Gamemode-Permissions

A Simple Bukkit/Spigot Plugin for Minecraft Server to specify permission nodes for each gamemode.

Table of Contents

• Why I made this
• Install
• Permissions
  • (Key Point 1)
  • Plain nodes
  • Wildcard nodes
  • Negative nodes
    • (Key Point 2)
  • Operators
• Screenshots
• License

Why I made this

I'm recently working on my Minecraft server, and I found it unable to deprive a permission group of the permission to switch to creative mode.

(Because the Bukkit has only one permission node(minecraft.command.gamemode) for all gamemodes.)

I'm reluctant to use a plugin like Essentials because it's too heavy for my server. So I made this simple plugin.

Install

1. Install GroupManager
   (The plugin is also compatible with LuckPerms. I haven't tested other permission plugins, but it should work.)

2. Just put the plugin in your server's plugin folder and restart the server.

Permissions

Above all, you should first add the permission minecraft.command.gamemode to the target player/group so that the command gamemode can be used.

Plain nodes

Permission nodes	Description	Command example
minecraft.command.gamemode.survival	Allows the sender to switch to survival mode.	/gamemode survival
minecraft.command.gamemode.creative	~ creative mode.	/gamemode creative
minecraft.command.gamemode.spectator	~ spectator mode.	/gamemode spectator
minecraft.command.gamemode.adventure	~ adventure mode.	/gamemode adventure
minecraft.command.gamemode.survival.player	Allows the sender to set another player's gamemode to survival mode.	/gamemode survival SomeBottle
minecraft.command.gamemode.creative.player	~ creative mode.	/gamemode creative SomeBottle
minecraft.command.gamemode.spectator.player	~ spectator mode.	/gamemode spectator SomeBottle
minecraft.command.gamemode.adventure.player	~ adventure mode.	/gamemode adventure SomeBottle

Wildcard nodes

Permission nodes	Description	Command example
minecraft.command.gamemode.*	Allows the sender to have full access to the command gamemode.	/gamemode <survival|creative|spectator|adventure> [<target>]
minecraft.command.gamemode.survival.*	Allows the sender to set any player's mode to survival	/gamemode survival [<target>]
minecraft.command.gamemode.creative.*	~ creative	/gamemode creative [<target>]
minecraft.command.gamemode.adventure.*	~ adventure	/gamemode adventure [<target>]
minecraft.command.gamemode.spectator.*	~ spectator	/gamemode spectator [<target>]

Negative nodes

Add a ^ (caret) in front of any permission node above to declare a negative permission node.

For instance, if you want to give a player the full access to the command gamemode, but deny the player to switch to creative mode, you can add the following permission nodes to the player:

minecraft.command.gamemode.*
# Deny the player to use /gamemode creative [<target>]
^minecraft.command.gamemode.creative.* 

Another example:

minecraft.command.gamemode.*
# Deny the player to use /gamemode survival
# But allows the player to use /gamemode survival <target>
^minecraft.command.gamemode.survival 

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Notice that the negative permission nodes are prior to positive nodes!

Examples:

minecraft.command.gamemode.*
^minecraft.command.gamemode.*
# In this case, you can't use command /gamemode at all.

minecraft.command.gamemode.creative
^minecraft.command.gamemode.*
# In this case, you won't able to use command /gamemode creative

^minecraft.command.gamemode.survival.*
minecraft.command.gamemode.survival.player
# In this case, you are unable to use command /gamemode survival SomeBottle

Operators

Server operators have full permissions to use /gamemode command by default.

Screenshots

Trying to use /gamemode command without specific permission:

License

Under MIT License.

Thank you for using the plugin.