A few days ago somebody came on my favorite MC server and killed all the horses in our barn. Even though they were Newbies, couldn't break or place blocks etc, they still killed our poor horses - by punching no less. This plugin was written to prevent such grief. Enable this plugin for your Newbie group to complete cut off their ability to grief :]

Version 1.2 has been released. Users who were using 1.1, please delete your config.yml files and reload the plugin so a new config file can be generated with the new settings!

Abilities Disabled

Interaction with chests, doors, fences, furnaces, and the like
Destruction of blocks (Note: seems variable if the user has creative and is OP)
Interaction with entities - horse inventories, villager trading, etc
Item pickups - user cannot pick up any drops
Damage to entities - cannot damage mobs, horses, players, livestock etc
Trampling of crops, ignition of fires - no worries about griefers burning down barns anymore
Block placement - on top of all else, if the newbs manage to get a block they can't place it
Mob chasing - creepers, endermen etc. will ignore the eunuchs
Disable chat - disable the ability of newbs to spam chat

Permissions

Permission	Affect
eunuch.disabled	Exempts this user group from the plugin's disabling effects. More explanation below.
-eunuch.disabled	Removes the above permission if a group accidentally acquired it somehow, usually through permission inheritance.

This plugin does NOT require a third party permissions plugin, but it might help. Essentially, what you want to do is give any group you DON'T want 'castrated' the eunuch.disabled permission.

Here's how most groups are set up. You start with a Default group with a bunch of permissions. Then you have a VIP group that 'inherits' all of the Default group's permissions as well as a few of its own. Finally, you have an Admin group that inherits permissions from the VIP group and a few of its own. This group will also inherit the Default group's permissions because they inherit every one of the VIP group's plugins.

If you want the Default group castrated, give the VIP group the eunuch.disabled permission. The VIPs and the Admins (because of inheritance) will thus be protected from the plugin's effects. Essentially, if you don't want a group to be able to do things, DON'T give them the eunuch.disabled permission and if you want a group to be able to do things, DO give them the permission.

If for some reason you find that a group is NOT being castrated when they are supposed to be, try giving them the -eunuch.disabled permission (make sure you have the minus sign!). This will remove the eunuch.disabled permission if they accidentally inherited it.

Permissions

The syntax for all settings is boolean values - true or false.

Basic Settings	Effect	Default
speakinchat	When true, users can speak in the chat. When false, they cannot speak but can still issue commands.	true
blockbreak	When false, users cannot break blocks. For some reason OPs in Creative mode can circumvent this. Non-OP Creative users are still unable to break them, however.	false
damageentity	When false, users cannot damage entities. These include horses, villagers, players, hostile and friendly mobs, etc.	false
interactwithentity	Setting to true enables interaction with horses, villagers, etc.	false
pickupitems	When false users cannot pick up any item drops.	false
soiltramble	When false players cannot trample soil (farmland).	false
pressureplates	When true players can still activate pressure plates, when false they cannot.	false
righclickactions	Setting to true enables interaction with chests, doors, crafting tables, etc.	false

Advanced Settings	Effect	Default
useoakdoors	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of oak doors.	false
usebirchdoors	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of birch doors.	false
usedarkoakdoors	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of dark oak doors.	false
useacaciadoors	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of acacia doors.	false
usejungledoors	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of jungle doors.	false
usesprucedoors	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of spruce doors.	false
useirondoors	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of iron doors.	false
useoakgates	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of oak gates.	false
usebirchgates	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of birch gates.	false
usedarkoakgates	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of dark oak gates.	false
usesprucegates	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of spruce gates.	false
usejunglegates	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of jungle gates.	false
useacaciagates	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of acacia gates.	false
usewoodbuttons	Setting to true enables the usage of wood buttons.	false
usestonebuttons	Setting to true enables the usage of stone buttons.	false
usewoodtrapdoors	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of wood trapdoors.	false
useirontrapdoors	Setting to true enables the opening/closing of iron trapdoors.	false
uselevers	Setting to true enables the usage of levers.	false

Mob Settings	Effect	Default
ignoredbymobs	When this value is set to true MOST hostile mobs will ignore the player. Endermen will not be aggro'd and creepers cannot be exploded, either by hitting or via proximity. Skellies and zombies will also ignore the eunuchs. Certain mobs, however, do not attack in the traditonal manner and as such will STILL ATTACK even if this is set to true. They include hostile pigmen, bosses (dragon, wither, etc), and slimes. Still, this setting should be sufficient protection against most mobs for exploring players.	true

A new feature has been added in 1.2 - exemptions. If you want a specific player of group to have any of the settings disabled above enabled, give them this permission - eunuch.{power}. So to enable oak doors for a group, give them eunuch.useoakdoors. If the group or person already has the eunuch.disabled permission, this is unnecessary.

Change Log

Version	Changes
1.0	Initial release. Disables everything, but permissions are complicated.
1.1	Adds a ton of configuration and simplifies permissions.
1.2	Adds more configuration, updates for new versions of MC/Bukkit/Spigot.

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Credits

The top image was made by ElMafias and the bottom by Limitless, both from GTAF. Thanks again gentlemen! Special thanks to db7363 for early testing, suggestions, and miscellaneous help. Dedicated to: Rown, Rdny. and Whiteout. Thanks goes out to the rest of the GTAF crew too!

MC Eunuch