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Plugin Won't Load !

  • There are many reasons:
  1. Wrong Java version:
    • This plugin NEEDS Java 7 to run, some old hosts keep working with java 6, tell them to update your java to 7.

  2. Wrong CraftBukkit version:
    • For example: a plugin made for a R0.1 DON'T MEANS will work with R0.2, a small change in the Bukkit API can break a plugin)

  3. Plugin Conflicts:
    • At the moment, i didn't find any plugin that causes problems with Death Messages, but maybe if you try to install another plugin with the same features (change death messages) one of them will override the other (but installing 2 plugins with same features it's absurd).

  • If you're not sure what can be the cause of your problems... GO READ YOUR "SERVER.LOG":

    • This is the error you'll find if you have Java 6 instead Java 7:

      [SEVERE] Could not load 'plugins/DeathMessages.jar' in folder 'plugins'
      org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidPluginException:java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError:
      com/gmail/josemanuelgassin/DeathMessages : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0



      Can't change the default colored messages !

  • Basic Steps:
  1. Reload the Plugin "/dm reload".
  2. Reload the Server "/reload".
  3. Stop/Start the server.

  • Still getting the default messages?: Then you have a YAML PARSING ERROR!

    • That means, you added invalid characters to the config, yaml files only accept english characters AND spaces., anyway, try to code the file into ANSI instead of UTF-8, cause in some systems work.
    • You can find the line causing the problem in the "SERVER.LOG" (again) when loading the plugin u'll get "yaml parsing error.

      1. TABULATIONS: yes this long space done with the TAB key.
      2. Non english symbols: áéíóúñ¿¡... (I'M NOT THE YAML PARSER CODER, NOT EVEN BUKKIT, BUKKIT USES SNAKEYAMLS PARSER FOR YAMLS FILES, SO GO BOTHER ABOUT ERRORS TO THE SNAKEYAML DEVELOPER)
      3. Apostrophes: CAN ONLY AND MUST BE USED at start of the phrase and the end: ' bla bla bla death people bla bla bla '

        Can't find a solution? OPEN A TICKET!