Getting startedguide

First steps

What a fresh server does on a death, a first killcam watched, and the settings most servers change first.

What a fresh server does

Out of the box, with nothing edited:

What	Default
Who gets a killcam	Everybody (`exyliakillcam.use`), in every world
Which deaths	Only deaths to a player, arrows included; not to mobs, not to yourself
What a player gets	`AUTO`: the killcam starts by itself, and the death screen is skipped
How much is shown	The 6 seconds before the death, the last 1 second at 0.35× speed
How it is shot	Through the killer's eyes, then 3 seconds on the body
Watching again	`/killcam`, for 5 minutes after the death
Duels, events, queues	Left alone: a player another plugin holds gets no killcam

A first killcam

You need two players: a death to a mob or to yourself gives nothing on a fresh server.

Get killed

Let a friend kill you. There is no death screen: you respawn on your own.

Watch

A moment later the screen titles KILLCAM — Killed by your friend — and you are looking through their eyes a few seconds before the kill. The line above the hotbar shows the time and a progress bar, and the hotbar holds a single SKIP button; your own items are still there, underneath.

The death

The last second slows down. On the killing blow the camera cuts to your body, from your killer's side, and stays there while it falls. With ExyliaKillEffect, their kill effect plays again, for you alone.

Back

You are put back exactly where you respawned, as you were. Chat says who killed you, with what, from how far, how many hearts they had left, and offers [▶ WATCH AGAIN].

Choose

/killcam mode ask gets you a clickable line in chat after each death instead; /killcam mode off gets you nothing. /killcam still shows your last death either way.

What most servers change first

All of it is in plugins/ExyliaKillCam/config.yml; /killcam reload applies an edit.

plugins/ExyliaKillCam/config.yml

killcam:
  default-mode: ASK        # offer it in chat instead of starting it
  seconds-before: 8        # a longer clip
  auto-respawn: false      # keep the death screen
deaths:
  mobs: true               # mob kills get one too
  disabled-worlds:
    - lobby

Where to go next

The killcam — what is recorded and every step of the shot.
Modes — what each player gets, and how they choose.
Compatibility — duels, events, vanish and ExyliaKillEffect.

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