Pedestal Crafting

# 🎨 Pedestal Crafting - Ultimate Custom Crafting System > Transform your server with stunning visual crafting stations featuring animated holograms, global announcements, and fully customizable displays. --- ## 🌟 Overview **Pedestal Crafting** is a premium Minecraft plugin that revolutionizes custom item creation through beautiful, interactive pedestals. Each pedestal features floating 3D item displays, fully customizable holographic text, and spectacular visual effects that create an immersive crafting experience. Perfect for **RPG servers**, **survival economies**, **quest systems**, **player shops**, and **custom progression**! --- ## ✨ Core Features ### 🎭 **Stunning Visual System** - **3D Rotating Items**: Smooth spinning animations above each pedestal - **Holographic Displays**: Crystal-clear floating text showing recipes - **Configurable Colors**: Customize every text color independently - Result item names - Material names - Amount indicators (e.g., "1x", "2x") - Uses remaining text - Unbreakable indicators - **Beacon Beams**: Optional colored light beams shooting skyward - **Lightning Effects**: Dramatic strikes when items are crafted - **Custom Name Preservation**: Items with custom colors maintain their formatting ### 🔔 **Global Announcement System** *(NEW!)* - **Server-Wide Alerts**: Broadcast when rare items are crafted - **End Portal Sound**: Epic sound effect heard by all players - **Chat Announcements**: Customizable messages with placeholders - **Privacy Controls**: Show or hide player names in announcements - **Per-Pedestal Toggle**: Enable only for special pedestals - **Fully Configurable**: Customize sound, volume, pitch, and message format ### ⚙️ **Advanced Customization** - **Height Controls**: Adjust both item and text heights independently - **Text Positioning**: Fine-tune hologram placement (±0.1 or ±0.5 blocks) - **Item Scaling**: Make items larger or smaller (0.5x to 2.0x) - **Rotation Speed**: Control spinning animation speed - **Per-Pedestal Settings**: Each pedestal can override global defaults - **Block Type Selection**: Choose from 100+ Minecraft blocks ### 🎯 **Intuitive Configuration GUI** - **Drag & Drop**: Easy item placement - **Live Preview**: See changes instantly - **Material Slots**: Up to 7 different required materials - **Visual Controls**: Click-based adjustment for all settings - **Material Browser**: Paginated block selection interface - **Real-Time Updates**: Holograms refresh immediately ### 🛡️ **Protection & Permissions** - **Admin-Only Placement**: Secure pedestal creation - **Break Protection**: Prevents unauthorized removal - **Explosion Protection**: Safeguards against griefing - **Piston Protection**: Blocks mechanical disruption - **Permission System**: Separate controls for admins and users ### 💾 **Data Management** - **Instant Saving**: Configurations persist immediately - **Async Operations**: Zero lag on save/load - **Server Restart Safe**: All data preserved - **Chunk-Aware**: Holograms reload properly - **YAML Storage**: Human-readable data files --- ## 🎮 How It Works ### For Players 👥 **Step 1: Find a Pedestal** Look for floating items with colorful hologram text above special blocks. **Step 2: Read the Recipe** ``` Diamond Sword ← Result (WHITE text) 3x Diamond ← Materials (1x in GRAY, Diamond in GOLD) 2x Stick ← Materials (2x in GRAY, Stick in GOLD) 5 uses remaining ← Status (GREEN text) 🔷 ← Spinning 3D item 🟨 ← Pedestal block ``` **Step 3: Craft!** - Gather the exact materials shown - Right-click the pedestal - Materials consumed, item received instantly! --- ### For Admins 👑 **Quick Setup:** 1. `/pedestal` - Get a pedestal block 2. Place it anywhere 3. Shift + Right-Click to configure 4. Set result item and materials 5. Customize appearance and effects 6. Save and done! **Configuration GUI Features:** - **Result Slot**: Item players receive - **Material Slots (7)**: Items required to craft - **Block Type**: Change pedestal appearance - **Max Uses**: Set durability (or make unbreakable) - **Item Height**: Adjust floating item position - **Text Height**: Control hologram placement - **Item Scale**: Make items bigger/smaller - **Beacon Beam**: Toggle light beam effect - **Global Announcements**: Enable server-wide alerts --- ## 📝 Commands & Permissions ### Commands | Command | Aliases | Description | Permission | |---------|---------|-------------|------------| | `/pedestal` | `/ped` | Get a pedestal block | `pedestalcrafting.admin` | ### Permissions | Permission | Default | Description | |------------|---------|-------------| | `pedestalcrafting.admin` | OP | Create, configure, and manage pedestals | | `pedestalcrafting.use` | Everyone | Use pedestals to craft items | --- ## ⚙️ Configuration ### Hologram Colors *(NEW!)* ```yaml hologram: colors: result-item: WHITE # Top item na