NewbieGuard 🛡️

NewbieGuard is a robust and lightweight protection plugin for PocketMine-MP (API 5.x) designed to enhance the experience of new players and prevent spawn-killing.

The plugin provides a temporary "safe window" for players joining the server, ensuring they can find their way before engaging in combat or world modification.

• 🛡️ Automatic Protection: Automatically grants invulnerability to players upon joining.
• ⚖️ Fair-Play System: Protection is instantly removed if the player attacks someone else.
• 💾 Persistent Timers: Remaining protection time is saved in a YAML file, so logging out doesn't "reset" or "waste" the protection.
• 🚫 Interaction Control: Prevents building and breaking blocks while under protection to maintain balance.
• 💬 Fully Customizable: All messages and the duration (in minutes) can be easily edited via config.yml.
• 🚀 Optimized Performance: Uses an internal task to handle countdowns efficiently without server lag.

1. Download the latest .phar from Poggit.
2. Drop it into your server's plugins/ folder.
3. Restart your server.
4. Customize the settings in plugin_data/NewbieGuard/config.yml.

The default configuration provides 5 minutes of safety:

# Protection duration in minutes
protection-time: 5

# Messages (Colors supported with §)
msg-protection-start: "§aYou are protected for {TIME} minutes! PvP and building disabled."
msg-protection-end: "§cYour newbie protection has ended!"
msg-protection-removed: "§6You attacked a player! Protection removed."
msg-cant-build: "§cYou cannot build while protected."
msg-cant-pvp: "§cThis player is protected!"