StopPunchingTrees

A small Hytale server plugin: players can no longer break wood with their bare
hands. They need a tool, like a hatchet, to harvest it.

Which blocks need a tool is configurable, so the same rule can be applied to
stone, ores or any other kind of block.

Compatibility

Installation

1. Download StopPunchingTrees-<version>.jar.
2. Put it in the mods folder of your server or world.
3. Restart the server.

Configuration

On first start the plugin writes
mods/sny1411_StopPunchingTrees/config.json:

{
  "ToolRequiredGatherTypes": ["Woods"]
}

ToolRequiredGatherTypes lists the gather types of the blocks that cannot be
broken without a tool. The gather type is the Gathering.Breaking.GatherType
field of a block asset. Holding any item that is a tool lets the player hit the
block; the game then decides as usual whether that tool can actually break it.

Some gather types used by the base game:

For example, to also require a pickaxe for stone and ores:

{
  "ToolRequiredGatherTypes": [
    "Woods",
    "Rocks", "VolcanicRocks",
    "OreCopper", "OreIron", "OreSilver", "OreGold",
    "OreThorium", "OreCobalt", "OreAdamantite", "OreMithril"
  ]
}

Restart the server after editing the file.

Building

Requires Java 25. The Hytale server is downloaded from the official Maven
repository, no game installation is needed:

./gradlew build

The plugin jar is written to build/libs/.

The targeted server version is set in gradle.properties: hytale_version is
the server the plugin is compiled against, patchline selects the release or
pre-release repository, and server_version is the compatible range written
to the plugin manifest.

To run a development server from IntelliJ IDEA with the HytaleServer run
configuration, the game assets of a local Hytale installation are needed. The
default location is the Windows launcher folder; elsewhere set its path with
the hytale_home Gradle property, for example in
~/.gradle/gradle.properties.

License

MIT