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HelpMates
Little Helper Robots
Scriptable helpers for your Server - Who needs pipes anyways 
This Plugin requires MikesToolBox
Crafting
Craft Robots with the following recipes:
You can convert the type of a helpmate by renaming 1 Lapiz into the entity type (e.g. rename it to minecraft:villager)
Then take the Lapiz and the HelpMate into both hands and use /hm cast
The command requires the permission helpmates.command.cast.base and helpmates.cast.entity.MODID.TYPE (e.g. helpmates.cast.entity.minecraft.villager)
Be warned: Some mob types can and will cause harm - thus it is not recommended to permit entities with wildcards!
HelpMates
You place HelpMates by holding them and right-clicking a block
Once placed you can pick the HelpMate back up by sneaking and left-clicking
Open the inventory of a HelpMate by right-clicking them
A regular left-click will print the HelpMates current task into chat (Hover the name to see fuel and status)
Helpmates consume about 16 Redstone per hour runtime, with a maximum fuel capacity of about 7h
To get a helpmate going write a script in a book and left-click the HelpMate with the book
Scripting
The Programming Language for HelpMates is made of a non-conditional sequence of commands.
Here are the available commands:
| Command | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|
charge |
max | Takes max amount of redstone from his Inventory and consumes it for fuel |
name is at location |
Saves a location with the specified name
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goto |
name or location | Let this HelpMate navigate to the location |
use |
name or location | Open a container/block at this location (will goto if necessary), can also open doors and push buttons |
put |
item name or something or anything or everything
|
Put stuff in the used block/container |
fuel |
item name or something or anything or everything
|
Like put, but prefer fuel slots |
take |
item name or something or anything or everything
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Take stuff out of the used block/container |
wait |
seconds | Wait the specified amount of seconds |
try to |
another command | Don’t wait until the command is done, just give it a quick try and move on |
repeat |
- | Start the script again |
idle within R for S |
R as radius, S a maximum idle time | Walk to a random location within R blocks at the same height and wait for up to S secons |
tpto |
name or location | Teleport this HelpMate. Requires the owner to have permission helpmates.script.teleport
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In theory use would request permission, but at this point no permission plugin is checking fake interactions this way.
anything means ‘once, the first available, if possible’
something means ‘the first available, required’
everything means ‘until no more items are accepted’
Books containing scripts DO NOT have to be signed, they can still be editable
Permissions
| Permission | Description |
|---|---|
helpmates.create.base |
Allow spawning helpmates with right-click (not related to crafting) |
helpmate.skript.teleport |
Allow a players HelpMate to execute the script command TpTo
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helpmates.cast.entity.MODID.TYPE |
Allow a HelpMate to be casted into the type MODID:TYPE |
helpmates.command.give.base |
Allows to cheat HelpMates with /hm create
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helpmates.command.spawn.base |
Allows to cheat HelpMates with /hm spawn
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helpmates.command.delete.base |
Allows /hm delete to delete a players HelpMate |
helpmates.command.cast.base |
Allows casting HelpMates into other types with /hm cast
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helpmates.interact.ignoreowner |
Allows interaction with HelpMates you did not create |
Options:
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helpmates.option.create.limit- Maximum amount a player may have at a time
Commands
| Command | Alias | Description |
|---|---|---|
| /hm create | create, give, op, opmate | Create a HelpMate. -t EntityType will overwrite the entity type, -f Fuel will set the initial fuel (max 100000) |
| /hm spawn | Create a Admin HelpMate that does not consume Redstone and does not drop. -t EntityType will overwrite the entity type, -f Fuel will set the initial fuel (max 100000) -at Location to spawn at (for command blocks) |
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| /hm delete | delete | Remove all HelpMates spawned by this player |
| /hm cast | cast, convert, change, type | Allows to change type with named lapis |