This idea is quite nice. It’s not the best new idea, but i think it can be very successful. The thing i hate about Essentials is that it’s quite messy, like /nuke etc. I hope this will be a better alternative.
I like “Nucleus”. That was the name of a project I was creating but decided to trash. Take the name if you like.
@Exstar I’m glad to help! Really excited about the project, i hope it will be good. Please let us know when the development is oficially started!
We (devs from cubeisland.de) will port this over to Sponge as soon as the API is somewhat usable.
It’s basically what is asked for: A core plugin with barely any functionality and the modules (jar files thrown in a folder) provide any thing wanted. You can go fully loaded with all the essentials stuff, permissions/groups, economy, … or just basic commands.
A suggestion I have for an Essentials-type plugin is to make use of tellraw messages as much as possible. For example, instead of having paginated output say “Type /command 2 to go to the next page.” it would have a previous and next page button. Also, I think it would be great if when you hover over a player’s name, it shows a tooltip (configurable) with their name, uuid, rank, etc.
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@Kornagan This is how i had it in mind too. This system makes it way more easy to develop managable and non-conflicting plugins. I think it makes the development of plugins faster as well. I’m going to think how i am going to design this system with the implementation and API in mind.
@Kornagan I can use some help, thank you for your proposal. I’m going to design the API and maybe some of the implementation. However, because the Sponge API is still WIP, i can’t do much coding yet.
Your post exactly describes what the CubeEngine project I linked already is. I would just need to be ported.
The CubeEngine is also a drop-in replacement for Essentials in many cases as it was originally developed as a Essentials replacement for our server (hence the name)
@pschichtel I am aware of that, but i’m planning to add some other systems and features as well. Also, i think that a fresh new plugin is always good for a new fresh platform.
I will contribute to the project!
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I’d prefer a proven plugin over a new and buggy one any time. And as we planned to port it over to spout we already abstracted important parts.
@pschichtel That’s your opinion, but we’d like to see a modular, flexible “plugin infrastructure”, which includes some core features, like Essentials etc. had. Also, i haven’t seen a lot of servers using your plugin, so i wouldn’t call it really “proven”.
Well it’s running for over 2 years on our server so I’d say it saw some testing.
well that’s the job of Sponge itself, not its plugins