QuestionsTime

Ask questions and gain prize for the winner !

Features

The plugin will say questions you have created in the config file, with a prize for the first player who find the answer. The delay between questions and the prize for each question are configurable !

NB: The items prize can be modded items

Configuration

Create a question :

Command version Recommended

• Type /qt create and follow the instructions.
• You need the permission questionstime.command.base and questionstime.command.create.

Config file version

• Open the config file (config folder > questionstime > questionstime.conf).
• All the questions need to be in the questions section
• First, the name of the question. That can be anything you want.
• Open bracket.
• Second, write the word question, an equal character and the question between quotes.
• Third, the following depending if you want an open question or a question with multiple propositions :
  • For an open question :
    • Write the word answer, an equal character and the answer between quotes.
  • For a multiple propositions question :
    • Write the word proposition, an equal character, and open and closed bracket. Between the bracket, write each proposition between quotation mark, and seperate them with comma.
    • Write the word answer, an equal character and a number which corresponding the numero of the right proposition.

- Add prizes

• Write the word prize and open bracket.
• Write the word announce, an equal character and true if you want to announce the prize after the question was asked, or false otherwise.
• Write the word money, an equal character and the amount of money. This is optional. An economy plugin is needed.
• Write the word items, an equal character and square bracket and items. This is optional. Items need to follow the following pattern :
  • ModID:ItemID;Variant;Count;DisplayName;Lore
    • Examples :
    • stone
    • minecraft:stone
    • stone;granite
    • minecraft:stone;0;64
    • wool;12;42
  • Precision 1 : you can use the “text” version for the item’s damage (only for Sponge API 7)
  • Precision 2 : you can write multi lines lore with \n
• Close the bracket

- Add malus

• Write the word malus and open bracket.
• Write the word announce, an equal character and true if you want to announce the malus after the question was asked, or false otherwise.
• Write the word money, an equal character and the amount of money. An economy plugin is needed.
• Close the bracket

- Add timer

• Add a delay to answer the question.
• Write the word timer, an equal character and its value in seconds. The minimum can be 10 seconds and the maximum 23h59m59s.

- Add timer between each answer

• Write the word time-between-answer, an equal character and its value in seconds. The minimum can be 10 seconds and the maximum 23h59m59s.

- Add a weight

• A weight in a question determine his probability to be asked. The more he is high, the more the question has the probability to be asked
• Write the word weight, an equal character and its value. The number need to be positive.

Other configurations :

• randomTime :
  • If he’s true, the questions will be asked in an interval defined by minCooldown and maxCooldown
  • If he’s false, the questions will be asked after a period defined by cooldown
• cooldown :
  • The time in ticks after a question will be asked. The randomTime need to be false
• minCooldwon / maxCooldown :
  • Defined a period between minCooldown and maxCooldown in ticks during which a question can be asked
• minConnected :
  • Defines the minimum of players connected in order to ask a question
• personnalAnswer:
  • If he’s true, the answer given by a player isn’t shown in the chat
  • If he’s false, the answer given by a player is shown in the chat

Message

You can modify the messages displayed by the plugin. Some lines have “components”, a word between brackets that will be replaced by the plugin to display important information. You can’t change, add or remove a component.
Here is the default “message.conf” :

question {
  new: "§eIt's Question Time !"
  ask: "§e§l{question}"
  proposition: "§b•{position}] {proposition}"
  end: "§eMay the best win !"
  timer {
    end: "§eYou have §9§l{timer}§r§e to answer ! May the best win !"
    left: "§eYou have §9§l{timer}§r§e to answer !"
    out: "§cNobody have found the answer, maybe a next time"
  }
}

prize {
  announce: "§eThe winner win :"
  money: "§9•{money} §r{currency}"
  item: "§9• {quantity} * {modid}§f{item} §b{metadata}"
}

malus {
  announce: "§cBut a wrong answer :"
  money: "§4• -{money} §r{currency}"
}

answer {
  announce: "§eAnswer with : \"§bqt>answer§e\""
  win: "§e§lYou win !"
  win-announce: "§e§l{name} win !"
  false: "§e§l{answer} §cisn't the right answer :("
  malus: "§cYou lose §4{money} §r{currency}"
  cooldown: "§cYou have to wait {timer} to suggest an another answer"
}

reward {
  announce: "§e§lHere's your reward :"
  prize: "§9• {quantity} * {modid}§f{item} §b{metadata}"
  money: "§9•{money} §r{currency}"
}

To-do

• Give malus if a player didn’t say the right answer, and to avoid spamming
• Remake the “prize” interface to be more readable
• Add an option to hide the player’s answer
• Create questions in the chat
• Be compatible with Sponge 5 (Minecraft 1.10.2)
• Timed question : answer the question before the timer is out
• Change the text language
• Answer delay : if the answer isn’t right, the player need to wait some seconds before he can reply again
• increase the number of possible proposition
• Custom item’s name and lore
• Weight system
• Possibility of adding the author of a question
• Event question : a question is said if a player with the permission type a command. Can be useful while an event and when you doesn’t want to let the plugin choose
• Grade bonus : Depending of the rank, the player can have more prizes/gain more money and/or loss less money
• Multiple winners with different prizes according to the position
• Execute commands as prize or malus
• General statistics
• Statistics per player
• When someone found an answer, he can’t respond again if the question is re-asked
• Multiple answers
• Reload config