Lift
This plugin is no longer maintained
You can instead take a look at LiftReloaded: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/liftreloaded.97551
Description
A simple elevator plugin.
Primary features:
- Command free
- No configuration needed (but there if you want it!)
- Database free (Lifts are determined by block arrangements, nothing more)
- Multi floor elevators
- Multi passenger elevators, including mobs and dropped items
- Abstract elevator shaft shapes
- Redstone triggers
- Carpets can now be placed in any elevator floor. No more unsightly glass!
- All rails can now be put in shafts. Minecarts will now go up and down lifts and resume their previous speed upon arrival (this is largely untested, more feedback here is needed!)
Video note: the sign below the button is no longer needed! See the build instructions below for the new method.
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How it works
No commands! No save file to worry about! It is easy to add, remove, or change floors. Just place or remove blocks! Lifts are made by scanning block arrangements are not saved or stored in memory after they are used. With the default configuration this is a fast process, less than 20 milliseconds.
Installation
Just drop the plugin in the plugin folder and play! No permissions to set up and the configuration is set up with defaults that will work for most servers. If you use a permission manager you might have to add add the permission "lift" and "lift.change" This is a bug in some managers
Here is the default configuration if you wish to play with the settings or language:
# Note: Smaller values result in less lag. Lift speed less than 0.4 may not work well for non spout servers. maxLiftArea: 16
maxHeight: 256
debug: true
autoPlace: false
preventEntry: false
preventLeave: true
checkFloor: false
liftMobs: true
floorBlocks:
- GLASS
- '*_STAINED_GLASS'
redstone: false
STRING_oneFloor: There is only one floor.
STRING_currentFloor: Current Floor
STRING_dest: §1Dest
STRING_cantEnter: Can't enter elevator in use
STRING_cantLeave: Can't leave elevator in use
baseBlockSpeeds:
IRON_BLOCK: 0.5
- maxLiftArea is the number of connected blocks the lift can be. Larger values will result in a longer start up time when using a lift. Super large values can even freeze your server for a moment.
- maxHeight limits how tall an elevator can be.
- debug prints out extra information that can help me track down errors
- autoPlace will automatically position entities over the center of the base blocks which can prevent them from hitting edges and getting stuck
- preventEntry blocks players from entering moving lift.
- preventLeave blocks players from leaving a moving lift.
- checkFloor prevents glass duping. With it false the plugin will NOT check to make sure all the floors have all the glass blocks filled it, but will have better performance for busy servers.
- redstone can start a lift by using a redstone signal to the block behind the lift button. This can result in some lag on servers with a lot of pulsing redstone signals.
- floorBlocks is a list of valid blocks for the flooring of floors. * is a wildcard. For example, '*_STAINED_GLASS' allows all blocks with '_STAINED_GLASS' as the block name.
- baseBlockSpeeds is a list of blocks you wish to use in the elevator base and how fast they make the lift. Multiple block types can be added. For example:
baseBlockSpeeds: IRON_BLOCK: 0.5 GOLD_BLOCK: 0.75 DIAMOND_BLOCK: 1.0
This example has three different blocks that can be used as a base, with faster lifts being more expensive. Make sure there are two spaces for proper yaml formatting!
Permission
There are two permission nodes. By default both are set to true allowing anyone to use lifts right away:
- "lift" allow players be passengers and use lifts. To not let players use the lift, set lift to false in your permission plugin of choice.
- "lift.change" allow players to change destination floors of any lift. To not allow players to change the floor signs, set lift.change to false in your permission plugin of choice.
I will not be adding permissions to individual lifts. It is not possible with how the code works.
Usage With Default Config
1) Create the bottom floor with iron blocks. An elevator can be as small as 1 block or as big as 15 blocks in any shape. Smaller areas will have less lag. Make sure the lift iron blocks don't touch any other iron in the building the plugin doesn't know the difference!
2) Next create the floor's control panel. On a wall place the following blocks. The signs and buttons must be "over" one of the iron base blocks.
- Required sign, leave blank or put the name of the floor on the first line.
- Button
- Air
- Iron floor block you just placed.
3) Create the elevator shaft. To create a new floor platform use glass blocks instead of iron. Like the first floor over one of the glass blocks create the floor interface.
