MyPortals (deprecated)
ATTENTION: THIS PLUGIN IS NOW DEPRECATED IN FAVOR OF "WORLD PORTALS"
This is my first plugin but now i wrote a more simple, optimized, light, fast and easy plugin called World Portals. Give it a try, i am sure you will like it
Build portals to anywhere!
When distances becomes large and you have to walk a lot, Minecraft can turn sometimes boring.
New version 17, attention server admins
Thanks to the addition of new sea lanterns that looks good and are always lighted, there is no more need to try complicated lighted redstone lamps, this allowed to remove nms methods and version specific compilations... however to enjoy new "clean" portals you need to rebuild it... read "known caveats" section at v17 download page
Description
MyPortals is a personal teleporting plugin that is intended to work similar to nether portals, in which you can build a portal like structure (configurable) and activate it with an item, then you can set a destination, privacy levels, and use it for fast travelling... if portal breaks it will deactivate.
portal structure shapes, materials, worlds that accepts portals, inter-worlds portals, and localization can be configured by the server admin.
Attention with changes in file format since version 8
Version 8 brings updates in config files, if you are updating from below version 8 please read the "update" title.
Video
(OUTDATED, in portuguese) thanks to AbsintoJPl... since a bit old you can see MyPortals in action, note you don't need enter to configure portal just look at base with crosshair and has an updated shape, read this page to update info
Features
- works most like nether portals
- portal shape customizable by server admin, default looks like
an altara small nether portal (since v12) - easily selected by looking the central "base" block with your crosshair
- activate portal by placing "charge" item on the base (default=fire, like nether portals)
- deactivate portal by breaking structure (like nether portals)
- player that activate is the owner, also you can "give" it later
- commands to set portal name, destination, privacy and owner (give)
- 4 privacy levels: public, locked, hidden and private
- localization support, but currently only comes with english (any contribution? .. my english are not the best, i am chilean)
- rebuild portal in same location and preserve links (i.e.: for portal reorientation)
- java6 aware (new in version 4)
- configurable experience points for teleport cost (new in version 5)
Basic usage
- build the structure shape your server use, default shown in picture (no water!)
- place the "charge" item (default: fire, with flint and steel) over the base, then your portal will activate (default look shown in picture)
- look at portal base and name it with "/portal name myPortalName"
- look at portal base and set destination with "/portal dest myPreviousPortal"
- enter the portal and stand on the base for 4 seconds to teleport to its destination
- exit the portal before 4 seconds to cancel teleporting
- optionally look at base and set privacy levels, give your portal to someone, view/edit its properties or destroy
Portal examples
you can see some portal structure shape examples in "Images" tab.
Basic command reference
most commands have additional parameters, get more detailed help in game (alias "/p" since v17)
- /portal : displays you the first help page, you can see the next with /portal 2, /portal 3, etc.
- /portal list : displays a briefing of my own portals, or other player, or all
- /portal info : displays detailed information about the portal base you are looking
- /portal name portalName : gives the portal base you are looking the name of portalName
- /portal dest destPortal: sets the destination portal, you can specify the owner separated with a colon (otherPlayer:hisPortal)
- /portal (public, lock, hide, private) : sets the privacy level of your portal, see below
- /portal give otherPlayer : gives the portal you are looking to online player otherPlayer, the portal must be public and yours
- portal rebuild: console command that reads shape in config.yml and rebuild all worlds portals
Privacy settings
- the owner of the portal : the owner can do anything he wish with his own portals, including get teleported and "give" it
- public : if you find a public portal and you are not the owner you also can do almost anything with it, except use the "give" command
- lock : same as above, you can use the portal except modify it with any command
- hide : same as above except the portal won't be listed with "list" and "info" commands
- private : same as above except the portal won't bring you teleported if you are not the owner, useful for placing on private places
Download latest version
you can download currently available releases on "Files" tab, but...
v12 is the most advanced and rich featured version until now, but sorry because it had a teleportation bug
i just uploaded version 14 compiled for cb 179, it brings same features from v12 but with fixed bugs and enhancements, READ FILE CHANGELOG.. please wait until it gets approved, then click on "Files" tab and see changelog in download page... but...
... but in the meanwhile you can download it directly HERE ... past versions brought updates in config files, so i strongly recommend to read THIS and THIS documentation.
you may want to be informed about updates by subscribing in "Subsciptions" tab.
Installation
REQUIRES JAVA 7 OR HIGHER
to install just download MyPortals.jar file, place it on your plugins folder and execute a "reload" server command (or restart), the plugin will create plugin folder and default config files automatically.
Update
different versions introduces different features and different config values, please read the last changelog at files page... to update, it depends on what version you have now, but the general process is...
- stop the bukkit service to avoid file modification/lock issues
- backup and delete (or move, or rename) your config files
- download and overwrite MyPortals.jar file
- start and stop so the plugin regenerate files
- migrate your configs from the backups to new files, by editing your files manually
- start the server
- on portal shape changes do "portal rebuild" console command
Q&A
i try to activate my portal but it doesn't
- you are in a world where you can't activate portals, ask your admin
- the portal structure shape you built doesn't match with needed, ask your admin
- maybe some bug, tell me your Craftbukkit and MyPortals versions, config files and steps to reproduce
i enter on my portal, it plays the warp effect but nothing happens
- you don't have enough xp points to get teleported, kill some mob and try again
- the portal you are trying to teleport is private
- the source portal don't have a destination yet, give some with "/portal dest myDestPortal"
- some bug, send me your versions, config files and steps to reproduce
how do i deactivate a portal?
