I'm not looking to debate my Opinion on any of the following Information, But to simply state what I found worked Best for me and my situation. in Hope of helping out some other server Owners.
So I want to list what I use currently at the Top then explain some of the reasons below.
Bukkit:
MCPC Plus: For Loading bukkit Plugins.
Plugins:
Worldedit: map Fixing and Cleanup tools
Commandbook: general commands and must Have's
Tekkit Restrict: Disabling of items Blocks and Much More. Very flexible.
Grief Prevention: Player Land Claim and Chest Protection In one.
Bpermissions: Handling those pesky Who can Do what Files.
WorldBorder: Preventing Map File being huge from mass traveler's
Reasons:
Bukkit:
I chose MCPC plus over BukkitForge because I had many teleport issues and player_interact event issues when using BukkitForge It still needs more work before I would class it as usable. On the other Hand I have Had no such issues with MCPC plus yet but Iv not had that very long at this point in time but first impressions are much better.
Plugins:
WorldEdit:
I use worldedit because that is what I am used to and it is needed for commandbook to work. Some other server owners may use some of the voxel plugins as they do much the same tasks just in a different manor.
CommandBook:
I use Commandbook because it is simple to install its permissions have groups to them and only take 10 or so minites to Setup Unlike some other Popular Plugins Such as essentials that have a single ungrouped permission node for every command. I blame essentials for making people hate permissions I really do. Many server owners swear by Essentials as that seems to be the Norm and the plugin with the most How To's made for it but did you ever stop to think why there are so many How To's for it? Its simple really its because its over Complicated Crammed full of useless Features and Things most just don't need. I Have a feeling in going to get some hate for all that :/
Tekkit Restrict:
I tried a few other plugins of this nature such as NoItem, NoItem was much easier to configure but I found it made some lag when preventing items being picked up. So I changed to tekkit Restrict. TR Is Very Flexibal when it comes to config. It has plenty of permissions to bypass any restriction you may want to apply to players but not admins and I spent a good 2 hours adding a bunch of things that make lag and bypass the protections of Anti griefs to its config for the DW20 Pack. It allows for a Name and Reason to be printed to chat for each Id you block. This is helpful to prevent those players asking why some thing is blocked or can be used to print a Helpful message to say let a player know they can use that block on another map. ( quarrys Fillers etc )
Some other server owners may wonder why I dont just use World guard and its Blacklist system Simple really Its not a Global Blacklist file its Per map meaning a whole ton of copy / paste work to do every time you need to add to the list of blocked items. allowing some thing on one map and not another can become a very complex copy/paste situation very quickly. where with TR you set a global file and then grant Bypasses with permissions. to allow certain things on some maps. much less work.
Grief Prevention:
This plugin is made by the same developer as Tekkit Restrict And I have found it to be a very powerful tool its config for adding chest type blocks to protect offers some advantages over say LWC. the main thing is with the Barrels from factorization I Found that adding the barrels id to the list of containers only blocked putting items into them ( right Click ) But i was able to Have it fully blocked by also listing the Barrels Id as an Access Block ( door type ) this canceled the Left Click event And stopped items being stolen.) In all I think I added 81 config entry's for the DW20 pack taking around 2 hours. well worth it Because it also provides A way for users to protect and manage who can do what to their builds.
Bpermissions:
Again this is a little more of a personal preference due to using it before. But It has better stability on modded servers over PEX. The reason for this is because PEX works against Bukkit's system and injects its own code into bukkit to change how bukkit does things as you are already using a different type of bukkit and not the normal bukkit it can cause some bugs So that is why I recommend you stay clear of PEX.
WorldBorder:
Super simple config Set and forget type of plugin that is awesome at what it does and it does it well regardless This plugin along with worldedit has been on all my servers since very early bukkit days.
If you have any replacement plugins or others that work very well from your experience with adding bukkit to FTB feel free to share them below.
So I want to list what I use currently at the Top then explain some of the reasons below.
Bukkit:
MCPC Plus: For Loading bukkit Plugins.
Plugins:
Worldedit: map Fixing and Cleanup tools
Commandbook: general commands and must Have's
Tekkit Restrict: Disabling of items Blocks and Much More. Very flexible.
Grief Prevention: Player Land Claim and Chest Protection In one.
Bpermissions: Handling those pesky Who can Do what Files.
WorldBorder: Preventing Map File being huge from mass traveler's
Reasons:
Bukkit:
I chose MCPC plus over BukkitForge because I had many teleport issues and player_interact event issues when using BukkitForge It still needs more work before I would class it as usable. On the other Hand I have Had no such issues with MCPC plus yet but Iv not had that very long at this point in time but first impressions are much better.
Plugins:
WorldEdit:
I use worldedit because that is what I am used to and it is needed for commandbook to work. Some other server owners may use some of the voxel plugins as they do much the same tasks just in a different manor.
CommandBook:
I use Commandbook because it is simple to install its permissions have groups to them and only take 10 or so minites to Setup Unlike some other Popular Plugins Such as essentials that have a single ungrouped permission node for every command. I blame essentials for making people hate permissions I really do. Many server owners swear by Essentials as that seems to be the Norm and the plugin with the most How To's made for it but did you ever stop to think why there are so many How To's for it? Its simple really its because its over Complicated Crammed full of useless Features and Things most just don't need. I Have a feeling in going to get some hate for all that :/
Tekkit Restrict:
I tried a few other plugins of this nature such as NoItem, NoItem was much easier to configure but I found it made some lag when preventing items being picked up. So I changed to tekkit Restrict. TR Is Very Flexibal when it comes to config. It has plenty of permissions to bypass any restriction you may want to apply to players but not admins and I spent a good 2 hours adding a bunch of things that make lag and bypass the protections of Anti griefs to its config for the DW20 Pack. It allows for a Name and Reason to be printed to chat for each Id you block. This is helpful to prevent those players asking why some thing is blocked or can be used to print a Helpful message to say let a player know they can use that block on another map. ( quarrys Fillers etc )
Some other server owners may wonder why I dont just use World guard and its Blacklist system Simple really Its not a Global Blacklist file its Per map meaning a whole ton of copy / paste work to do every time you need to add to the list of blocked items. allowing some thing on one map and not another can become a very complex copy/paste situation very quickly. where with TR you set a global file and then grant Bypasses with permissions. to allow certain things on some maps. much less work.
Grief Prevention:
This plugin is made by the same developer as Tekkit Restrict And I have found it to be a very powerful tool its config for adding chest type blocks to protect offers some advantages over say LWC. the main thing is with the Barrels from factorization I Found that adding the barrels id to the list of containers only blocked putting items into them ( right Click ) But i was able to Have it fully blocked by also listing the Barrels Id as an Access Block ( door type ) this canceled the Left Click event And stopped items being stolen.) In all I think I added 81 config entry's for the DW20 pack taking around 2 hours. well worth it Because it also provides A way for users to protect and manage who can do what to their builds.
Bpermissions:
Again this is a little more of a personal preference due to using it before. But It has better stability on modded servers over PEX. The reason for this is because PEX works against Bukkit's system and injects its own code into bukkit to change how bukkit does things as you are already using a different type of bukkit and not the normal bukkit it can cause some bugs So that is why I recommend you stay clear of PEX.
WorldBorder:
Super simple config Set and forget type of plugin that is awesome at what it does and it does it well regardless This plugin along with worldedit has been on all my servers since very early bukkit days.
If you have any replacement plugins or others that work very well from your experience with adding bukkit to FTB feel free to share them below.
