Spawn a minicopter, own it, manage who can pilot it or not, see details, add upgrades, etc.
Supported Games
Purpose
To provide management commands to the player, if given permission, to control their own minicopter by spawning ("/makemini") one into the game, telling the server to take back their minicopter ("/takemini"), telling the server to get their minicopter anywhere on the map to them ("/getmini"), telling the server to allow another player access to the pilot seat ("/authPilot"), telling the server to disallow player access to the pilot seat ("/unauthPilot"), viewing details about their minicopter ("/minidetails"), and customize their minicopters ("/upgrademini").
In future versions, players might be able to purchase upgrades to their mini such as weapons, better fuel rate, upgrade engine to run on batteries, lights, additional authorized pilots, and more.
Permissions
managemini.minihelp-- Allows players to view plugin Help that shows available chat commandsmanagemini.makemini-- Allows players to spawn a Minicopter onto the map that only allows them to pilotmanagemini.takemini-- Allows the server to take back a player's Minicopter on the player's requestmanagemini.getmini-- Allows the player to transfer the minicopter to them, no matter where they are on the mapmanagemini.ownmini-- Allows the player to take ownership of minicopter that doesn't have an owner.managemini.authpilot-- Allows players to provide Pilot access to another playermanagemini.unauthpilot-- Allows players to revoke Pilot access to another playermanagemini.minidetails-- Allows players to view who can Pilot, the current Fuel Rate, minicopter age, etc.managemini.upgrademiniturret-- Allows players to add, turn on, turn off, remove an auto turret from front of minicopter.managemini.upgrademini-- Allows players to upgrade mini by adding/remove batteries, changing or reverting engine to run on/off of batteries, (adding, turning on, turning off, removing an auto turret), etc. (see customization section below for further details)managemini.unlimitedfuel-- Allows a player to spawn in a minicopter that never needs to be refueledmanagemini.randomfuelrate-- Allows a player to spawn in a minicopter that has a random rate between 0.10 and 0.65
Wait time permissions prevent players from spawning another minicopter if theirs gets destroyed in 'x' amout of time as configured in the configuration file.
managemini.nowtmanagemini.waittime2managemini.waittime1managemini.defaultwt
Chat Commands
/minihelp-- Display help for the plugin/makemini-- Create the minicopter for yourself/takemini-- Server takes back the minicopter/getmini-- Transfer the minicopter to yourself/ownmini-- Take ownership of a minicopter/authpilot <player name>-- Authorize player as pilot/unauthpilot <player name>-- Revoke player authorization/minidetails-- Display authorized pilots, fuel rate, age
Customization
/upgrademini-- shows the commands that player can use to customize their minicopter/upgrademini batteries add-- adds 2 batteries (1 left and 1 right) with a electrical branch at the left rear of minicopter./upgrademini batteries remove-- removes the 2 batteries and electrical branch/upgrademini efuel add-- adds a battery on the engine and converts the low grade gas engine into a pseudoelectric engine that runs off battery power. Must keep charge in the batteries to fly./upgrademini efuel remove-- reverts engine into a low grade fuel burner and removes the battery on the engine/upgrademini turret add-- adds an Auto Turret to the front of the minicopter (drains batteries)/upgrademini turret off-- turret's power is cut, allowing the player to put a weapon, ammo and authorize themselves and allow others as well./upgrademini turret on-- turret's power is resumed and the turret goes back to sweeping for targets/upgrademini turret remove-- removes turret from the front of the minicopter.
Configuration
{
"AssetPrefab": "assets/content/vehicles/minicopter/minicopter.entity.prefab",
"CanSpawnBuildingBlocked": false,
"FuelAmountUnlimited": 100,
"FuelRate": 0.25,
"FuelRateUnlimited": 0.0001,
"miniSpawnDistance": 5.0,
"miniStartHealth": 750.0,
"WaitTimes": {
"ManageMini.noWT": 10.0,
"ManageMini.WaitTime2": 21600.0,
"ManageMini.WaitTime1": 43200.0,
"ManageMini.defaultWT": 86400.0
}
}
- AssetPrefab <-- The model that the plugin uses to generate a minicopter for a player
- CanSpawnBuildingBlocked <-- Currently, not being used. Will replace. (Oversight)
- FuelAmountUnlimited <-- 100 low grade fuel is added to the minicopters of players with Unlimited Fuel permission so that the minicopter; hopefully, always show full fuel.
