Bukkit

@semirotta

Well, heh, I've been busy with real life, and had to completely throw out my old permissions setup (which was extremely painful to do, and is still painful right now), so everything I'm running is outdated. I run CraftBukkit build 1.5.2-R0.1 along with OtherDrops v2.8b542 along with CoreProtect v2.07b.

I haven't tested with later builds of either plugin, but if there is indeed an error occurring with the later builds of both plugins (when run together), it's probably an issue on Zarius's part. However, do bear this in mind. Many people who run OtherDrops probably run a logging plugin. There is a good chance many of these people run CoreProtect, because CoreProtect is popular, along with LogBlock and such. These very same people are probably running the latest builds of both CoreProtect and OtherDrops. My logic here is that you're the only one of many admins who experiences this kind of issue. Thus the issue might be unique to you. If many people experienced the same CoreProtect-OtherDrops issue that caused OtherDrops to "crash", the comments section would be flooded with many, many people complaining about the same problem. But it's not flooded.

HOWEVER, that does not mean your issue should receive no attention. To temporarily remedy your situation, try using earlier builds of either OtherDrops, CoreProtect, or both (on a testing server) to see what happens. If you find a combination of earlier builds that work for you, revert to it. In general, a good admin should have a backup plan for their server (according to this logic, I myself don't make a good admin). If one plugins goes wrong, they should be prepared to revert the plugin to an earlier build, if possible. And if it's not possible, they should be prepared to disable it temporarily. And if that's not possible... It's time to think of a creative remedy.

In other words, look for a temporary remedy, hang tight, and wait for Zarius to push out a fix for your situation. I'm sure he's busy with his many plugins, and with real life. :)

@Lukethenuke

Tickets aren't always for things that are actually bugs or suggestions. It's always better to err on the safe side anyway. But seeing as the issue isn't totally unique to this plugin, you might want to investigate the plugin that runs the command (Custom Professions, if I recall) and ask the developer there why the command doesn't always run via other plugins properly.

Here is an example, shown below, on how to format your examples better.

<<code yaml>>
    STONE:
    - tool: ANY
      drop: blah blah blah
# comment!
# this follows the exact yaml format you see in ".yml" files
<</code>>

The "<<code yaml>>" depicts the "beginning" of the "yaml format", whereas the "<</code>>" depicts the "end" of the format.

@CubieX

Actually, I don't really think you can drop negative money. Nor do I think you can somehow drop "money.victim" (whatever that means), as @semirotta pointed out.

Try using this:

    HORSE:
    - money: -8
      message: "Killing horses is cruel. You lost %q $."

Everything else, like "chance: 100" and "tool: ANY" is totally redundant; you don't need that.

@semirotta

You know, I've said this before, and I'm going to say it again: you should get a test server if you want any of your errors fixed. You've been posting a few errors and complaining that it "breaks" your server, yet you expect it to be fixed without showing Zarius how to reproduce it.

First off, I doubt those errors actually break anything (besides the one where OtherDrops "aborts" due to CoreProtect). I've had a few OtherDrops errors before, but they were all benign. Second off, I run CoreProtect and OtherDrops together just fine - nothing breaks or spams my console. Thirdly, it helps to make a ticket AND explain the nature of your issue(s), because then the developer will (probably) know what to do to remedy the issue.

The point of running a testing server is to troubleshoot the source of bugs without worrying about causing damage to any real server. To know whether an issue is a plugin conflict or not, run OtherDrops alone. If the problem persists without ANY other plugins running, then the issue is purely on the developer's head. But if it doesn't persist, it's a plugin conflict.

If it's a plugin conflict, find the other plugin that's conflicting with OtherDrops, instead of waiting for another admin to experience the same issue and asking him what his plugin list is. Because frankly, even when you do know his list, it's not going to be helpful when you share multiple plugins in common. You can find the other plugin by doing a binary search.

In a nutshell, make everyone's life easier by first keeping track of your errors, posting a ticket for each unique error (I've made the mistake of posting a ticket for two errors that were actually the same, but happened twice) instead of posting more than once about it in the comments, describing the nature of each issue, and last but not least explaining how to replicate the error to the developer. And let's not forget to include important (test) server specs, like what plugins (and their versions) you were running, what version of CraftBukkit, etc.

Don't get me wrong though. I'm not trying to lambast or offend you in any way. I'm just trying to point you toward better bug reporting practices. @Lukethenuke's comment (which is near one of your comments) is a really good (coincidental) example of a bug report, though he should probably post it as a ticket so it doesn't get drowned out by wall-comments like mine.

And on a sidenote, if you want to give other people an example of how to configure something, use WikiCreole's code text. I'll give you an example in the comment above this one.

@semirotta

This is a snippet from my mob powers config. It makes it so enderdragons cause several potion effects when they hit a player. The cooldown is to help reduce the spam because a dragon can hit a player up to 5 times in one swoop.

    PLAYER:
        - trigger: HIT
          tool: ENDER_DRAGON@100h
          potioneffect.victim: [BLINDNESS@200@1, CONFUSION@200@1, WEAKNESS@200@1]
          cooldown: hit.$p@3
          message.victim: "&cThe dragon swipes you with its claw!"

Also, there should be no issue with OtherDrops and Coreprotect right now as long as you have both plugins updated to the current builds.(Use dev builds when available) I have both plugins updated and have no problem with them.

@semirotta

You can already do that with zombies using the hit trigger, I have plenty of mobs on my server that cause potion effects or custom damage amounts when they hit you.