Frequently asked questions

Is ExyliaSpecials free?

No. It is a premium plugin, bought on BuiltByBit and installed as a loader jar that checks the licence on every start. See Installation.

The plugin does not start

packetevents is a hard dependency: without it the server never loads the plugin. ExyliaLib 1.448.0 or newer is needed too; the loader installs it, or stages a newer one, and asks for a restart. If the console reports a licence error, check that Exylia-Specials-Loader.jar is the jar from your purchase.

I updated from 3.x and my items stopped working

Version 4 is a rewrite: items handed out by 3.x are plain items now, and the old configuration is not read. Start from a clean folder and give the items again. See Installation.

Where are the item files?

In plugins/ExyliaSpecials/lang/<language>/items/ — lang/en/items/ in English. Change language and another folder is read. See Installation.

I deleted an item's file and it came back

Bundled files that are missing are written again on every start and reload. To take an item out of play, give it a permission: nobody has.

I changed an item's uses but players' items did not change

The number of uses is written on each copy when it is given. Every other change — numbers, lore, features, cooldowns — reaches existing copies on their next use; a new uses applies to copies given from then on.

My ability says nothing and does nothing on a hit

Hit triggers are silent: a cooldown, a region rule, PvP being off where either player stands, or a combo that is not complete yet all fail quietly. Try the same item on a right-click to see the message. See How a use is checked.

My damage ability does not hurt mobs

damage, target_radius and target_chain take players only unless you write only-players: false on each. See Action language.

A HELD ability ignores its cooldown

Abilities on HELD never start their cooldown or spend uses: they run every second while held. Use a state or a stack with a window if it must not fire that often. See Triggers.

%targets_found% shows up as text in my message

Step variables are not filled in message text or play effect lines. Use them in require checks, numbers and potion lines instead. See Action language.

Compressor Mint and Compressor Vault do nothing

They ship without recipes, meant for your own currency items. Open the item in /specialsadmin and add recipes with its editor. See Tools.

Where did the combat tag and the ender pearl cooldown go?

To ExyliaCombat: tagging, logout NPCs, the safe-zone barrier and vanilla item cooldowns live there now. ExyliaSpecials reads the tag of ExyliaCombat, DeluxeCombat or PvPManager, whichever is installed. Old settings are copied to exyliacombat-export.yml for ExyliaCombat to import. See Combat.

The 1v1 item says there is no arena

At least one arena must be enabled with both spawns set. See Duels.

Can only one duel run per arena?

Without a snapshot, yes. Take one with /specialsadmin arena snapshot and install FastAsyncWorldEdit: each duel then gets its own copy, up to 16 per arena. See Duels.

/msg is blocked during a duel even though it is allowed

duels.allowed-commands takes names without the slash: write msg, not /msg.