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@TempusVulpi

Oh, try updating to the latest WorldEdit (you may need a dev build)

I'll bet if you check the command blocks, the command text is empty. That is a WE schematic loading bug. Magic currently relies on WE for schematic loading, though I would really like to do it myself at some point.

I hope that helps!

@TempusVulpi

Are there no command blocks behind the button wall?

I did make some changes to how command blocks can be created to try and eliminate some griefing. I was worried I had broken schematic based command blocks like wolf house. I did test it though and it seemed to work! This would all be specific to the dev or autonoma build- what version are you running?

Otherwise it oughtta just work! The regen button has a two hour cooldown though, it should print a message if you have to wait. Let me know! I wouldn't want my favorite spell to be broken!

I just released a weird, minor update - if you are interested in Conway's Game of Life, or want to play with some (potentially dangerous and messy) automata, then this build is for you!

If not, maybe skip it and wait for 2.9.9.

These spells were largely created for a big in-game event I'm hosting on my server, involving the creation of artificial life, and it overtaking an alternate universe. The new spells are spelled out in the below comment, plus one new one:

Defender: - Will track down other Automata, engulf them and attempt to disable them.

All of this stuff is highly experimental, so use at your own risk- and, really, don't cast Virus! See the video at the top of this post to see what happens if it is left unchecked before you try to cast that one.

@TempusVulpi

Oh hai :) Did I meet you in-game?

Well the DEV build has all that stuff, but it's not officially released yet. It's all potentially very destructive, and very weird, and I wasn't sure anyone was interested :)

I could release it soon if you want, I'm just tinkering around with all of the Life-related spells right now.

But I was thinking of maybe making a special "Automaton" release if anyone wants this stuff. The TODO list for 2.9.9 is still quite long, so otherwise it'll be a wait (or grab the dev build)

The "Automaton" spells include:

• Simulate : Improved version, this is mainly for powering Glider and Life and not for casting
• Glider : Improved version, contained within a 2D glider shape now instead of having an external power nub
• Life : create a giant [128x128] 2D Life board to experiment with.
• Simulate 3D : 3D Life variant that powers the following spells, this is also not necessarily meant for direct casting.
• Animate : The base spell for the following spells, will create an Automaton that follows a path.

I plan on making them steerable so you could ride one around, but the ruleset needs a lot of work.

This spell will create an automaton "heart" embedded in whatever you target, and animate all blocks of that type in the area. It may immediately die if the blocks are backed too tightly, or there are not enough blocks. It will potentially clear all blocks of the type you cast it on in the area.

• Virus : the mega-spell I've made specific for the "Virus" event playing out on my server right now. It grows to be very large, leaves a trail in its wake, and will hunt down nearby players. Don't cast this unless you're really sure- see my dynmap if you want to get a preview of the kind of havoc and destruction this can wreak. Note that as long as you pick a material that is not in use anywhere around, a Virus can be cleaned up pretty easily with SuperConvert [erase].

• Hunter : Created to fight the Virus, will destroy all blocks of its type in a small area around itself. I'm working on making them track down nearby Viruses, but currently they hunt players... my original plan was to have them be a solid block that suffocates players. Probably I will end up doing both once I have some good rulesets picked out.

Anyway, if any of this sounds interesting grab my dev build, or if you really want I can put a release together. There are a few other good bugfixes and random new spells and features in there, too, I think.

@britaniacraft

I use MultiVerse on my server, so I'm pretty sure that's not it. I was using MV Inv for a while, and it seemed fine with the wands- but it was generally buggy and crashed the server a lot (OOM), so I removed it.

I was giving that "multi world inventory" thing as an example, MV Inv was fine in my personal testing.

Any other ideas? :)

@TempusVulpi

Each wand has a mana pool that regenerates over time. Check lore for wands and spells, it's all spelled out pretty well.

Just use a better wand, "elder" or "admin" for testing.

@TempusVulpi

What are you trying to cast, and with what wand?

Just do /wand elder if you're testing, it has enough mana for everything.

You can also set "cost_reduction: 1" in config.yml to turn off costs completely.

@britaniacraft

It'd be helpful if you could narrow down the plugin that is doing that. Do you have a secondary offline server you could run with only the Magic plugin? Or can you send me a list of your plugins?

@britaniacraft

I am working on the documentation for sure, but I thought I documented all of the main stuff in wands.defaults.yml

I'm not sure how using /wandp is going to help you though! Do you know what plugin is breaking the wands, or under what circumstances they are getting broken?

Some common examples

• An inventory storage plugin (e.g. backpack, multi world inventories) doesn't store the wand properly, gets wiped on storage use
• A trading plugin (like dtlTraders, which did this before I integrated Magic with it) may wipe wands that you try to sell, or even just when interacting with the trader
• Using creative mode with a wand (the wand will try to jump out of your hands to save itself)

Basically any plugin that might try to make a copy of an item may destroy the wand. I'd be curious to know what is causing it for you.

I got an email asking how to add wands to Essentials kits, but the comment is gone. Perhaps the person figured it out, but just in case it "wand: <wandname>" like "wand: villager" or "wand: elder". Same as with the shop signs.

@Gonjii

They are currently not very compatible, unfortunately, and the weapon/wands are honestly not a high priority for me- but I will see what I can do. If I find some way to make the two compatible, I will certainly do it- but if this turns into a big mess it's something I will look at after 3.0. It's on my TODO list now though :)

@britaniacraft

Yes, each wand is unique, its data is stored in the item itself, in custom NBT tags. If another plugin wants to dig into that, they would look for the "wand" tag on the item.

The way magic works with wands and NBT data is not going to change unless a Bukkit or MC change forces me to- sorry!