TARDIS
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Downloads
I'm too lazy to upload TARDIS files to Bukkit anymore, as builds are automatically created when the plugin is updated and changes pushed to GitHub.
Version specific downloads can be found here: https://tardis.pages.dev/download
Please make sure you are using the latest Spigot/Paper builds (for the Minecraft version you are running) before installing TARDIS or creating an issue!
What it does
TARDIS is a plugin that gives you the ability to create a Police Box that lets you time travel (teleport) to random locations. It adds a Whovian twist to the typical /sethome and /home commands.
As a player, you can:
- Create a TARDIS that is bigger on the inside.
- Time travel to a random location.
- Time travel back home (where you created the TARDIS initially).
- Save and list interesting time travel locations, so you can return to them easily.
- Take companions with you when you time travel.
- Make your TARDIS blend in with the Chameleon Circuit.
- Use your own schematic to build the TARDIS interior
- Grow new TARDIS rooms
- Use Artron Energy
- Remote control the TARDIS
- Custom TARDIS sounds with companion Resource Pack
- Custom TARDIS textures with companion Resource Pack
Official documentation & FAQs
The documentation is here: https://tardis.pages.dev/
Tutorial videos for version 2+ (also included in the official docs)
Not all of these are up-to-date...
- Installation
- Creating a TARDIS - a bit old now, check the official docs for instructions
- Growing rooms and the Gravity well and changing Walls
- Time travelling
- Recharging Artron Energy - Updated with energy condenser chest!
- Companions
What's new?
Installation
As a minimum, just drop the TARDIS.jar, TARDISChunkGenerator.jar (look under Additional Files on the download page) and any optional plugins listed below into the Bukkit plugins folder and start your server. For more detailed instructions see: https://tardis.pages.dev/installation-v5
Optional installs
These are not needed for TARDIS to function, but enhance the plugin with extra features...
- Install the TARDIS-SoundResourcePack in the Minecraft client to hear custom TARDIS sounds
- Install the TARDIS-Resource-Pack to see aal the fancy textures and models (requires TARDIS v4.2 or higher).
- Install the TARDISChunkGenerator plugin so that you can generate TARDISes in their own self-contained world (included on the TARDIS plugin download page under Additional files).
- Install WorldGuard to automatically protect your TARDIS from griefing, and stop mobs spawning in TARDIS worlds.
- Install TARDISWeepingAngels to add some Whovian mobs to the game.
- Install a Permissions plugin, so that you can restrict or grant players the rights to use TARDIS’ different features. We like PermissionsBukkit.
Other important pages
| Subject | Link |
|---|---|
| Configuration | https://tardis.pages.dev/category/plugin-configuration |
| Commands | https://tardis.pages.dev/category/commands |
| Permissions | https://tardis.pages.dev/permissions-table |
| TARDIS Github repository | https://github.com/eccentricdevotion/TARDIS |
| Official todo list | https://github.com/eccentricdevotion/TARDIS/blob/master/todo.md |
| Bleeding edge builds (Will not always be available) |
Development builds of this project can be acquired at the provided continuous integration server. These builds have not been approved by the BukkitDev staff. Use them at your own risk. Latest TARDIS Build (Jenkins) Bleeding edge changes/commits |
Bugs / Requests
Please post a ticket for TARDIS plugin requests and bugs, thank you :)
WARNING: I am no longer prepared to waste my time looking at incomplete tickets. If your ticket does not follow the guidelines set out below, it will be deleted immediately!
Make sure you have read the FAQs first, as your question may already be answered there. Also make sure you have searched for a previous ticket with the same/similar issue (use the Filters to search closed tickets).
If you are going to create a BUG ticket you need to supply relevant information (as I'm not a mind reader, nor do I have access to your server...) - as a minimum you need:
- Exact CraftBukkit version i.e. NOT 'the latest' - use the
/tardis versioncommand if possible, otherwise copy from server log - Exact TARDIS version i.e. NOT 'the latest' - use the
/tardis versioncommand if possible, otherwise copy from server log - The server log showing the entire error (as a paste or at Pastebin - NOT a screenshot) - this should be the log from when the server starts up right through to when the error occurs
- If no error in the log, then a video of the bug happening or the EXACT steps needed to reproduce the issue.
