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 10, 20161.9.4 versions of TARDIS / TARDISChunkGenerator on Jenkins server...
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Posted May 6, 2016@JonyPooh
Use Multiverse to set the respawn world
/mv modify set respawn [respawn_world] TARDIS_TimeVortex-
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Posted May 6, 2016When i die in my tardis i respawn in the void. Its pretty bad. Any ideas what I can do?
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Posted May 6, 2016@eccentricnz Thanks, that makes sense. I never even noticed the amount of energy required in the config for travelling there. I'll go read up on how to boost above max power and try again. :)
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Posted May 6, 2016@JonyPooh
Nope
http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/tardis/#w-bugs-requests
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Posted May 6, 2016is there a discord chat or irc channel or skype chat for tardis stuff/talk/support?
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Posted May 5, 2016@khamseen_air
You need at least (by default) 5500 artron energy in the TARDIS Artron Capacitor to travel to The End
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Posted May 5, 2016For travel to 'The End', do you have to first find and activate a portal the normal way? I only ask because even though I have allowed travel there and given the permission, every time I select The End as a destination it selects the overworld instead. I can travel to The Nether just fine though.
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Posted May 5, 2016Do you think you could add a flight mode so that you don't instantly land instead you can fly through the time vortex then choose to land?
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Posted May 3, 2016@WonkoTheSane1
Scratch that, don't think that actually shades anything...
would seem that shaders in a resource pack is fully workable, this one: http://www.planetminecraft.com/texture_pack/shaders-vanilla/ seems to work (though it's not great)-
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Posted May 3, 2016@WonkoTheSane1
Unless OptiFine can load shaders from a resource pack, I doubt it can be done without another mod :(
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Posted May 3, 2016@roracle
Really need to see your WorldResourcePacks config file and the server startup log...
It'll be one of two things:
New build available on Jenkins server, will use default pack if can't get world / config option
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Posted May 3, 2016@roracle
Disable
set_pack_on_join:for now, I'll look at it tonight-
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Posted May 2, 2016@eccentricnz
Now you guys have me curious: Do you know if Optifine provides a way for a plugin to automatically switch Shader packs on a per word basis? My google-fu failed me again here and I wasn't finding any relevant info. It might be interesting making custom shaders for each of those worlds so there are unique lighting tones and effects in addition to texture changes.
For myself, I have two different shaders I use depending on the world I'm in. The one I prefer isn't super compatible with void worlds so I have to switch when I enter my TARDIS. Would be nice if I could automate that.
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Posted May 1, 2016@eccentricnz
Awesome, I'm very grateful for this. :)
UPDATE: On logging in I get this error message:
[12:25:22 ERROR]: Could not pass event PlayerJoinEvent to WorldResourcePacks v1.0 org.bukkit.event.EventException at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader$1.execute(JavaPluginLoader.java:310) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at org.bukkit.plugin.RegisteredListener.callEvent(RegisteredListener.java:62) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.fireEvent(SimplePluginManager.java:502) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.callEvent(SimplePluginManager.java:487) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.PlayerList.onPlayerJoin(PlayerList.java:332) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.PlayerList.a(PlayerList.java:158) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.LoginListener.b(LoginListener.java:144) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.LoginListener.c(LoginListener.java:54) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.NetworkManager.a(NetworkManager.java:232) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.ServerConnection.c(ServerConnection.java:141) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.MinecraftServer.D(MinecraftServer.java:820) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.DedicatedServer.D(DedicatedServer.java:400) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.MinecraftServer.C(MinecraftServer.java:660) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:559) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] at java.lang.Thread.run(java.base@9-ea/Thread.java:804) [?:?] Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at me.eccentric_nz.worldresourcepacks.WorldResourcePacksListener.setResourcePack(WorldResourcePacksListener.java:37) [?:?] at me.eccentric_nz.worldresourcepacks.WorldResourcePacksListener.onPlayerJoin(WorldResourcePacksListener.java:30) [?:?] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(java.base@9-ea/Native Method) [?:?] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(java.base@9-ea/NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) [?:?] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(java.base@9-ea/DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) [?:?] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(java.base@9-ea/Method.java:531) [?:?] at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader$1.execute(JavaPluginLoader.java:306) [spigot.jar:git-Spigot-e6f93f4-935f18b] ... 14 more
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Posted May 1, 2016@roracle
http://tardisjenkins.duckdns.org:8080/job/WorldResourcePacks/lastSuccessfulBuild/me.eccentric_nz.worldresourcepacks$WorldResourcePacks/
Config should be self explanatory...
One command only
/wrp reloadFeature requests taken...
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Posted May 1, 2016@eccentricnz
It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make to be honest. The old ones lagged a bit, too, but any game has "loading time" between scenes. I guess with story telling and such, it's a good feature to work with. If you have it implemented, I would use it for sure. It isn't necessary, that's for sure, but it's totally worth having for an RP server taking place on multiple planets.
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Posted May 1, 2016@roracle
I always find the lag when changing annoying... Here's a quick test plugin:
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Posted May 1, 2016@roracle
All my google-fu was not strong enough to locate an up to date plugin to do this. I found a few, but they're all very old (Minecraft 1.3!) and don't appear to work anymore. :(
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Posted May 1, 2016@eccentricnz
The problem is it's not just "in the TARDIS and out". I have a storyline I'm setting up that players will have to go to multiple planets to do various things so they can unlock the ability to use a TARDIS. Various planets need various texture packs, so people can just look and know where they are. IE: Earth will be basic textures, Gallifrey will have browish water and redish grass, Namek with teal color grass and other pastels for the trees and water. The list goes on. But the point is for the story lines to take place in limited, protected areas of each world, and lead on until they get a TARDIS for themselves; thus being able to visit the other worlds in the wilderness to build their own towns and mine more resources.