Inactive [MECH] ControllerBlock v1.18 - Toggle blocks on/off with redstone [740]

ControllerBlock - Toggle blocks on and off with redstone

I've stopped work on this plugin due to other work, please see Zero9195s continuation of this plugin here: http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/34394/

Pretty simple, there was a version of this for hmod, so the inspiration comes from that.

Iron blocks can be turned into controller blocks. Drop the block down, drop a redstone wire or torch on top, switch to the type of block you want to toggle and smack the iron block with it. (Can remove redstone on top after it's been set as a ControllerBlock).

Place those blocks down where you want them to be, you can work from multiple piles of it, where it is in the inventory doesn't matter, as long as you place the block of that type.

Once you're done placing blocks, wack the iron block again and it'll save the block locations and ready to go. Power the block they'll appear, remove the power and they'll disappear again. Invert the control with a redstone torch on top of the block. To remove the binding, just remove the block.

Source is included in the .jar file in case I disappear. Tested on my local server but other than that, not much else. Sure you guys will find me bugs

A smallish howto of how to make blocks, and change between types.


Features:

• Redstone toggleable blocks

Download ControllerBlock (recommend using the recommended build of craftbukkit here, previous version available below in the changelog, tested up to 733).

NOTE: IN 1.07 CREATING CONTROLLERBLOCKS CHANGED, YOU NEED TO PUT A REDSTONE TORCH OR WIRE ON TOP OF THE BLOCK BEFORE YOU LEFT CLICK ON THE BLOCK TO CREATE. (Yes, enough people have missed this change to warrant the large bold text )

Source now also available up on GitHub! https://github.com/Hell-Fire/ControllerBlock

Some builds done with ControllerBlock:
Treasure Quest 3 (dungeon game inside MineCraft) (by neoguy21)
Xtreme HowTo controller blocks (by mrgreaper)
:getout: frog animation (by Gorbachev, sup goons :V)
gravity mob trap (by Arolathe)
hidden staircase/entrance (by narrowtux)

And a couple by me:
Real simple on/off example/howto
Item elevator
Portcullis/castle gate build/howto (long >.<)

Known Issues:
- Placing a block in snow/flowing water/lava doesn't register.
- Occasionally block hits/places/destroys don't register.
- Liquids being directly controlled don't work properly.