- Attach your plugins/TARDIS/config.yml file or other configuration file if relevant
- Attach your plugins/TARDIS/TARDIS.db file if relevant
- List of other plugins on server
Stats
Basic statistics are collected for some versions of the TARDIS plugin (v2.5.8 and earlier). You can opt out at any time by setting opt-out: true in plugins/PluginMetrics/config.yml
External web access
Version 2.8 (and higher) of this plugin includes a translation feature (the /tardissay command) that connects to the Lingva translation service.
You can prevent players from using the command by removing / not giving them the permission tardis.translate
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Posted May 28, 2013@madmusician
OK, I've never actually used the default group before, but looks like you need to have the
permissionssection...Works for me as non-op :)
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Posted May 28, 2013@madmusician
As non-op I mean.
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Posted May 28, 2013@eccentricnz
Good news: no more tab errors. Unfortunately, I still can't enter my own Tardis...
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Posted May 28, 2013@madmusician
'\t' is the clue to solving this one... it stands for tab, so you still have tabs in the config file. Turn on invisible characters in Notepad (if you can) and make sure there are only spaces
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Posted May 28, 2013@eccentricnz
Many thanks. I actually checked the FAQ but completely missed that. We use WG to protect all of our spawns anyway so turning that off won't hurt us at all.
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Posted May 28, 2013@eccentricnz
I tried editing, and took myself out of OP to test it with. I couldn't enter my tardis or destroy it. Updated code (using Notepad with the tab config set to 4 spaces): http://dev.bukkit.org/paste/7840/
Also had server error in the log- [SEVERE] [PermissionsBukkit] Failed to load configuration org.bukkit.configuration.InvalidConfigurationException: while scanning for the next token found character '\t' that cannot start any token in "<string>", line 43, column 1:
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at org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration.loadFromString(YamlConfiguration.java:55) at org.bukkit.configuration.file.FileConfiguration.load(FileConfiguration.java:138) at org.bukkit.configuration.file.FileConfiguration.load(FileConfiguration.java:105) at com.platymuus.bukkit.permissions.PermissionsPlugin.reloadConfig(PermissionsPlugin.java:78) at com.platymuus.bukkit.permissions.PermissionsPlugin.onEnable(PermissionsPlugin.java:39) at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.setEnabled(JavaPlugin.java:217) at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.enablePlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:457) at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.enablePlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:381) at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.loadPlugin(CraftServer.java:282) at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.enablePlugins(CraftServer.java:264) at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.j(MinecraftServer.java:304) at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.e(MinecraftServer.java:283) at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:243) at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.DedicatedServer.init(DedicatedServer.java:151) at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:382) at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:573) Caused by: while scanning for the next token found character '\t' that cannot start any token in "<string>", line 43, column 1:
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at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.fetchMoreTokens(ScannerImpl.java:358) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.checkToken(ScannerImpl.java:179) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl$ParseBlockMappingKey.produce(ParserImpl.java:563) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.peekEvent(ParserImpl.java:161) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.checkEvent(ParserImpl.java:146) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java:230) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java:237) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java:237) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeDocument(Composer.java:123) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.getSingleNode(Composer.java:106) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.BaseConstructor.getSingleData(BaseConstructor.java:121) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.loadFromReader(Yaml.java:480) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.load(Yaml.java:399) at org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration.loadFromString(YamlConfiguration.java:53) ... 15 more
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Posted May 28, 2013@madmusician
Looks like you have some tabs in your YAML, which is a 'bad thing'. Make sure you use a text editor where you can set the preferences to use spaces instead of tabs.
