AutoAnswer
What is AutoAnswer?
The purpose of this plugin is to give admins / moderators on your server a break by answering some of the questions that your players have. This is done through a list of questions and answers that you can edit yourself. If a player then asks this question they will automatically be sent a message with the answer that you put in! This means a lot less hassle for you and your staff meaning they can spend more time dealing with more important matters.
How do I use AutoAnswer?
It is easy to set-up and use AutoAnswer on your server. All you have to do is drag the jar file you download into your plugins folder and start your server. This will automatically create a folder called AutoAnswer where your config is stored. When you first look at the config file you will notice that there is already a default question setup, it will look something like this:
Question1:
Key Words:
- staff
- moderator
- op
- can
- i
- be
Answer: No, you cannot be staff at this time, we may be looking for staff in the future!
As you can see, the question has a number (in this case 1). It is important that when adding new questions you name them similarly (e.g. Question2, Question3 etc.) this will be changed in later updates. Each question you add should be laid out in the same format as the default question.
Please note that all key words should be in lower case, this will be fixed in the next update
You will also notice the line:
Number of Questions: 1
It is important that you change this to the number of questions that you have setup otherwise they will not all be checked and so will not work properly.
You will also notice that you get an option to enable or disable "Cancel Chat", this lets you decide whether you want the players question to be sent as a message to everybody like normal as well as them getting the answer or if you want to cancel the message so that nobody else see's it.
You can now reload the plugins config using the command /aa reload, this means you no longer have to reload the whole server to make changes to your questions and answers!
Finally, you can also change the prefix of the chat from "AutoAnswer" to anything you wish!
How often will this plugin be updated?
This is not my only plugin and so I will not be able to update it as quickly as possible due to the fact I have others that I need to update, saying that, I will always try and update the plugin as quickly as possible so that the plugin does not get behind, or if I just feel like adding a new feature.
Planned Features
Here is a list of features im planning to add to the plugin:
- Easy to use commands
- More Permissions
- More customization to messages (color etc.)
- Prefix color customization.
Donate?
I work on the plugins that I create for the fun of making them as well as to help people out with features that they want on servers. If you feel that I am doing a good job at it and wish to donate to help keep me motivated to continue the plugins I am making you can do so by clicking the donate button in the top right of the screen. These donations really help keep me motivated to keep going as well as helping me stay focused and on task.
@ThisUsernameIsMine
Will try to add this into the next update!
@multidude
Awesome! <3 +2 rep for you :)
Hopefully you'll also add an option to enable/disable the plugin or responding to certain keywords from in-game/console ;)
Have uploaded AutoAnswer 1.1 which includes the Key Words Functionallity. Have updated the main page to reflect this so please ignore the instructions on there until the 1.1 update is actually approved.
Hia, have stopped working on my other projects now as I don't have time for them, AutoAnswer however I will begin to work on again as it is a much smaller plugin
I will hopefully have the key words done this week and from then on I will add other things that you guys suggest. Sorry for being away from the project for quite a long time but I have been extremely busy recently.
@multidude When do you think you will add key words?
Is it possible to toggle messages in-game, or can it only be done by a server-restart? (makes it convenient as AFK auto-responder ;) )
Also: how about making it possible add your own prefix and let it broadcast a server-wide message when a certain keyword is entered?
Great plugin! :)
I just wanted to convey how much this plugin truly helps. Its wonderful. I've only had it about 5 minutes on one of my servers and I'm already so very impressed. Its so good that I'm going to put it on my other 2 as well. Keep up the awesome work!
If anyone has suggestions of anything else they would like to see added in the next update please comment or send in a ticket :D
@TheIronSquirel
Sweet, glad to see you are finding it useful on your server :D
Hope this has been helping. Just a way to spread the word and get input. I really like the plugin!
http://www.theironsquirelnetworks.com/thforums/m/16389089/viewthread/8454553-need-your-help-for-new-plugin
Staff is having fun with this!
100 downloads already, not bad, will be posting an update soon with the key words feature :D
@multidude
<3 u is rock star :P
I hadn't seen this thread before I made this plugin :P However it should do what you want it to once I have added the key words that were suggested in the comments earlier :D
Ngorkes is my account, for some reason bukkit.org is ngorkes and bukkit dev is nickco43
@multidude was this plugin based off my thread post? http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/auto-answers-plugin.167412/page-2
@jithins
I will add this now
think u can make it just key words so like if any of these 3 words and in the same sentence and answer this questions: so like question keywords: can , i , be , staff, admin , moderator , op. :)
@TheIronSquirel
No problem, hope it helps :D
Works!! Thanks guys, you are awesome!
I am having my staff test it and come up with all sorts of questions to add to the config!
Thank you!!
Whoops, my bad, uploading fix to the issue now :P