Building Minecraft server modifications : create and customize your very own Minecraft server using Java and the Spigot API /: create and customize your very own Minecraft server using Java and the Spigot API. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Cody M. Sommer.
• Authors: Sommer, Cody M
• Contents: Cover ; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Preface; Chapter 1: Deploying a Spigot Server ; Introduction to Spigot; Installing a new Spigot server; Setting up a new server; Minecraft/Bukkit server commands; Port forwarding; Summary; Chapter 2: Learning the Bukkit API ; Introduction to APIs; The Bukkit API documentation; Navigating through the Bukkit API documentation; Understanding the Java documentation; Exploring the Bukkit API; Summary; Chapter 3: Creating Your First Bukkit Plugin ; Installing an IDE; Creating a new project. Adding Bukkit as a libraryThe essentials of a Bukkit plugin; The plugin.yml file; The plugin's main class; Making and calling new methods; Expanding your code; Summary; Chapter 4: Testing on the Spigot Server ; Building a JAR file; Installing the plugin; Testing your plugin; Testing new versions of the plugin; Debugging the code; Learning from your mistakes; When researching is not enough; Reading the stack trace; Breaking down the code; Adding debug messages; Referring back to the Javadoc; Fixing the bug only after you understand it; Summary; Chapter 5 : Plugin Commands. Adding a command to plugin.ymlProgramming the command actions; Assigning the executor for the enchant command; Summary; Chapter 6: Player Permissions ; The benefits of permissions; Understanding permission nodes; Adding a permission node to plugin.yml; Assigning a permission node to a plugin command; Testing player permissions; Using a third-party permissions plugin; Using permission nodes throughout your plugins; Summary; Chapter 7: The Bukkit Event System ; Choosing an event; Registering an event listener; Listening for an event; Canceling an event; Communicating among events. Modifying an event as it occursCreating more plugins on your own; Summary; Chapter 8: Making Your Plugin Configurable ; Configurable data types; Writing a config.yml file; Saving, loading, and reloading the config file; Reading and storing the configured values; Using configured settings within your plugin; ItemStack within a configuration; YAML configuration hierarchy; Storing configuration values as variables; Accessing variables from another class; Summary; Chapter 9: Saving Your Data ; Types of data that can be saved; Which data to save and when; A sample teleportation plugin. Writing a ConfigurationSerializable classSaving data to a YAML configuration; Loading data from a YAML configuration; Summary; Chapter 10 : The Bukkit Scheduler; Creating a BukkitRunnable class; Synchronous versus asynchronous tasks; Running a task from a BukkitRunnable class; Running a task later from a BukkitRunnable class; Running a task timer from a BukkitRunnable class; Writing a repeating task for a plugin; Adding a delayed task to a plugin; Executing code asynchronously; Summary; Index.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume), illustrations
• Subjects: 794.81526; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- Java; Minecraft (Game); Computer games -- Programming; Client/server computing; Client/server computing; Computer games -- Programming; Minecraft (Game); GAMES / Board; COMPUTERS -- Virtual Worlds; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785886874; 1785886878
• Related ISBNs: 9781785883026; 178588302X
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from cover page (Safari, viewed January 21, 2016).; Note: Print version record.
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