- FuelRate <-- The default in-game fuel rate is 0.50, but in-code of API states 0.25. This reverts that so that non-Unlimited Fuel or Random Fuel Rate minicopters will use 0.25 Low Grade Fuel per second.
- FuelRateUnlimited <-- Should be 0, but 0.0001 works just as great as 0. Seriously, your flying a minicopter should use fuel, but very very slowly.
- miniSpawnDistance <-- Maximum distance the minicopter is going spawn from the player. The actual distance is a random number. If issues arise, due to minicopters dropping on players, let me know.
- miniStartHealth <-- Self explainatory, but a newly spawned minicopter will have 750 HP.
- WaitTimes <--- These are the amount of seconds that player must wait before spawning another minicopter. The noWT of 10 seconds is to allow the server time to perform other functions.
To avoid issues by having more than one waitTime granted for a player make sure that wait times in the config file is ordered lowest above highest as shown in the Configuration File defaults section.
Localization
Currently, English is the only language implemented. If you wish to add more language support then I will gladly add translations into the plugin if I can get correct language translation.
I have a few more changes to that so that all English player chat messages can be translated. On the TODO list.
TODO List
- HIGH PRIORITY: Add code to prevent players from spawning or upgrading minicopters when they are in a building block zone
- MEDIUM PRIORITY: Change from using chat commands to using a GUI interface by consolidating into one chat command /managemini instead of all the rest of commands. ConfigFile will allow servers to adjust what the players can and cannot do.
- Add code to /miniDetails that will display the current location, degree bearing from player, distance from player, and who is piloting the minicopter if someone is.
- Add code to prevent server from modifying the minicopter properties (ie. fuel rate, position) while an authorized pilot is flying. This will also disable /getmini and /takemini while pilot seat is occupied.
- Add code to allow server admins or moderators with permission to disable the ownership check of this plugin
Possible Plans
This completely depends on those that use and suggest ideas. I am new to programming in C# and this plugin community, so I am keeping some of my planned future additions a secret. Just in case, I cannot figure out how to add the features that I want to add this includes the GUI code, but looks very straight forward to what I have read in other plugin codes.
Current plans that may implement in the GUI:
- to have this plugin have a cost feature. I saw that suggestion on SpooksAU Spawn Mini community "Help and Suggestion" page and liked the idea; especially, since bandit camp now sells minicopters [the suggestor used that reason].
- ^*** Addition / dependency to #1: to provide owners the ability to purchase upgrades to the minicopter (ie. fuel rate, number of authorized pilots, ... )
- ^*** Addition / dependency to #1: to provide players the ability to own and manage more than one minicopter. This is for Role Playing Servers that might want to have a minicopter rental service agent. Other players will rent minicopters for certain about of time then the minicopter will stop working.
- to have /miniDetails display how much fuel the minicopter has used since spawning in
- to provide the owner a command to teleport fuel from their inventory into fuel tank of their minicopter. This way if another pilot is low on fuel the owner can save them. (possible upgrade option there as well)
- ^*** Addition to #6: This will probably be part of the cost feature of #1.
Currently, I do NOT have any plans to add code that utilizes another plugin. This is so that only I am to blame for feature not working.
Therefore, if you have any suggestions, complaints or issues then please add a post in this plugin's help section.
Credits
SpooksAU's Spawn Mini plugin was the inspiration of this plugin. I wanted to tailor the plugin differently than SpooksAU, so instead of continually modifying that plugin, I went ahead and did a complete rewrite. For now, this plugin code should act similar, but be unique to my own logic and direction. Future versions should diverge the two plugins.
