Iron Guard
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(Added on Oct 18, 2012) Hey future visitors to this page. In case you didn't notice, I haven't done anything with this project in months! Why's that, you ask? Well, at the time I was working on this, the Bukkit API did not allow for an easy way to do what I wanted to do with Iron Guard. Many dirty hacks were used to get this working. I did add and fix a lot of stuff, but I didn't upload it here because the plugin had some crazy weird and dangerous bugs. After many frustrating hours debugging in vain, I decided to stop working on this project until the official Minecraft API was released.
I should have made this announcement earlier, and I'm sorry for the months of silence. I didn't forget about this project, I just ignored it. When the Minecraft API is released, I will develop this project for that and release it. If the Minecraft API is released, and I don't want to work on this project, I will release the most recent version of my source code so that someone can use it if they need.
If you have questions, post here or PM me.
Iron Guard - Take control of Iron Golems!
With Iron Guard, Iron Golems are now under your command!
Usage
To create an Iron Guard:
- Find an Iron Golem (it can be natural or player created) and right click it. This will change it into an Iron Guard.
- After that, you must give that Iron Guard a name. You can do that by using the command
/ig name [the guards name]
. - You will now have a guard that you can interact with!
Current Features
- Create an Iron Golem and right click it to turn it into an Iron Guard!
- Give it a name!
- Your guard will follow you around unless you tell it to stay!
- Have your guard attack players at your command
I may forget to update this page after I upload a new build so if you download this plugin, be sure to check the file's description for the most accurate list of features
Commands
Visit the Commands Page for a list of commands, how to use them, and their description.
Planned Features
With Iron Guard players can:
- Protect their base from unwanted intruders with whitelisting and blacklisting
- Give their Iron Guard protection priorities like who's protection/death should be your Golem's top priority
- Give their Iron Guard an area to wander and protect
- Despawn their Iron Guard to regain its iron
- Request protection from someone else's Iron Guard
- Expect more features to come!
With Iron Guard admins can:
- Limit the size that players can set for their Iron Guards to wander
- Set how agressive an Iron Guard is (player has to be within x amount of blocks to attack)
- Limit the number of Iron Guards a player can have
- Set a price for an Iron Guard
This project is still in its early stages. So, if you have an idea for a feature that you would like to see in this plugin, let me know what is and I'll do my best to include it!
Hey guys, I wanted thank you all for your comments and suggestions! It really motivates me when I see that people are excited about this plugin! I read every one of your comments and note every suggestion that you guys make, so feel free to share any ideas you have!
Sorry about not having a build out yet, I was busy with a school project that I had due this week and because of that I had little time to work on Iron Guard. But now that I'm done with that, I can start working on Iron Guard more! I expect to release a build sometime this week so stay tuned! :)
What I would like to see here is a more RPG'esque style to the guards. ability to equip them and the need to repair them over time and such. Give one a bow and it becomes a ranged defender (have to restock it's arrows and such ability to use arrow mods would be nice) give it a heavily enchanted diamond sword if you like and watch it reap the harvest lol. basically a basic guard unit shouldn't be all powerful or even close but you should be able to upgrade it over time as you gather more resources and such. hook it into player city/stronghold creation and limit it to protecting only in the city or strongholds area of influence. so many possibilities. I also like the guild/clan idea too hehe.
Here's a good thought, have the plugin hook into Factions, so the whitelisting and blacklisting are done automatically based on whos faction they belong to and that factions enemies and such.
Hey I have another suggestion;
The ability to right click a player (maybe while holding a certain item) to make the iron golem turn hostile towards them!
Hey can you please PM me when this is available? I am really looking forward to it and it will probably make my day :)
You should add support for residence or worldguard would be awesome
This sounds cool, any chance we might be able to open the inventory of the guard so we can slowly upgrade the armor of the guards once the required resources have been obtained for the desired armor level?
what are the chances of being able to sell your guard? Ex : I run a guard company and i sell guards for 100k each. So this could mean there might be perms needed for guard commands compared to being able to actually use and own or obtain a guard.
Not sure if I'm making much sense but i could see multiple ways i could implement this onto my server. Pls cont making this! :)
Will you support snowmen as well? Ranged protector units, yes please.
I'm glad to see that you guys are excited for this plugin! I'll definitely add support for other mods like Towny and Factions!
Cant wait to use this. And yeah it would be awesome if t hooked into factions.
might I suggest hooking into towny and factions. It would increase the interest significantly.
The idea is great! Looking forward to it! can you pm me when it is ready for download?