DeathBukkit

General

DeathBukkit allows players items' to be preserved after death, so that they can be recovered. Specifically, when a player dies with death chests/signs enabled (see the "Use" section below), a chest will be created at the death point, containing the items which were in the inventory of the player prior to being dead (this is highly configurable). A sign will also be created (again, configurable), indicating who the owner of the chest is, as well as the time and date when they died. Right-clicking on this sign will automatically recover the chest's contents, and destroy the chest.

While several other "death chest" plugins do already exist, they are all either out-of-date or abandoned. This plugin is intends to supersede those plugins.

A server owner could easily change the configuration file and customize timings such that:

A chest will be inaccessible by only the dead player for X minutes. A chest will break after Y minutes.

News

DeathBukkit Release v1.0.1

DeathBukkit v1.0.1 is a huge update. It adds multiple commands, different chest types, many bugfixes and better permissions system. It was the product of a lot of effort and consists of more than 1,409 new lines of code.

DeathBukkit Release v0.3.0

DeathBukkit v0.3.0 re-adds the ability to make chests exist of an infinite amount of time (no expiry). It also stops chests from "auto-expiring" when the sign is clicked and the player's inventory is filled.

DeathBukkit Release v0.2.1

DeathBukkit v0.2.1 fixes a potential TileEntity CCE.

Use

Configuration

Just drop the plugin in your plugins directory and next time the server is run it will automatically generate it's config file for you. The 2 options in the plugin config file are self explanatory (seconds until unlock and seconds to expiration) and the defaults are:

unlockAfter: 0
expireAfter: 0

A value of zero indicates that the chest should unlock/expire immediately and a value less than zero indicates that the chest should never unlock/expire. Any other value is a time in seconds.

Types

DeathBukkit uses a type-based system for extra configurability. Chest types can be configured per player and define what happens when a player dies. You set a player's chest type by giving them the permission "deathbukkit.type.<name of type>" (e.g. to the set "grave" type a player should be given the "deathbukkit.type.grave" permission). If no chest type is set for a particular player, that player will not have a chest created for them.

Currently, three different death chest types exist, and they are listed below. The order of this list matters. If a player has more than one chest type set, DeathBukkit will ignore all but the type that appears first on this list.

Name	Description	Image
grave	Creates a sign at the place of death containing information about the player's death including time of day. By right-clicking the sign, items can be retrieved.	View
doublechest	Creates two chests containig the entire contents of the player's inventory. It is located at their place of death and also includes a sign, similar to "grave".	View
singlechest	Creates a single chests containig as much of the player's inventory that can fit. Extra items are dropped on the ground. It is located at their place of death and also includes a sign, similar to "grave".	View

Commands

Please Note: Commands may also be prefixed with the alias /deathbukkit instead of /db.

Name	Description
/db	Displays your number of chests.
/db loc	Alias for "/db loc 1".
/db loc <num>	Displays chest <num>'s location.
/db tp	Alias for "/db tp 1".
/db tp <num>	Teleports you to chest <num>.
/db reload	Reloads the config file.

Permissions

Please Note: Wildcard *s are valid in permission nodes (e.g. "deathbukkit.commands.*" grants access to all permissions beginning with "deathbukkit.commands.").

Name	Description
deathbukkit.command.status	Permits "/deathbukkit"
deathbukkit.command.loc.first	Permits "/deathbukkit loc"
deathbukkit.command.loc.any	Permits "/deathbukkit loc <num>"
deathbukkit.command.tp.first	Permits "/deathbukkit tp"
deathbukkit.command.tp.any	Permits "/deathbukkit tp <num>"
deathbukkit.command.reload	Permits "/deathbukkit reload"
deathbukkit.type.grave	"Grave"-style DeathBukkit chests should be created for this player
deathbukkit.type.doublechest	"Double chest"-style DeathBukkit chests should be created for this player
deathbukkit.type.singlechest	"Single chest"-style DeathBukkit chests should be created for this player

Media

By: VariationVault

By: luigi_vampa

Download

The latest plugin build can be downloaded here.

Latest Changes

Fixed config parsing
Fixed config loading
Added death sign
Fixed armor loading
Fixed serious chest inventory reading bug
Fixed potential TileEntity CCE
Re-added the ability to make chests exist of an infinite amount of time (no expiry)
Stops chests from "auto-expiring" on click
Added /db, /db loc and /db tp commands
Added chest type permissions
Added "grave" chest type
Added "single" chest type
Improved code modularization
Fixed config parsing bug (can't set unlockAfter to infinite when expireAfter is finite
Overall better code and code cleanup

Planned Features

More customizable options - Feel free to suggest anything!

How Can I Help?

This plugin is developed solely by me in my free time so:

If you are a developer would like to contribute to this project, or any of my other projects, please PM me or email me at escortkeel@live.com.
If you are a not developer but would still like to contribute somehow, please consider donating. Donations are highly valued and much appreciated.

About

Developer: Keeley Hoek (escortkeel)