Private Beacons

This shouldn't be too hard to make I don't think.

Plugin category: Mechanics (I think, it might be Miscellaneous)

Suggested name: Private Beacons

What I want: I'm thinking of making this massive PvP arena with 2 teams that has beacons everywhere, but the problem is getting certain beacons to work with only 1 team. (and then the other beacons to work only with the other team, of course.) I want to make it so that when you're closer to your base, you have a higher chance of winning fights because of the beacon effects.

Ideas for commands: I was thinking that once the beacons are placed, you can type in "/beacon create [nameofbeacon]" and then click on the beacon and then whatever you typed in for [nameofbeacon] will be its name. At this point, the beacon will work only for you. Then you can type in "/beacon [nameofbeacon] share [nameofplayer]" to allow the player you typed in to be able to receive buffs from the beacon as well.

Ideas for permissions: I guess any player should be able to use this.

When I'd like it by: Hopefully as soon as possible.

(PUYTTRE IS NOT WORKING ON THIS ANYMORE, I NEED SOMEBODY ELSE TO TRY!)

 

I can try this... No guarantee I will finish it though

 

Thanks for trying, anyway. XD

 

It seems that Bukkit hasn't added support for handling beacons just yet. I can certainly do this when they do add support!

 

Yeah I can't even access my server yet. Should I PM you to remind you about this when the update comes out?

 

Sure

 

Bump. Puyttre PM'd me and said it was too complicated for him. Can anybody else do it?

 

+1 on the idea.

 

Bump... Seriously, is anybody willing to do this?

 

This would be a good idea or maybe they can make one where they just show the light from the beacon

 

Wait, what can you do when they add support? Could you control the beacon's beam?

 

i think LWC will add this ?

and cant u guys do it by item id on a playerinteractevent?

 

Icyrelic
No, interact is when a player right/left clicks. You could do this by getting a radius of 5 blocks of the beacon but that would cause problems for beacons close together.
NikostratosX
What do you mean by control the beacon's beam?

 

Maybe limit how far it goes or keep it on when blocked, although some say that's client side.

 

oh i see now i thought u ment opening the beacon i see now

 

You guys are getting off topic... this plugin is meant for making beacons only usable by certain people, not for increasing/ decreasing its radius or anything like that...

 

I don't quite understand what you mean. The best idea I can think of is to send block update packets selectively ( so that only certain clients can see that the block is there). AFAIK, it is impossible to control who sees the light any other way. :\
If you could explain it a bit better, just tag me or reply to this message, and I'll let you know if I could do it

 

Player 1 is on team 1.
Player 2 is on team 2.

Player 1 makes a beacon with some effect.
Player 2 is not on team 1 so player 2 doesn't get the effect.
Player 2 sad.
Player 1 kills player 2.

 

turt2live kind of explained it, but I can explain it better.

Player 1 is on team 1.
Player 2 is also on team 1.
Player 3 is on team 2.
Player 4 is also on team 2.

Player 1 makes beacon with some effect.
Player 1 types in "/beacon create [nameofbeacon]" which makes the beacon only give buffs to player 1.
Player 1 types in "/beacon [nameofbeacon] share Player2"
Player 2 can now receive buffs from the beacon.
Player 3 and 4 are sad and in a fit of rage empty to destroy the beacon.
Player 1 and 2 come in and kill player 3 and 4, getting buffs from the beacon.

The world is saved.

P.S. I don't care if other players can see the beacon, I just want it so the person who makes the beacon can control which players can receive the buffs.

 

Bump...