Wondering how I setup manual events to spawn randomly around the map within say 1500m of player.
can't find a property in the json for this ?

manual events are something you start yourself with /rbe (where you are looking) and /rbevent (random spot on the map)

automated events is something the plugin does automatically, namely Maintained and Scheduled Events in the config

Maintained Events will always be spawned

Scheduled Events is something that spawns on a timer only

ok, sorry I should of clarifed bit more. I've been on servers where you buy a base from a shop with eco/sr e.t.c and it will spawn at a random location near where you bought it how do I config that ?

Buyable Events in the config

you need to set the costs too

Economics Buy Raid Costs (0 = disabled)
ServerRewards Buy Raid Costs (0 = disabled)

I've tried ctrl+F in VScode and I cannot find any referencee to buyable events, only maintained, manual and scheduled.

"Map Markers": {
"Marker Name": "Raidable Base Event",
"Radius": 0.25,
"Radius (Map Size 3600 Or Less)": 0.25,
"Use Vending Map Marker": true,
"Show Owners Name on Map Marker": true,
"Use Explosion Map Marker": false,
"Create Markers For Maintained Events": true,
"Create Markers For Scheduled Events": true,
"Create Markers For Manual Events": true
},
"Maintained Events": {
"Always Maintain Max Events": false,
"Max Maintained Events": 1,
"Chance To Randomly Spawn PVP Bases (0 = Ignore Setting)": 0.0,
"Include PVE Bases": true,
"Include PVP Bases": true,
"Minimum Required Players Online": 1,
"Maximum Limit Of Players Online": 300,
"Time To Wait Between Spawns": 15.0,
"Convert PVE To PVP": false,
"Convert PVP To PVE": false,
"Ignore Safe Checks": false,
"Ignore Safe Checks In X Radius Only": 0.0,
"Ignore Player Entities At Custom Spawn Locations": false,
"Spawn Bases X Distance Apart": 100.0,
"Spawns Database File (Optional)": "none"
},
"Manual Events": {
"Convert PVE To PVP": false,
"Convert PVP To PVE": true,
"Max Manual Events": 1,
"Spawns Database File (Optional)": "none"
},
"Scheduled Events": {
"Enabled": false,
"Every Min Seconds": 3600.0,
"Every Max Seconds": 7200.0,
"Max Scheduled Events": 1,
"Max To Spawn At Once (0 = Use Max Scheduled Events Amount)": 0,
"Chance To Randomly Spawn PVP Bases (0 = Ignore Setting)": 0.0,
"Include PVE Bases": true,
"Include PVP Bases": true,
"Minimum Required Players Online": 1,
"Maximum Limit Of Players Online": 300,
"Time To Wait Between Spawns": 15.0,
"Convert PVE To PVP": false,
"Convert PVP To PVE": false,
"Ignore Safe Checks": false,
"Ignore Safe Checks In X Radius Only": 0.0,
"Ignore Player Entities At Custom Spawn Locations": false,
"Spawn Bases X Distance Apart": 100.0,
"Spawns Database File (Optional)": "none"
}

hi, that option is available in the premium version only

per documentation,

The premium version includes all 5 difficulties, player lockouts, buyable events, an improved ranked system, options to spawn npcs inside of bases, and a probability modifier to set a specific chance for each item to spawn. The free version does not contain these features and has one difficulty setting (normal mode).