Playing a round
How a round starts, the stake and its currency, the options a game asks for, the room and the guide, AGAIN and CHANGE BET, and every way a round ends.
Starting a round
There are three ways in, and they all lead to the same flow:
| Way | What it does |
|---|---|
/casino | Opens the casino category of the games screen: every game the server has on, with its RTP and how many are playing. Clicking one starts it. |
/<game> [stake] [option] | Starts that game: /mines 500 5, /roulette 100 red, /coinflip 50 heads. |
casino:play <game> | A menu action, the same as typing /<game> alone. For a server's own menus and NPCs. |
Whatever is left out is asked:
- The currency, only when the player may bet in more than one and typed no amount. A choice dialog lists them.
- The stake, in an amount dialog that states the minimum. A stake typed in the command is used as it is.
- The game's option, when the game has one: the mines on the board, the bet on the wheel, the side of the coin. Some games ask with a dialog, others with a screen of their own. See Games.
A stake typed in the command uses the server's default currency when the player may bet in it, and the
first currency offered otherwise. Amounts accept the short forms of ExyliaLib's economy, such as 1.5k.
When a stake is refused
| Refused because | The player reads |
|---|---|
| No currency they may use is offered | There is no currency you can bet with. |
| Not a positive amount | That is not an amount you can bet. |
Under wager.minimum or over wager.maximum | The smallest bet is … / The largest bet is … |
| They cannot afford it | You need … to place that bet. |
| They are combat tagged | You can't bet while in combat. |
| They are already in a round | You already have a bet going. |
| Another plugin holds them, such as an ExyliaTabletop match | You are busy in … |
| Another plugin advises against taking them | You can't right now: … |
Two rounds started inside wager.cooldown | Slow down. Try again in … |
| The game is switched off | … is not available on this server. |
Every check runs before anything is charged.
At the table
The stake is held by ExyliaLib's escrow, the player is claimed so every other plugin sees them busy, and the round starts where they stand:
- The room. A closed dark room is drawn round them, only for them, and other players are hidden from
them meanwhile. It is styled by
boothinconfig.yml. - The table. The board is drawn in front of their eyes, on felt with a neon frame and casino bulbs chasing round it, with the game's name and a line of figures over it: the stake and the RTP.
- The guide. A turn of the head away, how the game is played on their left and what it pays on their
right, never over the board. Switched off with
guide.enabled: false. - Held still. With
arena.freezeon, they cannot walk off their table.
The crosshair plays the game: what can be clicked lights up under it with a soft sound, and a left or right click presses it. While a round is up the player cannot be hurt, does not get hungry, cannot drop, pick up, break or place anything, and cannot move items in their inventory.
Commands are blocked during a round, except the game's own command (so /mines leave works) and those
listed in arena.allowed-commands (msg, r, tell by default). A blocked command answers "Leave the
game with /mines leave first."
The result
The verdict lands on a plaque over the table: YOU WON with the prize and the multiplier, EVEN when the stake comes back, YOU LOST with the stake. A win flashes the bulbs, rains gold nuggets over the board and sets off fireworks only the winner sees; a loss puffs smoke. The same result goes to chat.
A round's multiplier is of the stake: ×2 pays back twice the stake, ×1 gives it back, ×0 loses it. A double or a split in blackjack puts in a second stake, held by the escrow like the first, and the result pays both hands.
AGAIN, CHANGE BET and LEAVE
When a money round ends, after again.delay the buttons come up under the finished board:
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| AGAIN | Plays again at the same stake and the same option, without leaving the table. |
| CHANGE BET | Asks the option again before playing: shown only in games that ask for one (Mines, Tower, Roulette, Live Roulette, Coinflip, Plinko, Horse Race). |
| LEAVE | Takes the room down and gives the player their view back. |
Games whose board has a play button of its own (SPIN, DROP, CASH OUT) lend it to AGAIN. The buttons wait
again.timeout for an answer. With again.enabled: false the player is sent away when a round ends.
Double or Nothing, staked with an item, never offers AGAIN.
How a round ends
| What happens | What it costs |
|---|---|
| The round plays out | Paid as the result says. |
/<game> leave, quitting, dying, a teleport not made by a plugin, changing world | The round is forfeited and the stake lost. A round not yet started is refunded. |
Left untouched for the game's idle time | Treated as leaving: the round under way is forfeited. |
| The server stops | Settled as it stands, never forfeited: a result already decided is paid, a cash-out game is cashed out, blackjack and video poker are played out, and a bet not placed yet is refunded. |
Dying in a round keeps the inventory and the levels. /casinoadmin reload does not touch rounds under way:
they are left to finish, and a game switched off only refuses new rounds.
The comments of several module files say a game left idle is cashed out or refunded. The plugin treats an
idle player as one who left: the round under way is lost. Slots and the Wheel spin on their own after
auto-spin, well before that.
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