GlymeraPlots - Protect Your Land, Control Weather & Time!

A full plot protection system with per-plot weather AND time-of-day control, world whitelist and DebugShape border visualization. Claim areas, protect blocks, trust friends, and set custom weather and a fixed time of day on your property.

Most actual version only working for Hytale stable 5 ! Don't miss my other exciting projects — take a look at GlymeraCraft's Profile Discord: https://discord.gg/s5NRFWfxgy

What is GlymeraPlots?

GlymeraPlots lets players claim square plots of land and protect them from other players. Nobody except the owner (and trusted players) can break, place or interact with blocks on a protected plot. PvP and PvE damage are also blocked on plots.

Plot owners can set custom weather on their plots - rain, snow, thunderstorms, fireflies and more. Every player entering the plot sees the custom weather. Leave the plot - on foot or by teleport, or by stepping straight onto a neighbouring plot with different weather - and the exact natural world weather everyone else sees returns immediately.

Owners can also freeze the time of day on their plot - keep it permanently at midday, midnight, dusk, or any of several presets. The sky stays at that time for everyone on the plot and snaps back to normal world time the moment they leave.

The /gp show command toggles a purple DebugShape border around your plot - clean lines along all four edges with vertical pillars at the corners. The display follows your Y-position and stays visible from any distance, no flickering, no particle limitations.

Server admins can restrict plot claiming to specific worlds via a whitelist.

Commands

Plot Management

Command	Who	Description
`/gp claim`	Everyone	Claim a plot centered on your position
`/gp remove`	Owner	Remove the plot you're standing on
`/gp trust <player>`	Owner	Allow a player to build on your plot (must be online)
`/gp untrust <player>`	Owner	Remove a player's trust from your plot
`/gp list`	Everyone	Show all your plots with coordinates, weather and trusted players
`/gp info`	Everyone	Show detailed info about the plot you're standing on
`/gp show`	Everyone	Toggle plot border display (purple DebugShape lines)
`/gp testprotect`	Everyone	Toggle test mode - blocks you on your own plots for testing

Weather Control

Command	Who	Description
`/gp weather <type>`	Owner	Set custom weather on your plot
`/gp weather clear`	Owner	Remove weather override, return to natural weather
`/gp weather list`	Everyone	Show all available weather types and aliases

Time Control

Command	Who	Description
`/gp time <time>`	Owner	Freeze your plot at a fixed time of day
`/gp time clear`	Owner	Remove the time override, return to normal world time
`/gp time list`	Everyone	Show all available time-of-day presets

Teleport

Command	Who	Description
`/gpt <number>`	Owner	Teleport to your plot by number (works across worlds)

Weather Types

Short aliases for easy use:

Alias	Hytale Weather	Description
`sunny`	Zone1_Sunny	Clear sky, bright
`cloudy`	Zone1_Cloudy_Medium	Overcast
`foggy`	Zone1_Foggy_Light	Light fog
`rain`	Zone1_Rain	Rainy
`rain_light`	Zone1_Rain_Light	Light drizzle
`storm`	Zone1_Storm	Heavy storm
`snow`	Zone3_Snow	Snowfall
`snow_heavy`	Zone3_Snow_Heavy	Heavy snowfall
`snow_storm`	Zone3_Snow_Storm	Blizzard
`sandstorm`	Zone2_Sand_Storm	Desert sandstorm
`thunder`	Zone2_Thunder_Storm	Thunderstorm
`blood_moon`	Blood_Moon	Blood moon event
`fireflies`	Zone1_Sunny_Fireflies	Sunny with fireflies
`azurewood`	Zone1_Azurewood_Fireflies	Azurewood fireflies
`northern_lights`	Zone3_Northern_Lights	Aurora borealis
`swamp`	Zone1_Swamp	Swamp atmosphere
`void`	Void	Void (very dark)
`desert`	Zone2_Sunny	Desert sun
`desert_haze`	Zone2_Desert_Haze	Desert with heat haze
`spooky`	Zone4_Spooky	Spooky atmosphere
`lava`	Zone4_Lava_Fields	Volcanic/lava glow

You can also use the full Hytale weather name directly (e.g. Zone1_Swamp_Rain, Zone4_GhostForest). There are 87 weather types in total.

Note: Some weather types are designed for specific biomes and may look unusual in other environments. Experiment!

Time of Day

Freeze your plot's sky at a fixed time with /gp time <time>:

Time	Sky
`dawn`	Sunrise
`morning`	Mid-morning
`midday`	Brightest point (noon)
`afternoon`	Early afternoon
`dusk`	Sunset
`evening`	Late evening
`night`	Night
`midnight`	Darkest point

The time is frozen - the sun does not move - and applies to everyone standing on the plot. /gp time clear restores normal, advancing world time. Like weather, it reverts the instant a player leaves the plot.

Plot Protection

Protected actions on plots (for unauthorized players):

Block breaking - Blocked with message
Block placing - Blocked with message
Block mining/damage - Silently cancelled
Block interaction (chests, doors, etc.) - Blocked with message
PvP - Players cannot attack each other on plots
PvE - Unauthorized players cannot attack mobs on plots
EvP - Mobs/environment cannot damage players on plots

Who is authorized:

The plot owner (always, unless test-protect mode is on)
Trusted players added via /gp trust

Border Display

/gp show toggles a visual border around your plot:

Technology: Uses Hytale's DebugShape.Cube (same as GlymeraChunkGrid) instead of particles
Appearance: Purple lines (RGB 0.78, 0.36, 1.0) at 60% opacity - 4 horizontal edges along the plot boundary plus 4 vertical pillars at the corners
Toggle: Stays on until you type /gp show again (no timer)
Follows you: The border's Y-position matches your current height, so it's always at eye level
No distance limit: DebugShapes have no CullDistance - the full 101-block border is visible from anywhere inside the plot
No flickering: 500ms refresh with 2s display time, shapes overlap smoothly
Minimal network traffic: Only 8 shapes per refresh (4 edges + 4 pillars)

Note: If /grid (GlymeraChunkGrid) is active at the same time, the chunk grid's ClearDebugShapes may briefly hide the plot border for up to 500ms per refresh cycle. Both displays recover automatically.

Configuration

Config file: mods/de.glymera_GlymeraPlots/config.json

{
  "_guide_plotRadius": "Size of each plot side = (2 * plotRadius + 1). Default 50 = 101x101 blocks.",
  "plotRadius": 50,
  "_guide_maxPlots": "Maximum number of plots a player can own.",
  "maxPlots": 3,
  "_guide_allowedWorlds": "World whitelist: only these worlds allow plot claiming. Empty list = ALL worlds allowed.",
  "allowedWorlds": []
}

Setting	Default	Description
`plotRadius`	50	Half-size of plot. Total size = (2 * radius + 1). Default = 101x101 blocks
`maxPlots`	3	Maximum number of plots per player
`allowedWorlds`		World whitelist. Empty = all worlds allowed. Add world names to restrict claiming

Config changes require a server restart to take effect.