Rules for Thee
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Set game rules on a per-player (or per-group) basis. Enable keep_inventory or disable PVP for young kids, disable phantoms for casual players, and more!
Game rules apply to everyone. If a server is on hard with keepInventory off, all players get that setting. Rules for Thee lets an operator give single players their own value for the rules that apply to that player. Everyone else keeps the world setting.
This is a server-side mod. There is no config screen. You manage everything with commands, and the mod saves it with the world.
Minecraft Versions
- 26.2: supported
Current Features
- Per-player overrides. Set a game rule value for one player. That player gets the value. Everyone else gets the world value. An override can be more lenient or stricter than the world.
- Profiles. A profile is a named set of overrides, such as
kids. Put a player in a profile (one profile for each player for now). Change the profile once to change all players in it. The overrides of a player have priority over their profile. The profile has priority over the world. - Works for offline players. Select a player by name. The mod stores the override by UUID. You can set up a player who is not online. The player gets a message at the next login.
- Players get messages. When the rules of a player change, the player gets a chat message. An online player gets it right away. Other players get it at the next login.
/rulesforthee mineshows the current overrides of the player next to the world values. - Pinned. Overrides do not follow
/gamerule. If you change the world value later, the overrides stay the same.
Supported rules
An override changes only what happens to or for the player it is set on. It never changes anything for other players nearby.
| Rule | Type | What it changes for that player |
|---|---|---|
keep_inventory |
on/off | Whether their inventory and XP are kept on death |
fall_damage, drowning_damage, fire_damage, freeze_damage |
on/off | Whether they take that kind of damage |
show_death_messages |
on/off | Whether their death is announced in chat. Also covers the deaths of their tamed animals |
show_advancement_messages |
on/off | Whether their advancements are announced in chat |
spawn_phantoms |
on/off | Whether phantoms spawn for them |
immediate_respawn |
on/off | Whether they skip the death screen |
reduced_debug_info |
on/off | Whether their F3 screen is reduced |
players_nether_portal_default_delay, players_nether_portal_creative_delay |
number | How long they stand in a Nether portal before travelling |
respawn_radius |
number | How far from the spawn point they can respawn |
send_command_feedback |
on/off | Whether they get feedback for the commands they run |
pvp |
on/off | Whether they can hurt other players and other players can hurt them. If it is off, neither works. For damage between two players, PVP must be on for both |
You cannot override rules that apply to the whole world (time, weather, mob spawning caps, explosions, and so on) for a single player.
Commands
/rulesforthee (alias /rft). All commands except mine need operator permission, like /gamerule.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/rulesforthee mine |
Show the rules that differ for you (any player) |
/rulesforthee rules |
List the rules that can be overridden |
/rulesforthee profile create <name> / delete <name> / list / show <name> |
Manage profiles |
/rulesforthee profile edit <name> set <rule> <value> / clear <rule> |
Change the rules of a profile |
/rulesforthee player <player> show |
Show the profile and effective rules of a player |
/rulesforthee player <player> profile set <name> / profile clear |
Put a player in a profile, or take them out |
/rulesforthee player <player> set <rule> <value> / clear <rule> |
Change the overrides set on a player |
Example for the kids case:
/rulesforthee profile create kids
/rulesforthee profile edit kids set keep_inventory true
/rulesforthee player Junior profile set kids
Issues & Suggestions
Use the GitHub issue tracker to report bugs or suggest features.
Credits
Thanks to Mojang for Minecraft. Thanks also to the developers of the Fabric and NeoForge mod loaders and the Architectury API.
License
This mod is released under the MIT license. The full text of the license can be found here.
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