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ReallyFakePlayers

Revive your empty server with ReallyFakePlayers!
This plugin simulates the presence of an active community by adding fake players.
These players can join, leave, and even welcome others, providing an illusion of a bustling server.
Fake players are almost like real ones, and are visible in the server list.
Requires PaperMC (forks like Purpur should work as well).

Dependencies

Required

MiniPlaceholders by 4drian3d

Direct download links for MiniPlaceholders Builds:
MC 1.21.1-1.21.4: Download Build #3

Optional

Vault for ranks/permissions.

Information

Would not recommend adding more than 300 players, but you can.
name-list.yml holds all the names of fake players.
Fake players use a different UUID system for the sake of security.
Fake players are able to login even when online-mode is true.
EUPL-1.2 license (since v3.0.0).

Commands

/rfp reload - Reloads plugin's config.
/rfp add <number/name> - Adds fake players, accepts number or name.
/rfp remove <number/name> - Removes fake players, accepts number or name.
/rfp remove all - Removes all fake players.
/rfp checkupdates - Checks for plugin updates.
/rfp setspawn - Sets fake players' spawn location to your current location, once set you may further edit it in config.
/rfp list - Gives you a list of online fake players.

Permissions

rfp.admin - Access to plugin commands.
rfp.interaction - Bypass interaction block.

Default config.yml (Uses MiniMessage)
Discord Server

FAQ

How to report bugs?
- Report them on GitHub issues.
- NEW! Discord Server: click
Fake players disconnect with a 'Connection refused' error, what should I do?
- Try to change the join-ip and join-port in the config to the ones that your server uses.
The plugin doesn't boot up, what is the reason?
- Please make sure that you have installed MiniPlaceholders, the required dependency of this plugin.
What spawn plugin can be combined with ReallyFakePlayers?
- One good option is FASpawn, an excellent spawn plugin for Paper that supports per-group spawning (requires LuckPerms).

Quick guide for using FASpawn with ReallyFakePlayers:

Install FASpawn.
Create a "fakeplayer" group in LuckPerms that extends from default.
Open the RFP (ReallyFakePlayers) configuration file. Ensure that vault-integration is enabled and that Vault is installed.
Edit the group list under the vault-integration section and add "fakeplayer" to it.
Reload the plugin with /rfp reload.
Teleport to the desired spawn location for fake players.
Execute these three commands to set up the spawns:
- /setgroupfirstspawn fakeplayer
- /setgroupspawn fakeplayer
- /setgrouprespawn fakeplayer
Done

If you want your fake players to use groups like vip and have custom spawnpoint using FASpawn, create a group named "fakevip" that extends from vip in LuckPerms. Then add fakevip to the group list under "vault-integration" in config and use /rfp reload. Then teleport to the desired spawn location for fake players and execute "/setgroupfirstspawn fakevip", "/setgroupspawn fakevip", "/setgrouprespawn fakevip".

Supporting

You can support this plugin by contributing to it, or you can donate to this project by clicking the 'Donate' button on the top of this page.

TO-DO

Configurable skins
Velocity support

Formerly a fork of freethemice's ReallyFakePlayers plugin.