- Required sign, leave blank or put the name of the floor on the first line.
- Button
- Air
- Glass floor
4) Make sure the shaft is clear of all obstructions except for floor glass, buttons and signs. Torches and vines are also allowed in the elevator shaft.
5) To use your elevator right click the sign above the button to select a destination floor. The sign will automatically add the correct information.
Important Notes
If you find a bug or a feature not working as advertised please report to the ticket page. Bug reports in the comments will (probably) be ignored.
There is a config to adjust max lift area, lift height, lift speed, and a few other options. The defaults are sane and most people wont need to change them.
FAQ
Q: Will you add build permissions?
A: No. Permissions are attached to players. An elevator is created by scanning a chunk for specific blocks in specific places. There is no easy way to stop a player from finishing an elevator without doing expensive, lag-causing calculations. To prevent a player from building an elevator you must prevent them from placing one of the elevator block types (iron block, sign, glass, or button). There are other plugins with this functionality.
Q: What are valid blocks to use inside the shaft?
A: Other than the glass blocks for the lift floors you play places torches, signs (ideal for sensors), buttons, vines, ladders, carpets, redstone, rails, and water.
Q: Will you add economy?
A: No. There are too many variations on how to do this and I want to keep the plugin focused and simple. There are other plugins you can use to add economy. One example is charging for button pressing:
Troubleshooting
For Lift versions < 50
You are getting errors with block X473 like:
1:34:32 [INFO] [Lift] [DEBUG] Starting elevator gen caused by: MXPLRS_Kirill v42 21:34:32 [INFO] ==Unknown Error== 21:34:32 [INFO] Yscan: 64 21:34:32 [INFO] Block: X473 21:34:32 [INFO] Is Valid Block: false 21:34:32 [INFO] Is Base Block: false 21:34:32 [INFO] [Lift] Player elevator generation returned a null object. Please report circumstances that generated this error.
The issue you are having is exceptionally likely to be due to Railcraft's tracking block (visible with the goggles as the tracking aura), you can disable it by setting block.hidden to 0 in Railcraft's config. The default ID of this block is 473.
i am trying to do this on my friends server and he is the owner and he can use the mod but i cant and i am oped how do i use it please help
@telmer6
I'm not going to support that project. Sorry.
@Fallen_Snipez1
Set redstone to true in the config. Run redstone wire behind the block with the button. Redstone will now activate the lift. Is this what you are asking for?
Any chance you could add support for Project Rainbow? Your plugin almost works with Rainbow's Bukkit bridge, just the teleportation aspect seems to be broken.
Could you make it so tripwire hooks and tripwire (placed string) will work in the elevator so there can be a redstone output but not as a floor block but it ignores it as a block that prevents the lift from working? Or something similar to have a redstone output to whatever floor you go to after you hit the floor.
Please notify me if you get this.
Thanks in advanced.
Thanks for the update!
Thank you so much for the update! I love your plugin, and have been using it since forever. You're fantastic. :D
@croxis
Thanks for the Update. The fly-bug is known on several servers but is not reproducable on every version of spigot. Current release works fine on last version of spigot 1.8.1
Sideways elevator *.* nice!
New version compiled with 1.8.3 now awaiting mod approval. There is a small update to how signs are formated. This is to prepare for an upcoming feature - sideways lifts!
I can not duplicate the fly bug
@Exagerate
The author has stated above he will not be adding permissions. It also appears he is inactive. If this plugin does become inactive I will keep it updated and add permissions for you. :)
Is there a permission to stop people being able to create lifts?
Hey would you be interested in adding another author to help out with updates?
player are able to fly with 1.8 ....
Are you guys aware that there's a bug with the plugin that allow users to be fly enabled?
@croxis
works fine with spigot 1.8 ;)
@psirusa
I am very much interested in porting this plugin to spigot.
@croxis
Any plans to move this plugin to a spigot page? This has bar-none been one of the most useful plugins I've ever used.
@Kristian295
That would require a lot of configuration because floors would have to be static entities across pre-determined horizontal planes, rather than dependent only on the placement of blocks in a vertical column. You're just going to have to place a sign off the elevator telling people what floor they're on.
@Kristian295
It is not possible. Use the lower sign to label your floors.