- just break it, like nether portals
when i install and load the plugin i get exceptions on console with the message "unsupported minor major version"
- update java to version 7+
when i list my portals it shows blank lines
- you have unnamed portals, give them a name at once or you could lose it. Most commands need the portals had a name
Source code
i am trying to use eclipse with github, i am learning this, is very confusing .. anyway the source code is here -> https://github.com/atesin/myportals
this (spanish), this and this page helped me a lot
ToDo
If you like this plugin and have some Java/Bukkit knowledge, i would like you help me implementing this features
- cancelling bucket water grabbing, maybe by finding a way to place "flowing water" or by cancelling bucket events
- prompt portal name automatically when player activate a portal
- customizable command/alias in config.yml
- mouse hover destination tooltip
- dynmap support
- portal particles effect
- some idea you like
Contribute
this is my first plugin, i wished to learning java in a fun way, by writing a Bukkit plugin .. i inspired on TravelPortals, but with some changes in portal selection/teleport/privacy mechanics and a few additions .. if you want to migrate from TravelPortals you could read this page
as i am alone doing this plugin... the most easy, useful and fast way to help is to report me the bugs you encounter with a brief description and versions used.
another good way to help is to do translations and send it to me .. or if you have some suggestion please post your ideas here, all kind of help are welcome
Thanks
- jacklink01 and his awesome "LampControl" plugin that teach me how to turn on portals
- cppchriscpp and his great "TravelPortals" plugin that woke me up the plugin development interest
- anyone that contributes in some way with this plugin, or other plugins, or bukkit itself, after all we are a community :)
Made in Chile
Producto orgullosamente chileno
@ccgmagic
yes i know ... i did not mean "Files" in menu tabs but the "project description" above, while it gets approved i posted direct links in "Download" paragraph
version 7 is not up in the download section for me? I am looking right at it, the latest that I can see is the v6
where do I get version 7? can you give me a link please
@ccgmagic
that is one of the bugs i mention in plugin description and changelogs .. try to upgrade to version 7 (not approved yet, but see download section above) .. try and tell me how it worked
<<reply 2240292>can you paste all the console log after you try to activate a portal, to analyze please?
console output once attempting to use 51 error could not pass event BlockPlaceEvent to MyPortal v6
@ccgmagic
and it worked? .. it should not be .. flint and steel is an item not a block, and you cannot "place" it, just use it ..
when you use flint and steel item on your world, you place a "fire" block on it, so id 51 is ok
I just changed the name back to world and here it is now in fact reinstalled the plugin and changed the 51 to 259 which is the flint and steal here it is
@ccgmagic
for some reason you changed world prefix from "world_" to "Plutatamos13_" .. can you revert that change? .. maybe you are using another plugin/config file/folders that renames your worlds
I tried to use the world that craftbukkit created in the beginning but it did not work there either?
@ccgmagic
well atm i only support standard worlds .. (world, world_nether, world_the_end) ... try to rename your worlds, i will add custom worlds support in next release
Thank you for the quick response! The bukkitcraft version is 1.7.9-RO2 The MyPortals Version is the latest version R: MyPortals v6.179.2 for CB 1.7.9-R0.1 is what it says.
and the Console log says nothing when I try to activate it, the only thing it ever says about the MyPortal is [MyPortals]Disabling MyPortals v6 and then it says [MyPortals] Enabling MyPortals v6 at start up just like it says for everything else :) and here is what I have in the config file:
<<code en>>
please note that myportals minor version matches with craftbukkit full version
major versions are the same, but minor version indicates for what craftbukkit version was compiled for, different cb versions and myportals minor version are incompatible each other
i detected a portal activation bug in myportals v6 so i fixed and uploaded v7, check project description "download" section above
@AbsintoJPl
thanks for the video :D ...
it seems you were using an early version to make it ... new versions have new features and looks better too ;) (teleport flash effect, xp cost, new command format output, etc .. see changelogs)
you also don't need to enter the portal to configure it, just look at their base ... this is one of the main issues that motivated me to write this plugin.. with previous plugin i use, you had to stand next to portal to configure, and while you were doing you got suddenly teleported, sometimes entering in an annoying teleport loop.. now you can just look portal at some DISTANCE to select it, and enter INSIDE portal to get teleported, effectively separating these actions
just in case you make a video with a newer plugin version, you could also place fire with flint and steel.. holding a flame of fire in your hand could looks weird and confused to normal players ;)
Video Tutorial on the Plugin
http://youtu.be/vQS_9P25KiE
Credits Video: (AbsintoJ/MyPortals)
@Jharena
i just uploaded version 5 for cb 179 r01 ... wait for approval
stay tuned by subscribing on "Subscription" tab
Thanks- it seems i was doing it right, but our server is minecraft 1.7.9- perhaps that is the problem.
@Jharena
i corrected the text to "nether fence", thanks
yes ... even if you can customize portal structure, defaults are
once this structure was built, you should place fire with flint and steel over redstone lamp top face (coordinate y+1)
I might not have this configured properly, it does not seem to work on my server. however:
1) the picture appears to be nether brick FENCE, not nether brick- please clarify? 2) by 'placing fire' do you mean light with a flint and steel (this causes the area over the lamp to burn, but i dont get portal formation)
thanks,
Jharena