Ice Boat Racing

# ❄️ IceBoatRacing > **A professional-grade Minecraft Paper plugin for competitive ice boat racing** — precision checkpoints, live scoreboards, automatic track generation, mandatory pit stops, and full race management. (https://img.shields.io/modrinth/dt/ibr?label=Modrinth%20Downloads&color=00AF5C&logo=modrinth)](https://modrinth.com/plugin/ibr) (https://img.shields.io/curseforge/dt/1474021?label=CurseForge%20Downloads&color=F16436&logo=curseforg-)](https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/bukkit-plugins/ice-boat-racing) (https://img.shields.io/badge/Paper-1.21.4%2B-FF4444?logo=paper)](https://papermc.io) (https://img.shields.io/badge/Java-21-007396?logo=openjdk)](https://openjdk.org) (https://img.shields.io/github/license/mattmunichYT/IceBoatRacing?color=blue)](LICENSE) (https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-v2.0--RELEASE-light)](https://github.com/mattmunichYT/IceBoatRacing/releases) --- ## 🎯 What Is This? **IceBoatRacing** turns your Minecraft server into a competitive ice boat racing platform. Create races, design tracks, register boats, enforce pit stops, and run events with live timing — all in one plugin. Built for servers running competitive racing events (like **Grands Prix by Mini Jeux Entre Potes**). --- ## ✨ Features | Category | Features | |---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | **Race Management** | Interactive creation wizard · Prepare/start/end races · Configurable lap counts · Auto-end when last player finishes · Clean ranking with a bunch of info when the race ends | | **Checkpoints** | Oriented rectangle that the racers cross to update the live scoreboard · Alternate bypass routes · Sector timing gates | | **AutoTrace** | Drive/Walk one lap → plugin generates precise checkpoints automatically · Particle preview · Edit checkpoints before saving | | **Pit Stops** | Mandatory (or not if set to 0), configurable pit-stop count per race · Timed pit boxes with a live countdown · Real F1 teams color themes (11 real F1 team gradients) · Automatic disqualification for racers who skip them | | **Live Scoreboard** | Real-time sidebar that shows the current ranking | | **Race Lights** | Optional 6-stage stained-glass starting lights (Brown → Red → Orange → Yellow → Lime → Green) synced with countdown | | **Car System** | Register boats per player (all wood types, rafts, chest variants) · Custom names · Auto-spawn on prepare · Invulnerable | | **Multi-Language** | English & French built-in · Extensible via YAML · MiniMessage and legacy color codes formatting (gradients and colors) | | **Storage** | One YAML file per race · Easy backup/export-import | --- ## 📦 Installation 1. **Download** the latest `.jar` 2. Place it in your server's `plugins/` folder 3. **Restart** the server 4. Race. --- ## ⚙️ Configuration Highlights Edit `plugins/IceBoatRacing/config.yml`: ```yaml language: en_US # en_US or fr_FR (add your own in lang/) race: allowRejoin: true # Let players rejoin mid-race after logout racingGameMode: ADVENTURE # GameMode during race enforceRacingGameMode: true spectateOnFinish: true # Put finishers in spectator mode removeCarWhenLoggingOut: false lights: enabled: false # Set true + configure from/to coords to enable from: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 } to: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 } ``` > **Tip:** Race lights require a 3D region defined by `from`/`to` coordinates. These get filled with stained glass during the 5-second countdown. > **Tip:** Pit stop count and start rotation is set per-race, not globally — use `/race setPitStops <race> <amount>` (defaults to 1). --- ## ⌨️ Commands | Command | Description | Permission | |------------------------------------------