Bukkit

Installing the plugin

1. download the latest Elevators 2 package
2. extract all files from the archive into your plugins folder
3. start or restart or reload your server for the changes to take effect

Building the elevator

Preparing a shaft

Dig or prepare a shaft. Shape and size is yours to decide! For this guide, I have built a shaft like that:
As you can see, it is not really rectangular and has a fancy pillar right in the center!

Now, we have to build a rail. Later, the elevator will move along this rail. A rail consists of multiple redstone blocks, you can build one like this:

Building the elevator platform

Now it's time to build the elevator itself. Pick one kind of block (I have decided to make a wooden elevator this time), and lay out an elevator platform, as you can see in the following picture:

Well, we have to change a detail: Remove one wooden block right next to our rail and replace it by a redstone block as well (this block is called a >rail connector< now.)

Creating the elevator

Now we are ready to go and make the elevator move!
Stand on your created platform and type /elev create. Now you should see the following animation:
followed by the message "the elevator has been created!"

And that's it!

Moving the elevator

Simply use the command /elev move while standing on the elevator. The elevator will move up and down, as intended!

Troubleshooting:
Wait, it doesn't? What do you get instead?

• "The elevator can't move because it is damaged."
  Uh-oh! Are you sure you haven't accidentely destroyed a block of your platform? If that's the case, just repair it and you're good to go! If everything fails, you can use the command /elev delete and go back to step 2: Creating the elevator.
• "The elevator can't move because something is blocking the shaft."
  Make sure there are no blocks above the elevator when it should move up or below the elevator when it should move down. Be aware that torches can block the elevator as well!
• "No rails were found to the destination you requested."
  Have a look whether the rail connector has direct contact to the rail (diagonal blocks do NOT count as direct contact). Also, is your rail straight and continuous?
• "You are not standing on an elevator."
  Pretty self-explaining, huh? Make sure the command /elev create in step 2 succeeded (check the chat log). Or maybe you are just standing at the very edge of the elevator, go a bit more to the elevator's center and try again.
• I'm getting nothing. Nothing happens at all
  That's very strange and should not happen. If you're the server administrator, check the server log for errors. If you're not, ask the admin to do so. Maybe the installed plugin is outdated and needs an update?