Bukkit

@justinwl

What does it say when it tells them they can't do /bending choose?

@machado197328

I have tested language support, and have it working on my own server. The dev build works just fine, and the versions are identical.

In fact, I just logged on to my server and tested it, and indeed everything works as I said it does.

The way you were adding it is correct, where it says

SupportedLanguages:
- en
- pt

Is exactly correct and what you needed to add.

You've done this, and you saw the language file double in size and you have a whole section under "pt:" which you can then edit. Once you've edited it and saved it, then you can just do a /b reload and you're good to go.

I say this, yes it's repeating what I've said before, but I literally just tested it out, exactly as I said it. You don't have to restart the server even, or anything like that. Apparently I made it very robust, a simple /b reload works.

Tell me, when you type "/b language", what does it say?

@zanisxx

When I say minecraft graphics cannot handle it, I mean that a "ring" or a circle has to be a certain size to be able to represent it properly with pixles/blocks. Torrent is the lower limit of this size, and is about 2 blocks in radius. The water rings from the show were not that large, were very thin, and travelled in ways that just cannot be done with minecraft pixel graphics.

I'll not be making a probending arena plugin, my efforts are elsewhere. I believe my plugin can be hooked into easily, though, if someone wanted to make something like what you're describing.

That one chi move? Cripple? That would be simple, and I'm probably going to add that. The dodge one which I said wouldn't be possible to make? No, not "hard", impossible. You cannot possibly, with bukkit, reliably tell when someone is strafing with A or D.

The rings you're describing are nearly identical to Torrent and OctopusForm, both of which would do the same thing.

I shoot down many, many ideas. You can keep suggesting, I'll have no problem with it, but I will likely shoot those down too. It's just the simple fact of how strictly a move must be created to be added to the plugin. It must follow these guidelines:

1. It must be possible in Minecraft with Bukkit.
2. The animations must be able to look nice. I've prided myself on making bending look as good as it possibly can in Minecraft with just a server-side plugin. I'm not going to add a cool move that looks terrible, because aesthetics are just as important to me.
3. It must be different from functionality from all the other moves.
4. It must be useful enough to warrant being added.
5. Perhaps most importantly, it must be something true to the series.

The technique with water rings Katara used in The Swamp or the ice rings she used against Pakku in The Waterbending Master run in to issues with #2. The teleport strafing dodge feature expanded upon by codiaz runs into issues with #1 and #5. See what I mean?

It's not that I'm opposed to change or suggestions, just that I'm fairly convinced I've gone through the series and every move enough to know that there simply are no more moves I can give benders - which is a good thing because I really like being capped at 9 moves, for balance and ease of use.

@zanisxx

I'm not sure about that one, it doesn't seem like it's something the series has displayed.

@machado197328

Try making sure the server is down when you modify the language file. When you're done, save the changes and then start your server once more. I modified the FAQ, hopefully it explains things a bit better now.

@Bca1849

I may implement such techniques, but I'm not sure. The idea is that certain moves should be used to counter other moves, like WaterWall and FireShield and RaiseEarth.

@monstercat101

God armor?

@biowaier

I like your ideas a lot, but I'm hesitant to incorporate them. I've been struggling with where I want to take Chiblockers, since many skills you've mentioned and others have mentioned are not specific to chiblockers, but rather specific to fighters in general. For example, the ability to dodge or do more damage or break armor are the results of training fighting techniques in general, not training the ability to block someone's chi.

That, and balance, are why there are so few abilities for chiblockers - other abilities don't come from the ability to block chi. I'm not sure where I'll take them, but if I take them in the fighter direction your suggestions will be much appreciated.

Cripple, however, is definitely one I think I'd like to add and is chiblocker-esque.

@zanisxx

You can't make an enemy "not see" with Bukkit. The stream attacks you've mentioned would not have different enough functionality from the other moves to warrant adding. All of the elements are done, with 9 moves a piece (one for each slot you have). Bloodbending not included of course, since that's not generally available.

@zanisxx

Shockwave already exists and is similar to your Earthquake idea. IceSpike has already been altered, and slows instead of dealing good damage like WaterManipulation (since it's cold). Wave can already affect the bender, and many use it to "surf". If that's not controlled enough, there's WaterSpout. Streaming the water, like you're talking about what Katara did in the first episode, is one I might add again later (it was in once), but is not a high priority. WaterWall has been made to react -very- quickly already, you don't need/can't use anything faster. Water/Ice rings cannot be rendered with Minecraft graphics. I'm hesitant to add a "water shield", since WaterWall (from surge) does what it needs to do without being too strong. Also, in the episode you mentioned, his "shield" was only a hemisphere and came from the flowing water behind him - there was no other way for the water to flow and he did nothing that a "wall" of water couldn't have done. I cannot program animations as smoothly as artists can animate them in the shows.

Hopefully you're starting to see why most of these suggestions get shot down so often, since there's a lot that goes into making any move.

@codiaz

While I like that dodge idea, there's no way for Bukkit to catch when a player strafes (i.e. presses A or D).

@zanisxx

For many, many reasons, metalbending will not be added in the capacity you want.

@machado197328

I literally cannot explain it any clearer than I did in the FAQ. Sorry.

@codiaz

Such a crashing bug for 1.5 (which is still only a development build) is not surprising and I'll not bother with it until Bukkit releases a beta, which should be stable enough to release a new dev build.

@justinwl

Read up on how to do and modify permissions with your favorite permissions plugin (I use PermissionsEx). That's not what this is here for.

@MysteriusLordJo

In the config.yml, there's a list of earthbendable blocks. Just add the material name in the same way the rest of the blocks are written there (like -MYCEL). Here is the list of all material names.

@AttaWishes

Thanks. "Must" is a bit harsh a word for someone not intimately familiar with the ins and outs of this plugin...

In the series, there was never shown a range discrepancy between benders. Firebenders had ridiculous range (look at Sozin's Comet, Combustion Man, Jeong Jeong, etc). And basically all benders had the ability to fire their element far away (Pakku in the Siege of the North, Aang throughout the series, Earthbenders shooting artillery at Appa in The Earth King). Ranges are pretty balanced considering those facts.

Damage balance, however, was recently completed and is in the dev build. It makes the whole thing much better and more epic. If you have the dev build, just delete your config to see the changes.

New attacks: All benders have 9 moves each. Bending isn't about attacking all the time (not in the show, and not in this plugin). It's about utility. I'm quite satisfied with the amount of attacks and utility each bender has.

I'm very interested in a german translation and would definitely walk you through doing that. PM me to find out what to do, and to run any more ideas by.