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 Jan 17, 2014@Murreey
Try it with the standard craftbukkit, I'm not having any problems with it.
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Posted Jan 17, 2014I updated our server to use TARDIS 2.7-beta-2, and the plugin threw this error on start up, and then this one every time a player logged in.
All the TARDIS commands in game simply give back the message explaining their syntax, even when it's correct, and nobody could enter, exit or travel in their TARDISes.
We're running the most recent Bukkit Beta build, #2974. (I know it says it's ftb.jar, but it's just a renamed craftbukkit.jar, long story).
Any idea what might be causing it? :/
Cheers!
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@PokemasterGold
Frequently Asked Questions
http://eccentricdevotion.github.io/TARDIS/faqs.html
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Posted Jan 16, 2014Whats that?
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@PokemasterGold
It means you need to read the FAQs
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Posted Jan 16, 2014When i try to create rooms it tells me "you cannot grow rooms unless your Tardis was created in its own world" what does that mean?
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@eccentricnz
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! i missed the breathing of Her, my TARDIS
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@Jemhan
plugins/TARDIS/recipes.yml
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@XVampiregurlX
Looks similar to what I get on my test server, which only runs on 4GB on an old MacBook Pro. There is always going to some lag when TARDISes are created, especially the bigger sizes which are 17000 blocks. The only way to get around it is to have smaller TARDISes, which I'm not sure many players would appreciate!
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@eccentricnz
http://www.aikar.co/timings.php?url=28b1405fc8190f430adf5b5a38141f69 the server didn't lag this time. i made an iron tardis and had someone create it. then they created their own and still didn't lag. i also pasted in the budget schematic
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Posted Jan 16, 2014hey so i thought to fix my recipe issue i tryed to look for the recipe config but i cant find it
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@wolfos360
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser/
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@eccentricnz
yaaa.....soooo how do i open the TARDIS.db file? like opening it with Notepad but.... it's gibberish to me...... i am such a newb
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@markdf
I have been trying it, but unfortunately pasting in a WorldEdit schematic doesn't trigger any timings data like interacting with a block does. It does take about the same time for WorldEdit to paste a TARDIS schematic, as it does for TARDIS to grow it - though TARDIS does a bit more work - recording control and lamp locations for example.
Also check out http://www.aikar.co/timings.php - you can paste in the timings data to get a nice breakdown
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@eccentricnz
I didnt know about that, I'll have to try it out.
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@XVampiregurlX
Try this:
http://www.clanslots.com/help/MineCraft/bukkit-profiling/
When you do it, it would be good to compare the results of both TARDIS creating a new TARDIS, and WorldEdit pasting in the same TARDIS schematic
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@XVampiregurlX
i am having this problem aswell
sometimes it dose crash for me
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@eccentricnz
My server lags really hard and just about crashes when someone makes a new tardis. http://pastie.org/8639777 Is it one of my plugins? Also each tardis makes its own world. There is no error report. Also its a dedicated server. The one i have tardis on is 12GB. The whole machine is 35
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Posted Jan 16, 2014@wolfos360
Well, apart from the atrocious state that your server plugins folder is in..., I have tracked down the problem to the database - specifically duplicate
tardis_ids in thestoragetable.I suggest you:
storagetable - it will remake itself next server start-up - players will lose any items they may have stored, but you can use the/tardisgivecommand to give them backLet me know how it all goes
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Posted Jan 15, 2014@eccentricnz
I went ahead with making a fresh recipe then editing it how you said I would have to, I can't believe it was such a simple fix for the changes I made. Thanks so much for your help, and thank you for this amazing plugin.