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 Apr 12, 2014@eccentricnz
That helps to clarify everything.
I guess I was worried that if a player with special permissions for a plugin that does not yet support UUID's changes their name without notifying the server admin, then someone else could grab their old name to get those special permissions. But this sounds like it will be even more of a problem for older server versions that rely entirely on names. Upgrading as soon as possible appears to be the only course of action. That's what I needed to know, thanks!
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Posted Apr 12, 2014@WonkoTheSane1
Yes, the whole point of releasing 1.7.6/7/8 is to give servers some preparation time to get ready for the name changing in 1.8. Plugins that have updated, like TARDIS will work in 1.7.8, and plugins like WorldGuard that haven't will also still work - the methods to get a player by their name haven't been removed. This will still be true in 1.8 - the issue comes when a player actually changes their name - take WorldGuard for example: if player xxxxxx has access to build in region bbbbbbb, and they change their name to yyyyyyyy then they will lose access to build in the region, but WorlGuard is still doing the correct thing by protecting the region, even though it isn't supporting UUIDs. If TARDIS wasn't using UUIDs and a player changed their name, the player would lose access to their TARDIS, but the plugin would still work... The issues here are actually all on the player, not the server
I would have to disagree with Squawkers comment, I haven't removed any plugins from my test server and have not noticed any issues so far, of course you'll need to take it on a case by case basis...
Any plugin that persists player name data in a database or YAML file should convert those records to use UUIDs instead of player names (as is the case with the server's whitelist/banlist/ops files etc). Any plugin that doesn't persist the data should be unaffected by the upcoming changes.
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Posted Apr 12, 2014@WonkoTheSane1
You probably shouldn't install non-UUID-supporting plugins on CB 1.7.8, which WILL support name changes when they are implemented.
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Posted Apr 12, 2014Thanks for staying on top of the Bukkit releases :)
I think I understand the UUID changes in Minecraft in terms of how they affect server administration, but it's a lot to take in so I'm hoping you can verify something for me:
At present, not all plugins have updated to support UUID's. You are waiting for WorldGuard and others to update as you make the necessary adjustments to the TARDIS code. From a server administration standpoint, while this process is happening, there's no downside to updating everything to CB 1.7.8 and then having some plugins supporting UUID's and others not supporting them yet, correct? The problem, as I understand it, will come with 1.8 when players can actually change their names. At that point server admins will want to wait for the relevant plugins to update before upgrading to CB 1.8.
Do I understand everything correctly?
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Posted Apr 12, 2014TARDIS 2.8-beta-3 has been uploaded and is awaiting Bukkit approval.
To avoid any confusion, this version is for CraftBukkit 1.7.8 only due to the upcoming Minecraft in-game name changing.
The TARDIS.zip file also includes a new TARDISHorseSpeed.jar for CraftBukkit 1.7.8 compatibility.
Cview the change log here
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Posted Apr 11, 2014TARDISHorseSpeed has been updated to version 1.0e for CraftBukkit 1.7.8 compatibility - grab the latest build from the TARDIS Jenkins server linked above.
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Posted Apr 11, 2014@DONTHATE8
http://eccentricdevotion.github.io/TARDIS/faqs.html#txtpac
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Posted Apr 11, 2014what texture pack do you use eccentricnz
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Posted Apr 11, 2014@GervaisJohn
No, you put them in the actual world folder in the server folder - the folder already exists or you wouldn't be able to play at all!
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Posted Apr 11, 2014@eccentricnz
I have all the files, but no folder. Should I create a world/data folder in the plugin folder and insert all the .dat files in there?
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Posted Apr 11, 2014@sbongbob
I'm trying to test this to help track down the cause of the biome disk issue so it can be fixed but I'm having trouble understanding the exact steps you take that cause it to happen. Can you please make a ticket and list out the exact steps you take, one at a time? That would help me test it.
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Posted Apr 11, 2014@eccentricnz
thanks. but as i have stated already. its not just about adding a new biome to an erased disk..... -_- after i did that i could not add a new biome to ANY! new biome disk. weather i spawned it or crafted it. i just cant seem to add any new biomes to any biome disk i craft or spawn in. and my friend cant either as well so its not just me.
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Posted Apr 11, 2014@sbongbob
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Posted Apr 11, 2014@eccentricnz
1: i can craft a biome disk and then add a block or item to it. but then AFTER i erase it. when i craft a new biome disk or spawn one in. i cant add anything to ither!
2: type /tardisrecipe s (or something random) so it gives you the list of nams of what you can craft. in the disk section there is a disk called sender-disk
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Posted Apr 10, 2014@GervaisJohn
Not seeing any issues there either...
Make sure you have all the map files in the correct world/data folder there should be 16 of them from map_1963.dat through to map_1978.dat
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Posted Apr 10, 2014When I attempt to fuse the bio scanner circuit to the sonic screwdriver it doesn't do anything. I am sure that I have the permission for it...
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Posted Apr 10, 2014@sbongbob
Not sure where you're seeing that...
Also not having any issues crafting a mesa biome disk (or any other)
Also see my edited post below re: erasing disks
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Posted Apr 10, 2014@eccentricnz
1:uh. i looked at the list of disks. one said Sender-Disk.
2: i think there is some kind of bug in the beta build. i tried spawning another biome-disk. and crafting another one. but i cant use any item or block to set em again!. i tried using redsand (again) but it would not craft in to a biome-disk mesa
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Posted Apr 10, 2014@sbongbob
You don't erase Biome disks, that's only for save and player disks, you just need to craft a new one. There is no sender disk.I take that back, you can erase Biome disks and re-craft them to a different biome :)
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Posted Apr 10, 2014@WonkoTheSane1
thanks. but after i erased the disk. i could not use red sand (again) or any other item or block to add a nothing biome to the biome disk.
also what is a sender disk?