Follow

A plugin so you can follow a player hands-free and catch them in the act!

CptnGri3fr: r u following me???
Soopertrooper: Yes I am.
CptnGr13fr has left the game.

Overview

Follow is a plugin that allows one player to follow another, hands free, on a virtual leash. As the followed player moves about, the follower moves along with him, from a safe viewing distance.

Follow works well with

invisibility or vanish plugins, such as VanishNoPacket
compass teleporting, such as found in WorldEdit
world switching through portals, such as those found in MultiVerse-Portal
god mode, such as found in Essentials and WorldEdit
disguises, such as MobDisguise (follow them as a chicken or pig or creeper)

Uses

Admins - follow a suspicious player to watch his pattern of behavior
Admins - get screen captures of griefing in progress
Moderators - spy on a player to collect activity notes to help administrators decide if a player should be banned
Marketing - make a movie of your adventure by having your "camera operator" follow the other player/actor
Server Guides - take new players on a virtual tour
Players - become someone's virtual friend and follow them around while they take you for a tour

Features

Lock onto a specific player
Switch to another player
Follow along the ground, through hills and valleys
Safe placement each move
Auto-teleport so you stay within a reasonable distance
Auto-rotation so you're always able to face the followed player
Server-friendly operation at low priority
Permissions
Configurable distance
Configurable delay between movement
Follow the nearest player
Supports fly mode
Adjust distance while following
Reload-able config file
FUTURE: Configurable safe location algorithm
FUTURE: Auto-update
FUTURE: Follow invitation (similar to /tpa)

Usage

The Pages tab for this plugin has links for Commands, Permissions and Configuration.

Video Demo

http://youtu.be/IqUwl3reLL0

Updates

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Report Problems

Open a ticket using the tickets tab above. The more data you provide, the easier it is to fix quickly.

Beta Builds

Note that "Beta" builds come with caveats and limitations. Before a build is posted, it is smoke tested on a live server for at least 2 days. It should be stable enough to use and not cause problems on your server, but because it has not had extended run time on several servers with various configurations, anything can happen. If you find a bug, like a NullPointerException, kindly report it with as much helpful detail as you can find, using the Ticket system. If you spend 2 minutes getting version numbers, relevant plugins, actual error messages, etc. it will help me fix the bug much faster for you.