Server-Side Schematics - an alternative to Cannon Blueprints
Submitted by redstoneisgreat
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To begin this suggestion, I would like to mention that this might be more trouble than it's worth (in terms of the time/money to develop this, if there are no suitable public plugins). I don't expect this to be added even if the idea is liked. Just wanting to put the idea out there so it can be considered.
The idea is to implement Schematica/Litematica as a server-side plugin (No client mod required). Instead of Cannon Blueprints (where the cannon automatically builds itself), with server-side schematics, the cannon is ENTIRELY built by the player. A "hologram" is shown as a visual guide showing the player what blocks to place, and where to place them.
The advantages are that it's (in my opinion) more fun to build the cannon yourself than to stand still watching a blueprint build for 5+ minutes. It's also more OG-style. It could also be less exploit prone (given the player places ALL the blocks). I have had this idea for a while, but assumed it wasn't feasible, but it turns out this IS possible, at least in theory. I'm unsure what the performance of such a plugin is (client side or server side), or what the experience is like for Bedrock players (if it even works at all), but this IS something that has been developed before. I believe this plugin was even used on another factions server (though I'm pretty sure they developed it inhouse, it's not a public plugin).
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