[Plugin]Portals

So I was bored yesterday and decided to remake the Portals script in a plugin. It works a bit differently (thus you cannot use the old database) but I think it is quite simple to get a hang of

Available Commands: (admin only)

Please note that all commands should be entered in the chat (T key) not the console (`/~/^ key depending on keyboard)

/portal select, enables area selection tool
/portal create name, creates portal from the selected area with the specified name
/portal settarget PortalID, sets the destination of the specified portal to the current position of the player
/portal remove PortalID, removes the specified portal completely
/portal list, displays a list of all already defined portals
/portal show, shows portals in the world
/portal hide, hides portals in the world
/portal cancel, disables area selection tool

How it works:

1	use /portal select and select an area no smaller than 1x1x3 (length x width x height) from the floor
2	use /portal create Name_of_your_portal to create the portal
3	go and stand in the place you want your portal to teleport to and type /portal settarget Portal_IDNo (you will get a message with the ID number of your portal when you created it, else you can use /portal list or /portal show to see it)
4	your portal is fully functional, hurrah!

As always please report bugs/problems for me to fix.

Have fun

Thank you @yahgiggle

btw for the /portal list part I took your lua code, rewrote it in java and changed it a tiny bit (i.e. some colours etc.). I liked how you had it set up with page numbers, very convenient

you are both welcome, glad you find it useful

No once you create them and then do the /portal settarget PortalIDNumber then the portals should be functional (i.e. you step in them and you get teleported)

Are you sure you didn't accidentally mistype the command? (it has 2 t's). Please try that and if they are still not working can you send me the database (from the plugin's assets directory) to have a look at?

Also how big is your portal? because the player position hit box is at the waist so if your portal is shorter than that then the game will never register that you passed through the portal area.

PS: we have the plugin set up on our server Artisan's Ream and it works there so you most likely mistyped something )

oh no that was 1x1x3 (width x length x height)

you're welcome maybe I need to add a small (more visual) tutorial in my post to avoid confusion XD

The problem with people dying when teleporting is not plugin/script related unfortunately. If you have placed too many beams/blocks/constructions/plants/etc. next to the teleport location and your PC is not very high end (a lot of ram mostly) then the world does not load fast enough and you get stuck inside the ground causing you in some cases to die.

In general when using teleport points of any sort try to minimise the amount of stuff built next to it or people with low spec PCs will keep dying.

Both the teleport and this plugin do exactly the same thing. The only difference is that the teleport plugin does it upon a player command i.e. /tp something and this plugin does it when the player enters a set area. If you don't have problems with the teleport plugin you shouldn't have any problems with this plugin either.

I can only suggest you try it out and let me know if a problem occurs

New version now shows the destination points as small green areas (at the position of the closest block to the global destination you have set with /portal settarget)