A simple Minecraft plugin for keeping out players that didn't pay their share of the server costs.

Disclaimer: This plugin does not handle monetary transactions. The users pay you via third party services, and you register the transaction in the accounting.csv file.

In-game commands

• /owe Check your debt
• /owe <user> Check another player's debt

Server config

The first time that the server runs on it have the PayToPlay plugin, it crates two new files.

• config.yml
• accounting.csv

config.yml

PayToPlay:
  HoursPerCharge: 15 # Number of hours to count as one charge
  AmountPerCharge: 1 # Number of dollars/euros to make per charge
  DebtToKick: 3      # Number of accumulated debt to kick a player, until they pay
  CurrencyChar: €    # Character to use for currency display
  WorkerTicks: 1200  # Number of ticks to wait between debt checks (20 ticks = 1 second, 1200 ticks = 1 minute)

accounting.csv

This file is used to store the player's hours and the amount they paid.

• The first column is the player's name (case insensitive)
• The second column is the total of money that they have paid to you.

bruneo,32.0
johndoe,15.23
javasucks,0

Why is the db CSV instead of a SQLite or something else?

The reason is simple, for admin flexibility.

• If someone pays you, and you are on vacation or something:
  • You can edit the CSV file from your phone (if you have server access).
• If someone pays you, and the server is offline:
  • You can edit the CSV with the server offline
  • With SQLite, the server would need to be active in order to update the database.