Automatically give players written books containing rules, getting started guides, etc when they join your server.
| Command | Description |
| /bookrules | Show current plugin information. |
| /bookrules info | Show current plugin information. |
| /bookrules version | Show current plugin information. |
| /bookrules commands | Show description of all commands available to the player. |
| /bookrules reload | Reload data from the config files. |
| /bookrules get [id | title] | Get book specified by ID or title, or all books if no ID or title is specified. |
| /bookrules give <player> [id | title] | Give the specified player the book specified by ID or title, or all books if no ID or title is specified. |
| /bookrules add | Add the currently held book to the plugin. |
| /bookrules delete <id | title> | Delete the book specified by ID or title from the plugin. |
| /bookrules list | Show all of the books currently stored by the plugin. |
| /bookrules setauthor <author> | Change the author of the currently held book. |
| /bookrules settitle <title> | Change the title of the currently held book. |
| /bookrules unsign | Unsign the currently held book, changing it back to a book and quill. |
| Permission Node | Description |
| bookrules.* | Allow full access to all commands in the plugin. |
| bookrules.info | Allow use of /bookrules [info | version] to see the plugin information. |
| bookrules.reload | Allow use of /bookrules reload to reload data from file. |
| bookrules.receivealerts | Receive alerts when there is an update to the plugin. |
| bookrules.get | Allow use of /bookrules get to get the books stored by the plugin. |
| bookrules.give | Allow use of /bookrules give to give books to other players. |
| bookrules.add | Allow use of /bookrules add to add a new book to be stored by the plugin. |
| bookrules.delete | Allow use of /bookrules delete to delete a book stored by the plugin. |
| bookrules.list | Allow use of /bookrules list to list all books stored by the plugin. |
| bookrules.setauthor | Allow use of /bookrules setauthor to set the author of the currently held book. |
| bookrules.settitle | Allow use of /bookrules settitle to set the title of the currently held book. |
| bookrules.unsign | Allow use of /bookrules unsign to unsign written books, changing them back to book and quills. |
| Setting | Description |
| Verbose | Boolean value that enables/disables logging to the console. (Used for debug) |
| Seconds-Delay | Integer value that controls the delay of giving books to new players after logging in. (Useful when using other plugins that modify inventories at login, such as StarterKit and AuthMe. |
| Check-for-Updates | Boolean value that determines whether the plugin will check for updates and send alerts when there is a new version. |
| Give-New-Books-On-Join | Boolean value that determines whether players will automatically be given all books they have not yet received upon logging in to the server. |
| Display-Messages | Boolean value that determines whether messages will be sent to players when they receive new books from this plugin. |
| Block-Villager-Book-Trading | Boolean value that determines whether players will be prevented from trading written books generated by the plugin with villagers. |
| Give-Books-Every-Join | Boolean value that determines whether players will be given a new copy of all books every time they join the server. |
| Language | Abbreviation of the language to load the plugin in. See the translations section below for valid abbreviations. |
This plugin contains an extensive localization system, allowing it to be translated into different languages. The following is a list of the currently available languages:
| Language | Abbreviation | Translator |
| English | EN |
If you would like to supply a translation to be included in the plugin, please let me know. If you know how, feel free to create a pull request on GitHub with the translation file included. Otherwise, send me a private message and I will get you a list of the messages that need to be translated.
This plugin periodically checks BukkitDev for a new version, and will notify the console and players with the "bookrules.recievealerts" permission of a new version. If you would like to disable this feature, simply set "Check-for-Updates" to false in plugins/BookRules/config.yml.
Anonymous statistics are collected automatically by this plugin and sent to MCStats. If you would like to view the data, you can do so here. If you would like to disable this feature, set "opt-out" to true in plugins/PluginMetrics/config.yml.
- Optional groups for books, allowing groups to only be given to players with the correct permission (defined on add command?)
- Multiverse support (possibly, no guarantee)
- Option to let players keep books on death
- Update to UUID system
If you have found a bug with the plugin, or would like to suggest a feature to be added, please create an issue on Github to make sure I see it. You can do this by clicking either the Tickets link at the top of the BukkitDev page or the Issues link on the Github repo, then click New Issue and provide as much information as possible. The more information you provide, the better I can help you.
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