Glowing Plugin

✨ Glowing

A Minecraft Spigot/Paper plugin that makes players glow periodically, providing a visual effect and optional gameplay consequences.
Perfect for events, minigames, or PvP servers wanting dynamic glowing effects.

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⚙️ Features

• 🌟 Periodically applies Glowing potion effect to all online players
• ⏱ Configurable duration and interval of the glow effect
• ⚰️ Optionally penalizes players who log out during a glow (drops inventory and kills the player)
• 💬 Sends messages to players when glow starts and ends
• 🔧 Automatically handles glow removal on logout

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📁 Installation

1. Download the plugin .jar file
2. Place it inside your server’s plugins/ folder
3. Start or reload your server — the glow cycle begins automatically

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⚙️ Configuration (config.yml)

# ==== Glowing ====
glowing: true
glow-interval-minutes: 20
glow-duration-seconds: 60
glow-die-on-logout: true

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💡 How it Works

• Glow cycle: Every interval, all online players receive a glowing effect for a defined duration
• Logout handling: Players who log out while glowing can optionally drop their inventory and die
• Glow removal: Automatically removes the effect when the duration ends or the player logs out
• Messaging: Players are notified when their glow starts and ends

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🧩 Developer Information

Main classes:

• de.scholle.glowing.Glowing – main plugin class
• de.scholle.glowing.GlowManager – handles glowing cycles and player state
• de.scholle.glowing.GlowLogoutListener – handles player logout events
• de.scholle.glowing.utils.Msg – utility for sending formatted messages

Key behavior:

• Uses BukkitRunnable for timing and effect management
• Uses PotionEffectType.GLOWING to apply the visual effect
• Tracks active glows per player using a HashMap<UUID, BukkitRunnable>

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🧰 Compatibility

• ✅ Works on Spigot, Paper, and Purpur
• 🧱 Compatible with Minecraft 1.18+
• ⚙️ Requires Java 17+

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🧑‍💻 Author

Developed by: Scholle
Package: de.scholle.glowing

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
You may use, modify, and distribute it in compliance with the terms of that license.
For more information, see: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0