Pho3niX90's Mini-Copter Options plugin is the inspiration for some of the feature additions to this plugin. That plugin is fantastic, but this plugin implements the same idea in a different way by giving the player the ability to customize their minicopter through upgrades that may or may not have a cost to them.
Apache License
Version 2.0, January 2004
http://www.apache.org/licenses/
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION
1. Definitions.
"License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction,
and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document.
"Licensor" shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by
the copyright owner that is granting the License.
"Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all
other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common
control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the
direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or
otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
outstanding shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity.
"You" (or "Your") shall mean an individual or Legal Entity
exercising permissions granted by this License.
"Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications,
including but not limited to software source code, documentation
source, and configuration files.
"Object" form shall mean any form resulting from mechanical
transformation or translation of a Source form, including but
not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation,
and conversions to other media types.
"Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or
Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
(an example is provided in the Appendix below).
"Derivative Works" shall mean any work, whether in Source or Object
form, that is based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the
editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications
represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship. For the purposes
of this License, Derivative Works shall not include works that remain
separable from, or merely link (or bind by name) to the interfaces of,
the Work and Derivative Works thereof.
"Contribution" shall mean any work of authorship, including
the original version of the Work and any modifications or additions
to that Work or Derivative Works thereof, that is intentionally
submitted to Licensor for inclusion in the Work by the copyright owner
or by an individual or Legal Entity authorized to submit on behalf of
the copyright owner. For the purposes of this definition, "submitted"
means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent
to the Licensor or its representatives, including but not limited to
communication on electronic mailing lists, source code control systems,
and issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of, the
Licensor for the purpose of discussing and improving the Work, but
excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise
designated in writing by the copyright owner as "Not a Contribution."
"Contributor" shall mean Licensor and any individual or Legal Entity
on behalf of whom a Contribution has been received by Licensor and
subsequently incorporated within the Work.
2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual,
worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable
copyright license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of,
publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the
Work and such Derivative Works in Source or Object form.
3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual,
worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable
(except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made,
use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Work,
where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable
by such Contributor that are necessarily infringed by their
Contribution(s) alone or by combination of their Contribution(s)
with the Work to which such Contribution(s) was submitted. If You
institute patent litigation against any entity (including a
cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Work
or a Contribution incorporated within the Work constitutes direct
or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses
granted to You under this License for that Work shall terminate
as of the date such litigation is filed.
4. Redistribution. You may reproduce and distribute copies of the
Work or Derivative Works thereof in any medium, with or without
modifications, and in Source or Object form, provided that You
meet the following conditions:
(a) You must give any other recipients of the Work or
Derivative Works a copy of this License; and
(b) You must cause any modified files to carry prominent notices
stating that You changed the files; and
(c) You must retain, in the Source form of any Derivative Works
that You distribute, all copyright, patent, trademark, and
attribution notices from the Source form of the Work,
excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of
the Derivative Works; and
(d) If the Work includes a "NOTICE" text file as part of its
distribution, then any Derivative Works that You distribute must
include a readable copy of the attribution notices contained
within such NOTICE file, excluding those notices that do not
pertain to any part of the Derivative Works, in at least one
of the following places: within a NOTICE text file distributed
as part of the Derivative Works; within the Source form or
documentation, if provided along with the Derivative Works; or,
within a display generated by the Derivative Works, if and
wherever such third-party notices normally appear. The contents
of the NOTICE file are for informational purposes only and
do not modify the License. You may add Your own attribution
notices within Derivative Works that You distribute, alongside
or as an addendum to the NOTICE text from the Work, provided
that such additional attribution notices cannot be construed
as modifying the License.
You may add Your own copyright statement to Your modifications and
may provide additional or different license terms and conditions
for use, reproduction, or distribution of Your modifications, or
for any such Derivative Works as a whole, provided Your use,
reproduction, and distribution of the Work otherwise complies with
the conditions stated in this License.
