DeathCountdown is a brand new RPG plugin, based off of the concept in the film 'In Time'.
The aim of the game is to survive (like most things), except there's a twist. You're against the clock. By default, you have 2500 seconds to live and time is going by every second. When you reach 0 seconds, you are permanently banned from the server, like Hardcore mode.
You gain time (the seconds to live is known as 'time') by killing mobs and players. You lose time by dying.
The time you have is also the main currency, so you can use it to buy items at the 'time shop' (sign shops) and sell items to gain time.
Installing DeathCountdown is simple:
- Download the latest version of DeathCountdown from here.
- Place that version of DeathCountdown into the /plugins/ folder of your server
- Restart your server - DO NOT reload, it will cause DeathCountdown to crash
This plugin utilizes Hidendra's plugin metrics system, which means that the following information is collected and sent to mcstats.org:
- A unique identifier
- The server's version of Java
- Whether the server is in offline or online mode
- The plugin's version
- The server's version
- The OS version/name and architecture
- The core count for the CPU
- The number of players online
- The Metrics version
Plugin updating feature
As of DeathCountdown 2.0, the plugin can now show download links to the latest version, which is shown in the server's console log upon loading. To disable this feature, set 'UpdateCheck' in the config.yml file to 'false' instead of 'true'
Keeping the plugin up to date
- Updating is relatively simple, but it may require you to reset your config.yml - check the new features when downloading a new build to check if it adds anything to the config.yml. If it does adjust the config.yml, delete it and run the plugin as normal. Then you are free to adjust the config to your needs and it can be reloaded while the plugin is running with /dc reload.
Other Information
- Data used by the plugin is stored in an SQLite database (DeathCountdowndata.db) found in the DeathCountdown plugin folder.
- Found a bug? Have a suggestion? Please create a ticket from the link here!
ToDo
Don't worry DeathCountdown fans, version 3.0 is coming! ETA is February 22nd, but who knows? It could come out earlier!
List of things coming out in DeathCountdown 3.0:
List of updated features in v3.0:
- Fixed bug where config.yml may be blank
- Fixed bug where chat messed up
- Added ScoreBoard support
- Added /dc version
- Fixed API Features, Documentation coming soon!
- Added DCPlayer to API so developers can get information about players
- Allowed voting offline
- Removed [TimeLord] and 'ownername' from config.yml
- Removed ConfigurationVersion from config.yml
- Removed support for DeathCountdown with version under 2.0
- Removed SQLite and is now using EBeanServer for data storage
- Dropped support for Java 6, now requires Java 7
- Will require a database & config.yml rewrite - If you are not happy about this, I suggest you don't update when it comes out
