Struggling to build Griefdefender

MoseMister · June 1, 2022, 5:47pm

I have just tried building from scatch again on my PC. I got it to build and wrote down what I did step by step. So here you go

How to build

Open a terminal (CMD on windows)
Navigate to a new folder
run git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/bloodmc/GriefDefender.git
cd GriefDefender
removed include "bukkit" from settings.gradle file (This file can be opened in notepad)
open the sponge folder and create a new folder called libs (case sensitive)
Place MCClans inside that libs folder ( Release 1.6 Sponge 1.12.2 API 7 · HexagonMC/mcclans-core-sponge · GitHub )
Place PlaceholderAPI inside that libs folder ( rojo8399 / PlaceholderAPI )
java -version to ensure Java 8 is the main (depending on your exact version of java, it maybe --version instead → This is to ensure your Java 8 isnt just installed, but the primary Java version)
Go back to the terminal and run cd GriefDefenderAPI
Then run "gradlew" build
Then run cd ..
Then run "gradlew" build
find compiled jars in ./sponge/build/libs/

Edit

Worldedit has a toder tantrum with urls.

Heres a fix:

In the build.gradle file in the sponge folder. Remove lines 134, 97-100 and 61-64

Then download the latest world edit for api 7 from ore and place it in the libs folder

Edit 2:

Nucleus can no longer be downloaded properly resulting in a crash of missing nucleus.

Here is a fix

In the build.gradle file in the sponge folder. Remove lines 129-131. It should be

compileOnly ("io.github.nucleuspowered:nucleus-api:1.14.1-S7.1"){
        exclude module: 'spongeapi'
    }

Then add Nucleus 1.14.1 to the libs folder

Edit 3:

Grief Defender uses the old repo for sponge. You will want to change this (apply between steps 3 and 9)

maven {
        name = 'sponge'
        url = 'https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven/'
    }