You can also simplify it quite a lot... if you have
tardis.useyou don't need a whole lot of others as they are just child nodes oftardis.use. The same goes fortardis.roomit's a parent node for all the rooms. You also havepermissions.build: falseas part of the default group which will prevent players from being able to place blocks...Edited example: http://dev.bukkit.org/paste/7839/
Check your edited file here: http://yaml-online-parser.appspot.com - make sure there are no parsing errors
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Posted May 28, 2013@madmusician
I mean all of them but the first two.
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Posted May 28, 2013@eccentricnz @ eccentricnz Minus the spacing on the first two permissions: http://dev.bukkit.org/paste/7838/
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Posted May 28, 2013@madmusician
Post the contents of your PermissionsBukkit config.yml here: http://dev.bukkit.org/paste/
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Posted May 28, 2013I went ahead for a specific user to try to add permissions, specifically: tardis.enter: true tardis.use: true tardis.timetravel.player: true tardis.timetravel.location: true tardis.room: true tardis.nether: true tardis.end: true tardis.create: true tardis.timetravel: true tardis.list: true tardis.save: true tardis.enter: true tardis.add: true tardis.find: true tardis.update: true tardis.rebuild: true tardis.help: true tardis.book: true tardis.bigger: true tardis.deluxe: true tardis.eleventh: true tardis.redstone: true tardis.room: true tardis.room.antigravity: true tardis.room.arboretum: true tardis.room.baker: true tardis.room.bedroom: true tardis.room.cross: true tardis.room.empty: true tardis.room.farm: true tardis.room.gravity: true tardis.room.greenhouse: true tardis.room.harmony: true tardis.room.kitchen: true tardis.room.library: true tardis.room.long: true tardis.room.mushroom: true tardis.room.passage: true tardis.room.pool: true tardis.room.vault: true tardis.room.wood: true tardis.room.workshop: true tardis.book: true tardis.build: true No dice.
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Posted May 28, 2013@eccentrincnz I did install permissionsbukkit, I still can't get them to work. Sorry for being so frustrating.
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Posted May 28, 2013@xQuartz
Pour Multiworld...
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Posted May 28, 2013@madmusician
You need a permissions plugin, don't bother with the server's permissions.yml...
Download and install something like PermissionsBukkit
Sample perms config is here: http://dev.bukkit.org/paste/6759/
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Posted May 28, 2013Ok, so I'm a noob when it comes to permissions. I just transfered my server from vanilla to bukkit just for this plugin. While I'm op and can make/ use the tardis's, none of the other players (non-op) can build/ use them unless I make them op, which is what I don't want to do. Would someone mind assisting me in editing the server permissions file to allow them to do this, since apparently I'm doing it wrong? (e.g example permissions file, since apparently my syntax is wrong. A simple permissions file to default all users into a group, and give that group the needed permissions would be fantastic!) Thanks.
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Posted May 28, 2013Salut eccentricnz, ok pas grave, et pour la réponse que tu a donner a xXSshadowXx sa marche avec multiworld ? Si oui dit moi dans l'ordre les commande a effectuer s'il te plaît :)
Merci d'avance :)
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Posted May 28, 2013@xXSshadowXx
You also have the option to use a default world and still be able to grow rooms, as long as the world name is exactly TARDIS_TimeVortex and it uses TARDISChunkGenerator.
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Posted May 28, 2013@xXSshadowXx
It's most probably the server's setting for
spawn-protection, see: http://eccentricdevotion.github.io/TARDIS/faqs.html#spawn-
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Posted May 28, 2013I hate asking these types of things but I am at a loss. I redid our Tardis plugin and changed it to create per world Tardis' so that we can build rooms now. However now there is something blocking me from breaking blocks in my own Tardis. I know it's perm based as I can do it as op. Is there a tardis perm besides the .room parent I am missing?
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Posted May 27, 2013@MelekDad
If by 'tardis folder' you mean the
TARDIS_WORLD_playernamefolder, then you could re-import it into Multiverse:/mv import TARDIS_WORLD_playername normal -g TARDISChunkGeneratorHopefully then you can delete the TARDIS, depends what is going on in the database...
Otherwise you'll need to edit the database, there is a Firefox add-on you can use to do this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5817