plugins/BookManager folder. Inside that folder should be a bunch of numbered .txt files. Each one represents a page in the book. You can edit these files directly if you want. Note: there is no error-detection for when you make a page too long. I actually don't know what will happen if you make the pages too long (most likely either cutting it off or a graphical error), so be careful how long you make the files.
In the folder is also a file called conf.yml. This is the configuration file in YAML format for the book. The settings are as follows:
- title
- The title of the book
- author
- The author name of the book
- available
- Whether or not the book is avaiable to everybody with bookmanager.loadbook permission
- free
- Whether or not players need to use up the materials for a book and quill to get the book
Permissions
There are eight main nodes (one for each command):
- bookmanager.unsign
- allows players to unsign their own books (defaults to everybody)
- bookmanager.rnbook
- allows players to rename their own books (defaults to everybody)
- bookmanager.rnauth
- allows players to change the author of books (defaults to OPs only)
- bookmanager.copy
- allows players to copy a book (defaults to everybody)
- bookmanager.savebook
- allows players to save book as .txt files on the server (defaults to OPs only)
- bookmanager.loadbook
- allows players to get books saved in the plugin folder as written books (defaults to everybody)
- bookmanager.deletebook
- allows players to delete saved books in the plugin folder (defaults OPs only)
- bookmanager.listbooks
- allows players to list all the saved books they have access to (defaults to everybody)
There are five sub nodes, all defaulting to OPs only:
- bookmanager.unsign.other
- allows players to unsign other player's books
- bookmanager.rnbook.other
- allows players to rename other player's books
- bookmanager.copy.free
- allows players to copy a book without using any materials
- bookmanager.loadbook.all
- allows players to access all saved books
- bookmanager.laodbook.free
- allows players to load books without using any materials
If you give a player one of these nodes, you don't need to give them the respective main node (for example, if a player has "bookmanager.unsign.other", that player does not need to be given the permission "bookmanager.unsign")
There are also three general permissions (for easier permissions control for admins):
- bookmanager.none
- removes all permissions from player for this plugin
- bookmanager.default
- allows player to edit their own books and make copies from materials
- bookmanager.admin
- allows player to edit any book and make copies for free
Can you just simply set it up without permissions just default it Players can copy books admins can copy all done & easy.
This plugin does not seem to work. I am using BookManager v0.2 for CB 1.3.1-R1.0, and CB version 1.3.1-R1.0. All commands except /copybook tell me that I not have permissions to execute that command. The copybook command creates a phantom book. Once you place it anywhere or read it, the item disappears. My permissions are absolutely set correctly.
@Jekotia
First, did you give yourself the bookmanager.unsign.other and bookmanager.rnbook.other permissions? Second, did you sign the books and/or change the author name?
There is a built in permissions system where non-admins cannot edit other players books by default. This is to protect people's work on open servers.
I'm using v0.2 on CB 1.3.1-R1.0, I know for certain I've done my permissions right, /rnbook and /unsign return "You do not have permission to rename/edit other people's books." I can't do anything to the books I signed to test this plugin |:
I was looking for a plugin that did exactly all this. Well done anticipating that people would want to manipulate books this way!
As soon as I update my server, I'm using your plugin straight away. :)
Thanks for adding that. Can you make it from text to book now? <3
@kilorat2
Sorry, I wasn't expecting v0.2 to take this long to be approved. :P
/copybook and /savetxt do not exist, its not even in the plugin.yml. Maybe its an upcoming feature?
@Folas1337
Not all permissions plugins support wild cards (*s), and I'm not sure exactly how child permissions work, so I just covered my bases.
@TCWilliford
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this. I will add a copy command that duplicates books, but as to getting it to all players, I think another plugin would work better (maybe a /kit plugin, or some sort of infinite chest plugin)
@WarmakerT
I'll work on it :)
Maybe add a feature that saves a book's text file. From book to text.
A cool feature, save each book thats written so you could 'spawn' multiple books that are the same, so instead of server signs and stuff when players first join they are given a book with everything in it to read, and they always have that book. Even if they die or drop it, it comes back
Finally someone made this. I really love that and need it. Hope it's getting approved soon :)
I think the "bookmanager.none" isn't necessary, I think every permissions-plugin supports "-bookmanager.*" (negated permissions). Just to let you know if you don't :D