5. Submission of Contributions. Unless You explicitly state otherwise,
any Contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the Work
by You to the Licensor shall be under the terms and conditions of
this License, without any additional terms or conditions.
Notwithstanding the above, nothing herein shall supersede or modify
the terms of any separate license agreement you may have executed
with Licensor regarding such Contributions.
6. Trademarks. This License does not grant permission to use the trade
names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor,
except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the
origin of the Work and reproducing the content of the NOTICE file.
7. Disclaimer of Warranty. Unless required by applicable law or
agreed to in writing, Licensor provides the Work (and each
Contributor provides its Contributions) on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
implied, including, without limitation, any warranties or conditions
of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You are solely responsible for determining the
appropriateness of using or redistributing the Work and assume any
risks associated with Your exercise of permissions under this License.
8. Limitation of Liability. In no event and under no legal theory,
whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise,
unless required by applicable law (such as deliberate and grossly
negligent acts) or agreed to in writing, shall any Contributor be
liable to You for damages, including any direct, indirect, special,
incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a
result of this License or out of the use or inability to use the
Work (including but not limited to damages for loss of goodwill,
work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all
other commercial damages or losses), even if such Contributor
has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
9. Accepting Warranty or Additional Liability. While redistributing
the Work or Derivative Works thereof, You may choose to offer,
and charge a fee for, acceptance of support, warranty, indemnity,
or other liability obligations and/or rights consistent with this
License. However, in accepting such obligations, You may act only
on Your own behalf and on Your sole responsibility, not on behalf
of any other Contributor, and only if You agree to indemnify,
defend, and hold each Contributor harmless for any liability
incurred by, or claims asserted against, such Contributor by reason
of your accepting any such warranty or additional liability.
END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work.
To apply the Apache License to your work, attach the following
boilerplate notice, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]"
replaced with your own identifying information. (Don't include
the brackets!) The text should be enclosed in the appropriate
comment syntax for the file format. We also recommend that a
file or class name and description of purpose be included on the
same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
identification within third-party archives.
Copyright 2026 DMB7
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
Version 2.0, January 2004
http://www.apache.org/licenses/
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION
1. Definitions.
"License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction,
and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document.
"Licensor" shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by
the copyright owner that is granting the License.
"Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all
other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common
control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the
direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or
otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
outstanding shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity.
"You" (or "Your") shall mean an individual or Legal Entity
exercising permissions granted by this License.
"Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications,
including but not limited to software source code, documentation
source, and configuration files.
"Object" form shall mean any form resulting from mechanical
transformation or translation of a Source form, including but
not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation,
and conversions to other media types.
"Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or
Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
(an example is provided in the Appendix below).
"Derivative Works" shall mean any work, whether in Source or Object
form, that is based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the
editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications
represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship. For the purposes
of this License, Derivative Works shall not include works that remain
separable from, or merely link (or bind by name) to the interfaces of,
the Work and Derivative Works thereof.
"Contribution" shall mean any work of authorship, including
the original version of the Work and any modifications or additions
to that Work or Derivative Works thereof, that is intentionally
submitted to Licensor for inclusion in the Work by the copyright owner
or by an individual or Legal Entity authorized to submit on behalf of
the copyright owner. For the purposes of this definition, "submitted"
means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent
to the Licensor or its representatives, including but not limited to
communication on electronic mailing lists, source code control systems,
and issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of, the
Licensor for the purpose of discussing and improving the Work, but
excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise
designated in writing by the copyright owner as "Not a Contribution."
"Contributor" shall mean Licensor and any individual or Legal Entity
on behalf of whom a Contribution has been received by Licensor and
subsequently incorporated within the Work.
2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual,
worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable
copyright license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of,
publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the
Work and such Derivative Works in Source or Object form.
