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@Atrelyu

No problem!

Ok, so the first thing to keep in mind is that the action system replaced the class-based system. It used to be that every spell was its own class, meaning the logic behind the spell was written in code. If you wanted a new spell that does something very different from existing spells, you had to write code to do it and put it in your own plugin (that's dependent on Magic)

With the action system, I attempted to take all of the "atomic" bits of logic and separate them into individual actions. Then I put most of the builtin spells back together using actions and configuration, instead of having all of the logic in code.

For instance, there is a FrostSpell class that's not used anymore. It would freeze blocks in a radius, as well as damage and slow any entities in range. Now that spell is configuration-based instead, using the Disc, Cover, Freeze, AreaOfEffect, Damage and PotionEffect actions.

So the configuration can be really complex for an action spell, but it gives you the ability to piece together your own logic without needing any coding experience or tools.

So that all said, there are 3 main parts of a modern (action-based) spell. Sounds like you have a handle on them, but:

• The action list. This is what defines the actual spell behavior. If you want to modify (erase/change) a block, you'd use the ModifyBlock action. If you want to damage the target entity, you'd use the Damage action. Actions can be put inside other actions, like AreaOfEffect (apply actions to all entities in a radius) or Sphere (apply actions to all blocks in a radius). So what you end up doing is building a "tree" of actions that define what the spell does. This can span multiple ticks, like with the Delay and Repeat actions- so you can make spells with truly animated effects.
• The effects list. This is mostly independent of the rest of the spell, though it can tie into actions with the PlayEffects action, giving you the ability to add custom effects to any part of your spell's behavior.
• The parameters, these tweak how the actions in the action list work. Every action has its own set of tweakable parameters (which unfortunately aren't very well documented at the moment). A lot of them are obvious- like "radius" will effect the AreaOfEffect and Sphere actions, "damage" the Damage action, and so on.

I hope that helps a bit, let me know if I can explain better!

To use custom schematics, simply make a folder "/plugins/Magic/schematics" on your server and copy any schematics you want to use there. You can use "/magic list schematics" in-game to make sure they've shown up, at which point you can use them in configs just like any of the built-in ones, or test it in-game like

(with a wand in-hand)
/mgive schematic:mycustomschematic
/mgive paste
(cast the Paste spell to paste in your schematic)

The Bubble spell uses the Volume action, which makes a cuboid. If you give it the "radius" parameter like bubble does, it'll make a cube. So just increase the radius parameter to make it bigger or smaller. You can also use x_size, y_size and z_size to make an irregular cuboid shape. If you make different sizes for X and Z you may want to set "orient: true" so that it will have roughly the same shape no matter the angle at which it's cast.

Making it animated like a wave might be really tricky- you may be able to use the Line action inside a Repeat for that with "increment_data: true". That'll make the Line action increase the data value of the water, which will make it raise up in level.. not really sure that'd work, but I guess that's where I'd start playing. You could also take a look at the "wave" spell, I never really got that one working well but that was my original attempt to make a wave-like animation.

@Skailon

You are so multi-lingual! :D

Yes you can spawn magic mobs with command blocks, or better use the spawners. Try "/cast spawnershop" to see the built-in ones.

@Skailon

There is no way to do that built into Magic.

MagicWorlds can do that, but it's pretty tricky to get it configured, and relies on natural mob spawning. Meaning it can replace all chickens in a region with some other mob or magic mob type (for instance) but it can't force spawning of mobs anywhere.

@ifamous9877

What have you tried?

You only need to download the right version of the plugin for your server version, and put it in your plugins/ folder- that's literally it :)

https://github.com/elBukkit/MagicPlugin/wiki#version-compatibility

If you are certain you have the right version, please check your server log for errors.

@Atrelyu

There's no way to directly grant permissions, no, but you can have the items run commands as you said. Have them run as console and it should work fine. So the basic steps would be:

1. Make a spell using the Command action to grant permissions 2. Make a single-use wand item that casts the spell from #1 3. ... Profit!

@Atrelyu

Permissions wiki:

https://github.com/elBukkit/MagicPlugin/wiki/Permissions

Complete list of permissions is in the plugin.yml file:

https://github.com/elBukkit/MagicPlugin/blob/master/Magic/src/main/resources/plugin.yml#L412

@Atrelyu

Sounds like you want the "Magic.wand.override_drop" and "Magic.commands.wand" permissions.

Normal players can't drop wands or put them in chests, nor use any commands.

@AustralianGamerMC

Oh, and it's also possible to make invisible wand items via a resource pack, which maybe is what you saw but I can't really be sure.

@AustralianGamerMC

Hm, that is not strictly possible with this plugin. All of the data about casting is encoded on the wand items themselves. It's *possible* a server was set up to use /cast somehow, but that sounds more like it'd be using MagicSpells.

The best place to look for spell configs are the built-in spells themselves!

https://github.com/elBukkit/MagicPlugin/tree/master/Magic/src/main/resources/defaults/spells

That contains all of the default survival spells. Your best bet is probably to pick one that is similar to what you want (Magic Missile is a decent "starter spell"), copy the file, put it in plugins/Magic/spells and then start tweaking it. The first thing you'd want to do is change the "key name", so change the first line from "missile:" to "mycustomspell:" or whatever.

@Yisgrammor

Ah- yeah, whoops! See the compatibility list here:

https://github.com/elBukkit/MagicPlugin/wiki#version-compatibility

You'll need to stay on Magic 6.0.4 until you update to at least Spigot 1.9.1