/inv restore?

Hey,

This is just a basic quick idea I've come up with because there's been a few that have complained about loosing their inventory when participating in an event. - Whilst I know there's stuff in place already to stop this happening, sometimes it's still happening... at least that's what a few players are claiming.

We want to encourage players to participate in events therefore I personally believe we need a 100% proof system.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think if players d/c or get d/c'ed during an event they do not get their inventory back at the end of the event?

If that's the case then here's my idea / suggestion.

Basically, when players get warped into an event their Inventory is saved and then cleared and stored in a temporary place. Then when the player is warped out of the event, or after the event has ended they will be able to restore their own inventory by typing a command such as /inv restore. This will then check to see if they have an inventory stored, if so. Give them their Inventory back and clear the temporary file so that they can only restore it once. Then next event, it will store again... etc.

Maybe have storage for each individual event should they not of recovered 1 inventory from 1 event so that they don't loose anything.

Like "/inv mobevent" when they type /inv or /inv it will display what inventories they have stored and tell them what to type to claim it back.

Just an idea so that players can then reclaim their own inventories. That way there's no "I lost this, I lost that, I didn't get my inventory back" etc...

Let me know what you guys and gals think.

Cheers,

Mike.

P.S. Sorry if it's rushed, got to go out :S

 

this is a GREAT idea

 

if a player d/c's directly after or during an event we think that it is suitable for them to lose their inventory. Not sure the specifics why but i asked deity about it and that was his response.

 

I agree losing an inventory due to uncontrollable circumstances, such as a d/c during an event is frustrating, it has happened to me as well.

The problem I foresee with your system is with mobevents every hour, pvpevents and such, the amount of space, i.e. computer memory, the inventories will take up can increase to drastic levels quite easily. If we were to delete the inventories after a set amount of time, there will still be people logging on afterwards who lose their inventory.

I personally agree with your idea of storage space before events, perhaps a giant room full of chests, or players are required to bring their own chests to store their items in, with specific spots for placing them.
[One note: If an inventory has not been claimed after X amount of time than it was created, it should be able to be removed by the admins for space]

No system will be perfect, and people will still fall through the cracks and lose their items. At least then it will be their own faults :/

 

A possible workaround: Delete the inventory if they do not participate in the mobevent? Although this would bring us back to the original problem...

Point to smcallah.

 

Simple solution. Dont rely on it to save your ****. We announce 1 minute (which is actually 90 seconds) before the event starts. You see this and you signed up? Run home and put your **** away.

 

Limit its use to only in the capital, and have it delete your current inventory when used.

-Players would still have to port/walk twice to use the 'double inventory', thus they have to do the trek twice regardless.
-Players have to walk back to wherever they were anyways, since they spawn in the capital after the event.
-Attempting to store a set of mining equipment (in case of death) would require treking back to your chest a 2nd time to get the second set, thus not actually saving any time.

The only real concern is the time taken to make the command and its reliability, bug abuse could lead to item duplication and plugin failure would just be rubbing the original problem in the victim's face.

 

yea i think that would be best

 

increased timer sounds like the best option cause even if they are mining they can make a chest and hide it if they aret part of a town (although thats a bad idea) and a message saying: "MobEvent will begin in 5 minutes, please safely store any items you may wish to not lose, in any insuccessful inventory saves."

 

Agreed I don't mean to leave during a event, but for some reason, when I enter a mob event, I lag out, with minecraft saying there is no more memory. When I log back in, back in spawn.

 

I'd recommend restarting minecraft right before the event, if you still get the issue, try turning down your render distance and other video settings in options for the event.

Also, i would really love the mobaccept idea, maybe a bit of lobby time for people to go find a chest before it starts.

 

Thanks you guys. I will use your tips.

 

Seems like it would fix it to me.

 

this is a great idea. i've already lost about 20 goldingots from going to the mobevent.

 

sounds good