Factions

The Factions Logotype ~ Read our user guide here ~
~ Source available on GitHub ~ (open source, pull requests accepted)
~ View the Changelog ~

Further discussion is also available on the main Bukkit forum.

F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions)

Q. I don't want all players to have the permissions which are currently granted by default. How can I change that?
A. See our permissions here, in our user guide. Factions grants the factions.kit.fullplayer permission kit by default. You will likely need to deny the individual permissions already granted which you don't want those players to have. Your permission plugin of choice should provide a method to deny permissions, such as adding a "-" to the start of the permission (like "-factions.create"). Most permission plugins at this time don't seem to allow denying parent->child / kit permissions (some don't even allow granting them), so denying factions.kit.fullplayer permission probably won't work and you'll need to handle the individual permissions instead.

Q. I modified the configuration file conf.json manually and the configuration either reset to default or it ignored and overwrote my changes. What happened?
A. This is why we recommend people not edit the file manually. You should normally be using /f config to change any configuration, as outlined in our user guide. If it simply ignored your changes, you probably edited the file while the server was running which doesn't work. If the configuration reset, something you changed corrupted the file, which caused Factions to revert back to default values since it could not read it. If you look at your server log from when your server started up after you edited the file, you'll see an error logged from when Factions tried to load the file. You should also see a backup copy of your invalid file made as "conf.json_bad" alongside the newly defaulted conf.json (if you don't you're using an old release of Factions and need to update).

Q. Chat looks messed up, with odd letters and numbers added to it, and the chat isn't colored properly. Why is this happening?
A. At the least for versions lower than 1.7.5, you'll need to modify the chatTagInsertIndex setting to fix that (i.e. /f config chatTagInsertIndex <value>, where <value> is 0/1/2/3/etc.), but better methods are outlined in our user guide's chat configuration coverage. If you're using 1.7.5 or higher, you should instead read this regarding chat configuration.

Q. Does Factions have multiworld support?
A. Various features of Factions can be disabled in specified worlds. See our user guide. That is currently the extent of our multiworld support.

Q. How can I get my economy plugin of choice (iConomy, BOSEconomy, EssentialsEco, whatever) working with Factions?
A. First, you will need to install the Vault plugin on your server to interface between Factions and your economy plugin of choice. Next, you'll need to make sure economy is enabled in Factions by running the command /f config econEnabled true. You can see more information about economy integration in our user guide.

Q. As a server owner, administrator, and/or moderator, I want to be able to bypass all faction claim protections. Is this possible?
A. Assuming you have the factions.bypass permission, you can enable and disable admin bypass mode using the command /f bypass.

Q. I'm upgrading from a 1.6.x version to 1.8.x. Is there anything I should know?
A. Yes, many things have changed. The most important things to note of are as follows:

Permissions are no longer automatically granted, so regular players might no longer be able to use any commands. For the same standard user privileges, you can grant the factions.kit.fullplayer permission kit to your regular users.
Chat integration has changed completely. See here for some notes on how it now works.
The SafeZone, WarZone, and other territory options which are no longer present in conf.json are largely now available to all factions using flags (/f flag) and perms (/f perm). Get familiar with those two commands, they are powerful.
Allies now have the ability to do various things in allied territory, which they didn't used to be able to. The new Truce relation is more in line with how Allies used to work. If you want Allies to not have this new access, you might want to change individual faction perms using /f perm (ex. /f perm SomeFaction build ally false) or change the defaults for all factions in the config (ex. /f config factionPermDefaults build ally to toggle). Besides "build" perm, allies also now default to having "door", "lever", and "button" perms as well.
New faction members now start out at the Recruit level, which gives very limited access to prevent griefing. They will need to be promoted to full Member status (/f promote, also note there is /f demote) in order to have full access within the faction.
The owner system (/f owner) which worked only on people in the faction was replaced by the more powerful access system (/f access) which can apply to people from other factions, and even apply to entire other factions.

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oJango May 26, 2013 at 04:40 UTC - 0 likes
How come in WarZone & SafeZone building is allowed!?
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Alexx2111 May 26, 2013 at 00:18 UTC - 0 likes
How do i give permisions to my default players? They tell me that when the try to create a faction, it says "You do not have permission to create a faction"
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UnitedFactions May 25, 2013 at 23:33 UTC - 0 likes
When is there going to be a documentation that exactly describes the changes from 1.6.x to 1.8.x ;) Would be nice when that comes online =/

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xxbutterzz May 25, 2013 at 23:02 UTC - 0 likes
Cannot See My Faction Tag. Also. Half The Config File Is Gone So - /f config chatTagInsertIndex 0 Does Not Work! Help Me!
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agentchasew May 25, 2013 at 22:55 UTC - 0 likes
@ulumulu1510: Go

You had the option in the last version, It was in the config. But when this new version came out it was removed.

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KirjoZzZ May 25, 2013 at 22:27 UTC - 0 likes
How do I use command blocks and Factions plugin?
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SoloGameRh May 25, 2013 at 21:04 UTC - 0 likes
How do I set so you have'to be level 20 to create a faction?
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jtull22 May 25, 2013 at 19:58 UTC - 0 likes
What is the permission node to add all of the player commands? As in /f create /f invite /f join /f mod [name] /f claim etcetcetc

Last edited May 25, 2013 by jtull22
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Andreasgc May 25, 2013 at 18:24 UTC - 0 likes
Why candt default pleayers on my server dont make factions? what do i have to change? :)
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jdndk May 25, 2013 at 17:29 UTC - 0 likes
@ulumulu1510: Go

what name is that permission?