Changelog:
Version 1.18
- Updated for craftbukkit #733
Version 1.17
- Fixed config loading of BlockFlowProtectMode and BlockPhysicsProtectMode
Version 1.16
- Fixed for changes to bukkit/craftbukkit #602
- Changed some messages, added some config options, haven't slept much, so forgotten a bit of what's changed, find bugs!
Version 1.15
- Fixed up multiworld, also loads the data file after all the other plugins have loaded.
Version 1.14
- Changed world to use name instead of the ID in data file, should fix multiworld stuff when ControllerBlock loads before other multiworld initializing plugins.
- Not much else that I recall, will be another version soon
Version 1.13
- New config patcher, new options get added into the ControllerBlock.ini automatically.
- Added a whole lot of currently disabled debug lines (They're spammy... really spammy).
- Added option to disable the edit dupe check all together.
- Added protection against water/lava flows (and dupe checks, that are disable-able with the above new option).
- Added ability to disable the checks against Permissions (and clones) completely, if you want to just use my inbuilt controls only (not mandatory to set if you don't have Permissions, this is in addition to, if Permissions isn't installed, it won't use it anyway).
- Fixed Grass/Dirt and Redstone Torch On/Off in the edit dupe checks. No other blocks are coming to mind that change automatically.
- Added a bunch of error checking on the loading of the ControllerBlock.dat, hopefully will give me some clues as to what's going on there.
Version 1.12
- Removed plugin constructor for craftbukkit-419+ (wasn't needed anyway)
- Fixed Permissions mod checking stuff (haven't tested it actually works with permissions, but doesn't seem to throw any errors on loading anymore)
Version 1.11
- Fixed a bug that mostly affected Windows users with .dat handling (wasn't closing the file on reading, so it couldn't overwrite it when saving).
- Added some sanity checking to reading the .dat file (empty lines ignored rather than creating null controllerblocks that make the mod unable to save).
- Destroying a block in edit mode that has more than one controllerblock controlling it will replace the block with the type from the enabled controllerblock.
- Destroying a controllerblock now destroys all the controlled blocks and refunds them all at the controller block itself.
Version 1.10
- New antidupe code, a lot more reliable!
- Fixed permissions check (uninitialized objects are a pain )
Version 1.09
- Fixed a rather critical bug that was saving the new data format with the old identifier.
-- (YOU ONLY NEED TO DO THIS IF YOU USED THE BUGGED 1.08) --
If affected by this (getting NumberFormatException on loading), edit ControllerBlock.dat with a text editor and change the first line from "# v2" to "# v3" (That's <hash><space>v3).
-- (YOU ONLY NEED TO DO THIS IF YOU USED THE BUGGED 1.08) --
Version 1.08 - critically bugged, don't use, use 1.09 instead
- Added a builtin permissions support, also supports Nijikokuns Permissions on top of it
- Removing the controller block with WorldEdits superpick, and possibly any of the "stick" plugins that cancel/set to air on hit will now remove the controller block.
- Added configurable limits on number of blocks and block distance from controllerblock (is a "sphere" around the controllerblock, rather than a cube, might add another option to change it later).
- Probably some more random little bugfixes/refactoring, but I can't remember >.<
Version 1.07
- Updated for API changes (bukkit-144/145 and craftbukkit-323, tested with 326)
- Config file format change, old config files will convert automatically
- ControllerBlocks need a redstone "thing" (wire/torch) on top to create a ControllerBlock
- Added per-tick, per-controllerblock .isBlockPowered() check for more natural redstone integration (power feeds into the block rather than needing wire on top), more CPU hungry, toggleable with old quick REDSTONE_CHANGE event method in config (quickRedstoneCheck=true for fast version that needs wire on top of block)
Version 1.06
- Updated for API change (bukkit-128/craftbukkit-281, only tested with 289)
- Added counts on block add/remove messages
- Added notice if a block gets removed by the anti-dupe code while editing
Version 1.05
- Updated for API change (bukkit 122/craftbukkit-265)
- If you're running a version prior to this, you can still find 1.04 at here. I won't be supporting it anymore though, so any bug fixes, etc, won't find there way backported there.
Version 1.04
- Moved config/data to plugins/ControllerBlock (or whatever getDataFolder() is). Should make it multi-server usable as long as each server has a different plugins dir.
- Sorted out minecart track metadata storing, this should make dynamic minecart tracks actually stay how you put them out now.
- Stacked fences should work again now.
- Probably some other small bugfixes that I've lost track of.
Version 1.03
- More refactoring
- Inverted blocks again, blocks on when redstone wire off, reads from torches now, blocks on when redstone torch on.
- Added some error handling in the config file loading
- Fixed a metadata handling bug when a block has more than one controller.
- Listen to event cancellations, no longer processes canceled events.
- Changed a bunch of the edit mode handling, still similar to how it was, just with some nice changes (no longer need to exit editing one block to edit another, will save/finish the previous block for you).
- Can now edit/modify ControllerBlocks that were made with a different Material before a configuration change took place, Material only matters for creation of new blocks.
Version 1.02
- Whole lot of code refactoring
- Blocks on when redstone on (can still use torches)
- Block protection for controlled blocks (Physics events can't modify controlled blocks anymore, fixes duping issues, but allows some odd builds, might implement a "break" feature like the original had, where block changes cause the controllerblock to disable)
- Added configuration file (creates on first load, in main folder, ControllerBlock.ini). First line is ControllerBlock material type, other lines are disallowed materials.
- Saves block metadata, allows toggling of minecart tracks.
- Probably some other stuff I'm forgetting.
Version 1.01
- Added controlled block checks, need to edit block before removing controlled blocks
Version 1.0
- Release