DeathSwap

An implementation of the Minecraft PVP minigame by SethBling.

Features

• Supports 2 teams - red and blue
  • This means you can play with more than 2 players!
• Automatic or manual team assignment
  • Any players not already in a team are assigned to one
• Automatically puts people into spectator when the game begins
  • Doesn't automatically put people who join into spectator. There's an easier and faster way to implement this. It's gamemode=spectator in server.properties.
• Customizable swap timer
  • 20-120s by default with 2 players.
• Swap timer automatically scales with the number of players
  • I need your help with playtesting this! I'm unsure what the right values are.
• Top tier enterprise development with over-engineered code
  • Oh hey, I'll totally hook into the data pack in the future. You never know! Hyuk!
    • I say this, but wait until you see my Manhunt datapack. That thing's a total hack.

Usage

Playing the game (basic)

1. Set gamemode=spectator in server.properties
2. Run tag @a add ds.player
3. Ensure there's an even number of players
4. Run function deathswap:begin

Playing the game (advanced/teams)

1. Set gamemode=spectator in server.properties
   • This pack only makes non-players spectator when the game begins. If someone joins during the game, they won't be in spectator.
2. Change settings to suit your needs.
3. Run tag <player> add ds.player
   • This lets the game know who's a player for random team assignment.
   • "Player" in this document refers to anyone with tag=ds.player.
4. Assign teams to players
   • There are 2 teams: ds.red and ds.blue.
     • Run, e.g., team join ds.red <player> to make a player join that team.
   • Any players not assigned to a team will be randomly assigned.
5. Ensure teams have an equal number of players
6. Run function deathswap:begin

Settings

There are various settings you can change before the game. Currently the settings are for the # of lives and the swap timer.

You can find the default values for these settings in the function deathswap:core/settings. Since these are implemented with scoreboard values instead of world storage, you can't share a settings command.

There are also string values for various things such as translations and are mostly for data pack developers.

You can find those in the function deathswap:core/string and the storage deathswap:string.

Copyright

DeathSwap is licensed under the Expat/MIT License.

More copyright and licensing information can be found in individual files and in the dep5 file if an SPDX header isn't found.