3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual,
worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable
(except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made,
use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Work,
where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable
by such Contributor that are necessarily infringed by their
Contribution(s) alone or by combination of their Contribution(s)
with the Work to which such Contribution(s) was submitted. If You
institute patent litigation against any entity (including a
cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Work
or a Contribution incorporated within the Work constitutes direct
or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses
granted to You under this License for that Work shall terminate
as of the date such litigation is filed.
4. Redistribution. You may reproduce and distribute copies of the
Work or Derivative Works thereof in any medium, with or without
modifications, and in Source or Object form, provided that You
meet the following conditions:
(a) You must give any other recipients of the Work or
Derivative Works a copy of this License; and
(b) You must cause any modified files to carry prominent notices
stating that You changed the files; and
(c) You must retain, in the Source form of any Derivative Works
that You distribute, all copyright, patent, trademark, and
attribution notices from the Source form of the Work,
excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of
the Derivative Works; and
(d) If the Work includes a "NOTICE" text file as part of its
distribution, then any Derivative Works that You distribute must
include a readable copy of the attribution notices contained
within such NOTICE file, excluding those notices that do not
pertain to any part of the Derivative Works, in at least one
of the following places: within a NOTICE text file distributed
as part of the Derivative Works; within the Source form or
documentation, if provided along with the Derivative Works; or,
within a display generated by the Derivative Works, if and
wherever such third-party notices normally appear. The contents
of the NOTICE file are for informational purposes only and
do not modify the License. You may add Your own attribution
notices within Derivative Works that You distribute, alongside
or as an addendum to the NOTICE text from the Work, provided
that such additional attribution notices cannot be construed
as modifying the License.
You may add Your own copyright statement to Your modifications and
may provide additional or different license terms and conditions
for use, reproduction, or distribution of Your modifications, or
for any such Derivative Works as a whole, provided Your use,
reproduction, and distribution of the Work otherwise complies with
the conditions stated in this License.
5. Submission of Contributions. Unless You explicitly state otherwise,
any Contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the Work
by You to the Licensor shall be under the terms and conditions of
this License, without any additional terms or conditions.
Notwithstanding the above, nothing herein shall supersede or modify
the terms of any separate license agreement you may have executed
with Licensor regarding such Contributions.
6. Trademarks. This License does not grant permission to use the trade
names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor,
except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the
origin of the Work and reproducing the content of the NOTICE file.
7. Disclaimer of Warranty. Unless required by applicable law or
agreed to in writing, Licensor provides the Work (and each
Contributor provides its Contributions) on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
implied, including, without limitation, any warranties or conditions
of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You are solely responsible for determining the
appropriateness of using or redistributing the Work and assume any
risks associated with Your exercise of permissions under this License.
8. Limitation of Liability. In no event and under no legal theory,
whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise,
unless required by applicable law (such as deliberate and grossly
negligent acts) or agreed to in writing, shall any Contributor be
liable to You for damages, including any direct, indirect, special,
incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a
result of this License or out of the use or inability to use the
Work (including but not limited to damages for loss of goodwill,
work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all
other commercial damages or losses), even if such Contributor
has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
9. Accepting Warranty or Additional Liability. While redistributing
the Work or Derivative Works thereof, You may choose to offer,
and charge a fee for, acceptance of support, warranty, indemnity,
or other liability obligations and/or rights consistent with this
License. However, in accepting such obligations, You may act only
on Your own behalf and on Your sole responsibility, not on behalf
of any other Contributor, and only if You agree to indemnify,
defend, and hold each Contributor harmless for any liability
incurred by, or claims asserted against, such Contributor by reason
of your accepting any such warranty or additional liability.
END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work.
To apply the Apache License to your work, attach the following
boilerplate notice, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]"
replaced with your own identifying information. (Don't include
the brackets!) The text should be enclosed in the appropriate
comment syntax for the file format. We also recommend that a
file or class name and description of purpose be included on the
same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
identification within third-party archives.
Copyright 2026 DMB7
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.