So you want to request a plugin. Great! Before you spend a lot of time on your post, please read through this topic. Here are the themes we'll be covering: Originality, Possibility, Congeniality and Understandability, Things not to do, and lastly An Example Post Originality Before writing your request, you should search to see if it's been done before! Search BukkitDev (click Filter) for your idea. Here are some plugin ideas that we frequently see which already have functional plugins: Automatic Ranking - Password-based: MasterPromote. Timed: AutoRank. Seperate Worlds - MultiVerse or MyWorlds. Block Protection -WorldGuard, EpicZones or Residence. Skills/RPG leveling - McMMO or Skillz. Classes/Clans - Factions, Heroes or SimpleClans. Hunger Games - Too many to list. Do a search! Custom Commands - kTriggers or Commander Ban crafting of [Insert item here] - NoItem. Custom World Generation - TerrainControl. Custom Triggers and Scripts - VariableTriggers or Skript. Possibility Make sure your request is even possible. Bukkit plugins can, for the most part, only modify what the server can do. Here is a list of things you cannot do with a plugin: Create a new block or item. Show a picture or video to a player (except maps or displayed in blocks) Create a new creature or monster or change the size of an existing one Check if a player has a texture pack, mod, or hack installed. Play external sound. Can only trigger noteblocks, records and effects. Move a player between servers (in a way that doesn't involve complicated proxying) Congeniality and Understandability When requesting a plugin, make your post as friendly and easy to understand possible. Be patient while waiting for replies (don't bump constantly!). Use proper spelling and grammar to write out a fully detailed post describing your requirements. When someone replies, be thankful that they're helping. When the request is fulfilled, thank them again. Things not to do Lastly, we have the things you should not do in your post. "PM me for details" - If you cannot describe your plugin requirements in public, people are not likely to care to reply. Keep your discussions to the thread and suddenly more people reply! Money offers/payment - As per the forum rules, monetary offers are not allowed. Posts offering payment will be deleted on sight without warning. "Hiring developer for server" - Post those in your server's topic in the server forum. Maybe add a [NEED DEV] tag to that post. This forum is for plugin requests not dev team requests. Claim the plugin as your own - Do not take a fulfilled request and post it as your own plugin. Personal Requests - If your request is for you and you alone, and no one else can use it, you might want to learn Java! Fix or modify current plugins - Submit a ticket to that developer on BukkitDev! Huge, huge huge requests - Not actually a "not to do" but do not be surprised if an extremely complicated request is ignored. The simpler a plugin, the more likely it is to be made. An example post Below is an example post. Feel free to copy and paste to use as a start to yours! Plugin category: EXAMPLE Suggested name: ExamplePlugin What I want: I'd like to see perhaps properly formatted posts, or at least an attempt beyond the average all caps scrawl that has come to dominate this forum. What people need to learn is that it's much easier to read a nicely formatted post, even if it's a bit longer than it needs to be, you can easily identify key points via proper formatting. Also, skim-reading is much easier with paragraphs! Ideas for commands: No commands needed for this plugin. Ideas for permissions: player.canread. Set it to false if they can't read this post. When I'd like it by: Yesterday. Credits: Big thanks to: @Archelaus @Baummann @codename_B @kezz101 @Deathmarine
This guide is a work in progress, as all things are. Currently it is mainly a combination of the previous five stickied posts. I'm happy to take suggestions for improvements and changes. Note that not all ideas will make it into this.
I think they were un-sticked. I saw @kezz101 's FRQ down in the list, still locked, but unstickied. Basically, they all got smooshed together into this one, and the originals were let loose.
Yeah, i realize that most were un-stuck. I use them as reference, good thing i kept them in my signature. now i need to favorite the others on maxthon. But the good thing is people only need to look at one stickie not multiple ones so that we can only use one as reference. Oh whoops i was a two mins too late. :3
Hey i was thinking, maybe a way to format your post for when people ask for developers for there servers? Maybe if you want i can make it? Instead of Hi i want a dev for so and so server.( I know i did this in the past a post like that but now everyone is requesting for a dev and i think a format would make it easier)
Well I think that Developers wouldn't want to work for people who can't format a post properly... I think of it as them writing us a Job Application...
Could we get a tag [Complete], [Done], or something for threads completed. Sorting out all the ones that have been wrote already and linking the ones for those with the injured google finger, is a bit tedious. Edit: SUCCESS [FILLED]!!!
This can be done without any spout or client-mods or stuff! See this for a list of visual & audio effectspage: Webpage
hey, Nice rules set, One question is why are we not allowed to pay for a plugin? Say I am willing to pay a developer to make a plugin for me. May I ask why that is not allowed?
This has been asked and answered a great many times, but it boils down to giving a terrible experience for those who pay, and for those who accept payment.
@mbaxter - kind of odd that Classes are lumped with Clans. SimpleClans/Factions are clan plugins, and generally have nothing to do with RPG advancement, their main usage is for getting groups of players together. heroes is a Class, Skill & RPG leveling plugin, it has absolutely no large-scale community grouping like the other 2 plugins. To prevent some confusion on that I'd suggest moving Heroes up with mcMMO, and removing 'Classes' from the description for Factions/SimpleClans.
Hmmm...... Things not to do Lastly, we have the things you should not do in your post. "Request a hack" - If you request a plugin that will give strictly just you operator or an advantage! "Ridiculous Personal Requests" - If your request is for you and you alone, and no one else can use it, you might want to learn java! "Multi-hook" - If your request would require WorldEdit, WorldGuard, HoneyPot, Ultrabans, Jail, MyHome, Vault, NoCheatPlus and Factions integrated support then you might want to reconsider posting! "Fix or Modify Current Plugins" - Ticket that developer on BukkitDev!
Added two of those. I feel the multi plugin hook isn't necessarily invalid except in rare circumstances and hacking is just obvious.
Why isn't CommandHelper in the Custom Commands section? It should be: Custom Commands - kTriggers, Commander, or CommandHelper :3
