[Script]Area Protection 3.0 NEW

Hi guys Is there a way that I can let a passing player use doors/chest and place a sign but still keep them from destroying blocks? in AP

What iv got is a building with a player wall so anyone if they like can place a sign to whom they are.

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Hi guys Is there a way that I can let a passing player use doors/chest and place a sign but still keep them from destroying blocks? in AP

What iv got is a building with a player wall so anyone if they like can place a sign to whom they are.

Make a new group

What do you mean by make a new group? How would you give all players "Shopping" permission for instance without adding every player to an area one at a time?? And how would a new "visiting" player also get "Shopping" permission in an otherwise protected area? Looking to try and do a "community chest".

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What do you mean by make a new group? How would you give all players "Shopping" permission for instance without adding every player to an area one at a time?? And how would a new "visiting" player also get "Shopping" permission in an otherwise protected area? Looking to try and do a "community chest".

under "AreaProtection/Groups" I guess.

This does not help me with what I wish to do. The "Shopper" group is what I want to do for permissions. The part I am not sure how to do is assign "all users" to that group "setplayergroup <player> <group>" including any new visitors to the area. Maybe this is not really possible, but I thought there was a way to have a "community chest" in an otherwise protected area.

Has anyone done this?

I don't think there is a way to set a default group for everyone per area. I wish there was though. I was planning on creating an area within my area that only Friends can walk into. Default group for that specific area being Lockout of course. But if there is a way to change the default group just for my area, I would like to know.

@yahgiggle no no what @Jon_miner said is exactly what we want to do and were wondering how to do it. To explain it a bit more:

1) we have set up a world permission group called "visitor" for new players
2) we want all visitors to be able to take things out of a chest which is inside a protected area (without us having to add them to it as they come online)
3) we don't want visitors to be able to destroy the chests or otherwise damage the area

This had been done in another server but noone remembers how it was done.

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@yahgiggle no no what @Jon_miner said is exactly what we want to do and were wondering how to do it. To explain it a bit more:

1) we have set up a world permission group called "visitor" for new players
2) we want all visitors to be able to take things out of a chest which is inside a protected area (without us having to add them to it as they come online)
3) we don't want visitors to be able to destroy the chests or otherwise damage the area

This had been done in another server but noone remembers how it was done.

like to have a chest at Spawn full of food and other starter items, so new people can have a better start.
they should not be able to break the chest and it would be good if the admin can set a max of each item they can take, for them not to take everything inside at once.

we can call it a shared chest (?)

exactly our thought, the thing is we had a chest like that in a server but noone remembers how it was done and everyone could take out of it....maybe we just somehow bugged the script or something XD

A different "protection" subject...

I was told that there is a way to limit the use of blueprints by players to just areas they are "Owner". Is this true? How is this done? Currently it appears that any player can place blueprints anywhere.

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with the old lua, you could do this, but i don't know about the new java yet, but in lua its just a matter of if the user does not own the area and has a blueprint in his selection box then you could cancel the command or even boot/teleport the user out of the area

I was referring to the old lua script. How does one "...cancel the command or even boot/teleport the user out of the area"? Edit the script ourselves somehow?

@Jon_miner
It's very likely that some server owners are running modified versions of the AreaProtection script to suit their needs. The new update is tomorrow and will include some API improvements that will make it possible for the new plugin version of Area Protection to be completed. This should have more features and user friendly compared to the lua version. I really don't see any point in trying to modify or repair the 3.0 script when a far-better plugin is just around the corner.

Good point. I hope that the new plugin will be able to "import" existing protection areas created with the LUA script.

The db file itself from the old script is not very complicated. It's just 3 tables that describe the names and boundaries of the areas, a list of chest id numbers, and a list of players assigned to each area and their role. I would imagine the new plugin at most would just a new field or table here or there. Shouldn't be difficult to code that.

eitherway when the new AP plugin comes out I would think that the creator could write a small extra script to convert the old db file to the new format for the plugin. Shouldn't be that hard to write an extra script that would read the old db file and output it in the new format.

Knowing who the coding guru is whose writing the new plugin, I wouldn't hold it past him. Tis a simple and mediocre task for a programmer of his tallent