Plugin category: ADMINISTRATION Suggested name: AuraPoint What I want: I've been using buycraft ever since I started getting into minecraft servers, and I think it's getting old. I've talked to my staff about how we should "further advance" our donation features, and we came up with a great idea, "AuraPoints". The name is named after my server, AuraCraft. You can name it something else if you'd like if you plan on making it a public plugin. AuraPoints works like this, you donate through a web-page, and after the money has been sent and everything is processed, it gives the donator a point. For an example, $1 = 1 point. Points can be used to buy your own permissions, this way the donator decides exactly what he/she wants, as opposed to being stuck with a rank, with absolutely no customisation. It would be nice if everything were to be stored in a MySQL database. I would also like cumulative permissions, for an example you donate a total of $40, and you get essentials.gamemode or something along the lines of that. Ideas for commands: /AP add $user $amount /AP remove $user %amount /AP reload /AP give $user $amount (Share your points with other players ) Ideas for permissions: aurapoints.add aurapoints.remove aurapoints.reload (Make /ap give availbale to everybody) When I'd like it by: I would like it as soon as possible, with the 1.5 API
I've considered this however it would fail for servers with more complex setups, as there's no real way to keep certain things cumulative, other things not, etc. I instead created DonationTracks, which allows players to donate towards a specific "track" with pre-defined perks. I understand this isn't what you're looking for, though.
What do you mean by this? "I've considered this however it would fail for servers with more complex setups, as there's no real way to keep certain things cumulative, other things not, etc."
Large servers prefer to keep things simple and rank based, if you've got thousands of monthly donators then this type of system becomes confusing. Customers also prefer the standard "Buy rank xx for $xx,xx", do you see Amazon selling points which you can exchange for items? Its industry standard to do it the normal way. Chaseoes is correct in terms of cumulative packages as well. I'd recommend trying out chaseoes plugin if you prefer something different than Buycraft, I'm not too sure on what you mean "Getting old" though, we are releasing around 10 features a month these days.
There is a very simple way to keep everything cumulative and organized. All you need is knowledge of SQL, PHP scripts connecting to a website. I had a system like this for about 5 months, recently switched because it is something that needs a lot of maintenance.
I dont get any new features anymore, and I cant really integrate buycraft with my forums. Well, if this system doesn't work out then I'll switch to something else, but I want to at least try this out. We have an average of about 7 (minimum) donators per month. I also made a poll a few months back, and there were 77 votes in favour for us switching to the new system, and only about 3 or 4 votes against it.
Honestly stay with buycraft. The system is so easy for people to use and server admins to run. Plus, if or when you get more donations for your server, everything will be much easier.
Not as simple as you would think. There are a lot of idiots out there who play minecraft. Players like the system where "XRank = XDollars." You can give it a shot, but honestly you will get a lot of people who dont understand it.
Its not that, its the idea they have to do 2 things to get their rank. Buy points, then buy the rank/perk. It seems like an awesome idea and gives you, the server owner, a wider rage of customization, but you forfeit the donators easy donation process.
