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Creating a new game

This page explains step by step to setup a new game.

Create a new game

Execute the following command to create a new arena file.

/mctennis create game1 My first game

Confirm that the arena has been created

Execute the following command to list all games:

/mctennis list

Output:

game1 [My first game] [disabled]

You can see that the arena is still disabled and cannot be joined yet.

Setting the leave spawnpoint

Move to the location where you want your players to respawn when they leave the tennis game.

Execute the following:

/mctennis location game1 leave

Set the lobby spawnpoint for team red

Executing the following:

/mctennis location game1 lobbyRed

Set the spawnpoints for team red

Add the first spawnpoint by executing the following:

/mctennis location game1 spawnRed1

You can add multiple spawnpoints to create 2vs2 or 4vs4 matches. However, this can only be configured in the arena.yml file. For this, open the plugins/MCTennis/arena/.yml file.

redTeamMeta:
  spawnpoints:
  - world: "world"
    x: 0.0
    y: 0.0
    z: 0.0
    yaw: 0.0
    pitch: 0.0
  - world: "world"
    x: 0.0
    y: 0.0
    z: 0.0
    yaw: 0.0
    pitch: 0.0

Set the playing area for team red

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When taking a look at this example field, the playing field of team red is defined by the two corners indicated by the 2 diamond blocks.

Move to the first corner and execute the following

/mctennis location game1 cornerRed1

Move to the second corner and execute the following

/mctennis location game1 cornerRed2

Set the lobby spawnpoint for team blue

Executing the following:

/mctennis location game1 lobbyBlue

Set the spawnpoints for team blue

Add the first spawnpoint by executing the following:

/mctennis location game1 spawnBlue1

You can add multiple spawnpoints to create 2vs2 or 4vs4 matches. However, this can only be configured in the arena.yml file. For this, open the plugins/MCTennis/arena/.yml file.

blueTeamMeta:
  spawnpoints:
  - world: "world"
    x: 0.0
    y: 0.0
    z: 0.0
    yaw: 0.0
    pitch: 0.0
  - world: "world"
    x: 0.0
    y: 0.0
    z: 0.0
    yaw: 0.0
    pitch: 0.0

Set the playing area for team blue

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When taking a look at this example field, the playing field of team blue is defined by the two corners indicated by the 2 gold blocks.

Move to the first corner and execute the following

/mctennis location game1 cornerBlue1

/mctennis location game1 cornerBlue2

Enable the game

Once every location has been set, you can try to activate the game by executing the following:

/mctennis toggle game1

Confirm that the game is listed as enabled.

/mctennis list

Output:

game1 [My first game] [enabled]

Changing more options

Further customization options can be found in the plugins/MCTennis/arena/<name>.yml file.

The arena_sample.yml file contains explanations for each property.

Execute the reload command to load your file changes.

/mctennis reload game1

Changing the speed of the ball

Players can change the speed of the ball by pressing SHIFT. The amount of green power bars define how fast the ball flies.

However, the base speed of the ball may not fit the size of your arena. You should edit the following properties in your plugins/MCTennis/arena/<name>.yml file.

  • horizontalBaseMultiplier
  • verticalSpeedAbsolute
  • gravityAbsolute

Try very minor adjustments (comma values), execute the reload command and rejoin your arena. Repeat until it works for you.

Charge shots and power levels

By pressing SHIFT (sneak), you can charge your shots to shoot the ball further. Green bars appear when you hold SHIFT. You can configure the multipliers and disable it under servePowerLevelSettings and defaultPowerLevelSettings in your arena.yml.

Changing the player inventory

In order to change the inventory a player receives, use the command /mctennis inventory and /mctennis armor. These commands copy your current inventory and store it into your arena.yml file.