Idea Build Propositions

Ey, I made a document showing off my ideas and such for Build. Nothing in the document is final but I am shooting to get as much from it as I can added. Feedback and suggestions would be great.
Let me restate it, nothing in the doc is final.

Here's the link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iB_d_iBphU_IybEpo_pJ94PAB6EaEguL_xBO-sk6Ruo/edit?usp=sharing

 

Glad you like them!

 

Thanks for the feedback!

If the entity cap proves to cause lag issues we can reduce cap limit or, if necessary, remove mobs all together. I doubt it will cause too much lag considering the mobs will unload about 10 blocks away from the player. Also, the mob cap is determined by the map's owner's rank. So an elite cannot place more than 15 entities on a normal player's world.

I added /tptoggle because someone suggested it. I agree that it isn't very needed because worlds can be privated but I thought it wouldn't hurt to add. I guess it would be used if your building something in your map you don't want other permed players to see.

/deletemap completely deletes the map. /archive removes building perms but allows players to still go to it providing they have the ID for it. /deletemap doesn't allow players to visit the world at all because the world file was deleted. (/delete is just a shortened version of /deletemap)

Global advertisements would have to be done manually and would cost 5 ratings each time. They would also be preset messages so you wouldn't have to deal with people announcing vulgar messages.

I disabled schematic importing because that reduces the effectiveness of the schematic database. It would also prove to reduce plagiarism in the server from websites such as PMC.

Yes /status could be available to everyone, I just didn't see a purpose for that as staff would use it more regularly and have more uses for it. But again, it would work fine either way.

True. What if converting a 1.8 map to a 1.12 could only be done by the map's owner and would have to be confirmed beforehand. Players had to join their maps in 1.8 first and do a command like /convert or /1.12 and confirm that the map will be converted to 1.12. When the command is executed, the player will be kicked off the map and will not be able to join is unless they are on 1.12 and on build 2/3 with the message: "Map converted - Join build 2 or 3 to join map." If the map isn't converted before-hand, players will not be able to join the world in 1.12.
This command, of course, could not be executed on gamemode maps regardless of perm.

Again, thank you for your feedback!

 

The entity cap is pretty confusing so let me run down it.

A player's world's entity limit is determined by their rank but is also restricted on other worlds owned by a ranked player.
So let's say an Elite is added to a normal player's map. Both the Elite and normal play can only spawn 15 mobs maximum on that map.
Now if the regular player joins the Elite's map, the normal player will still only be able to place 15 mobs maximum while the Elite can place 40. Note that any mobs previously placed by the Elite will be counted aswell for the normal player.

Example: If an Elite's world has 10 mobs in it, the normal player can only place 5 more, while the Elite can place 30 more.
If the world has over 15 mobs, the normal player cannot place mobs however the Elite can.

Regarding the global announcements - these will have a 5 minute cooldown minimum.

 

If it were to work like that, player's in 1.12 could enter the map and place 1.9+ blocks. When they return to the map in 1.8 all those new blocks would have disappeared leaving random holes/missing blocks everywhere.

 

I feel map advertisements would encourage players to not only explore different players' maps, but to also have them rate more maps aswell. 5 ratings may be expensive so the amount could be reduced but it shouldn't be too low so every map is constantly announcing themselves.
The global chat message could have a little 'ding' too
I feel like we shouldn't make the map lists too crazy by listing off all the maps with the smallest differences. Both public and advertised maps are exactly the same except one just has a more noticeable way to show off itself.
Private maps cannot be advertised or published btw.

I do see your concerns. This could divide the community but honestly, I don't see it happening much at all. Of course, there would be global announcements in each server saying what's going on and spawns would be tweaked in a way so you can find information on the version changes.
The main reason I don't see the community dividing with these changes present is because, well, it's a building server. Why would you stay back in 1.8 on a building server anyways apart from gamemode maps? Builders will most likely be on the 1.8 server more often than the regular joe because gamemode maps have to be worked on but they can still connect to the 1.12 server when they finish or take a break. Builders tend to not speak in global or even local chat when they're working anyways, and I would assume the same for people who build community gamemode maps.
"Force" is a strong word. I divided the servers like this so people who like 1.8, can stay in 1.8. People who like 1.12, can be in 1.12. Gamemode maps will not be destroyed, and the main playerbase of build will have all the new blocks and help retain any new players that come to McBuild.

Thanks for your feedback!