🌤️ DayNightCicle

DayNightCicle is a lightweight Paper plugin that lets you extend day and night length in minutes via YAML and live commands with integrated AFK system.

Paper 1.21+ • Java 21

✨ Features

☀️🌙 Set custom day and night duration in minutes.
🌍 Apply to all overworlds or specific worlds.
⚙️ In-game commands to reload, check status, set values, and manage sleep overrides.
😴 Sleep override list to count selected players even if other plugins ignore them.
💬 Built-in language files (it_it, us_en).
🧘 Integrated AFK system with configurable behaviors and sleep counting.
🛡️ Smart movement detection (ignores mob pushing, phantom attacks).
🏷️ Customizable AFK display with prefix/suffix options.

🌐 Languages

Set lang in config.yml to it_it or us_en.
en_us is accepted and mapped to us_en.

📝 Commands

/daynightcicle or /dnc - show help.
/daynightcicle reload - reload config.
/daynightcicle status - show current settings and AFK players.
/daynightcicle set day <min> night <min> - update and save.
/daynightcicle nosleeplist - show sleep override list.
/daynightcicle sleeplist add <player> - add a player to the sleep override list.
/daynightcicle sleeplist remove <player> - remove a player from the sleep override list.
/afk - toggle AFK status manually.

⚙️ Config

lang: it_it
cycle:
  day_minutes: 20
  night_minutes: 10
  min_minutes: 10
sleep_skip_delay_seconds: 5
afk_timeout_minutes: 5
afk:
  remove_on_move: true
  remove_on_chat: true
  remove_on_interact: true
  invulnerable: false
  can_be_moved: true
  ignored_by_mobs: false
  counts_for_sleep: true
  can_pickup_items: false
  frozen: false
  display_text: "AFK"
  use_prefix: false
worlds: []

😴 Sleep Override List

The plugin creates sleep-override.json in the plugin data folder. Players in this list will be counted even if another plugin marks them as sleep-ignored.

{
  "players": [
    "KillerItaly"
  ]
}

Player names are case-insensitive. If you edit the file manually, run /daynightcicle reload afterward.

🧘 AFK System

The plugin includes a comprehensive AFK system that integrates with the sleep mechanics:

Smart Detection: Distinguishes between player movement and mob pushing
Configurable Triggers: Movement, chat, interaction detection
Sleep Integration: AFK players can count as "sleeping" for night skip
Display Options: Customizable prefix/suffix in tab list
Protection Features: Invulnerability, mob targeting, item pickup control

🚀 Install

Drop the jar into plugins/.
Start the server to generate plugins/DayNightCicle/config.yml.
Edit the config and run /daynightcicle reload.

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