Pioneers Additions

# Pioneers Additions This mod adds various features used on my server **Pioneers SMP**. Currently this just includes a customisable lives system. You may also be interested in the (https://modrinth.com/modpack/pioneers) that this mod is part of. All features are configurable to fit into your own multiplayer servers. # Lives System Inspired by (https://the-life-series.fandom.com/wiki/3rd_Life) found on Youtube. This system aims to create a fun game between players and increase player interaction, while catering to both competitive and casual players. ## Lives Players, or "The Pioneers" as they are called on the server, are given a limited number of lives. They are divided into coloured groups (Green, Yellow, Red and Gray) based on how many lives they have remaining. !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/vpJvbv5v/images/eb4cc36e94f3104ca45658d2d46c84f728f20147.png) By default, each colour represents a set of 3 lives, giving players a total of 9 lives. - 9 to 7 lives remaining = Green - 6 to 4 lives remaining = Yellow - 3 to 1 lives remaining = Red - 0 lives remaining = Gray Each group can be given a custom name in the config. The default names are the names used on Pioneers SMP. You can also change the number of lives for each group and how many lives are lost on death in the config. However, the Gray group is only ever for players with 0 lives. ## The Fallen Gray players are those who have run out of lives. In The Life Series players would be set to spectator mode after losing all their lives. I think this worked well for the series, which was meant to entertain viewers, but is too punishing and not as fun for most private SMPs. Gray players are an alternative to this approach. !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/vpJvbv5v/images/b2412d2fb55c2599ca512f315146f30e73145119.png) Gray players remain in survival mode but cannot lose or gain any lives back. They lose the opportunity to be crowned the "winner" of the server, but still have the freedom to continue playing and even mess with the other players! The lives add stakes for those that want it, but shouldn't put any pressure on the more casual players. As with all the groups, you can give Gray players a name. On Pioneers SMP, they are known as "The Fallen" but you could call them something else like "Zombies" or "Losers" if you wanted to be really mean. ## Transferring Lives The /lives give command allows players to give their lives to others. !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/vpJvbv5v/images/d942d6b16406b50b4f15771fa4cb540bd960c480.png) You cannot give lives to Gray players, for obvious reasons. **WARNING: It is possible to give away ALL your lives using this command. This will result in you turning Gray which can only be undone by directly setting/resetting your lives, i.e. it requires cheats.** You can enable/disable the use of the /lives give command in the config (enabled by default). ## Gaining Lives ### Killing Players One way of gaining lives back is killing other players. !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/vpJvbv5v/images/3938929a2235a4ac3a39f448559c6fef2926aa18.png) Killing a player of a higher colour will gain you a life. - Yellow players gain lives from killing Green players. - Red players gain lives from killing Green or Yellow players. - Green and Gray players cannot gain any lives this way. You can change how many lives are gained from killing players in the config. ### Life Tokens Another way of gaining lives is crafting and consuming (right-clicking) a Life Token. !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/vpJvbv5v/images/57bc866c5e13ad13f5e6aaf031f0599f6fc96f7b.png) Life Tokens require a lot of materials but they provide an alternative if PvP is not your thing. You can enable/disable the use of Life Tokens in the config (enabled by default). ## Recipes <details> <summary>Life Token</summary> !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/vpJvbv5v/images/6b3ec05f2f63ebd815ea308a4c9b7d3fd3199191.png) </details> <details> <summary>Holy Gold Ingot</summary> !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/vpJvbv5v/images/0cd8e21b9be97fa7bafab1b9c99002e733a6ba0d.png) </details> <details> <summary>Holy Diamond</summary> !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/vpJvbv5v/images/25f0eb3bd80e47bda16620150517f9df02b81e55.png) </details> <details> <summary>Lively Obsidian</summary> !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/vpJvbv5v/images/95d5feb664c6305870e89d4a7d1001cc67a5c8c4.png) </details> <details> <summary>Miserable Obsidian</summary> !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/vpJvbv5v/images/cce680e700fca4df7df227ab62c600bb51560d17.png) </details> <details> <summary>Crying Obsidian</summary> An alternative way of getting Crying Obsidian.