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Game Rules

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Game rules are the plugin's own game-state actions, configured in config.yml under advanced.advanced-match-controls.game-rules. They run at both match start and match end when enabled, and can be browsed and toggled in-game with /manhunt config, which shows one checkbox per rule.

All examples are the default config settings. A fresh config.yml with every default and comment generates in the plugin data folder on first run.

advanced:
  advanced-match-controls:
    game-rules:
      enabled: true
      rules:
        - DISABLE_LOCATOR_BAR
        - SET_DAYTIME
        - DISABLE_PHANTOMS
        - DISABLE_PILLAGER_PATROLS
        - DISABLE_WANDERING_TRADER

rules lists the enabled rules; anything not listed stays off, and unknown entries are ignored. Matching is case-insensitive.

Setting survival gamemodes at match start and clearing participants' match statistics are integral to the game and always run; they are no longer listed here. Match phases never touch send_command_feedback.

  • Immediate respawn is also forced on internally and is not a rule: every world gets immediate_respawn=true on every phase, even with game rules disabled.
  • A death screen would break state handling, since respawn triggers, headstart holds, and elimination flows all assume the player respawns instantly, and a waiting death screen leaves those states dangling.
  • announceAdvancements is forced off internally the same way: any world still announcing goes silent the first time anyone earns an advancement there, and it is never turned back on.

  • Advancement chat is handled internally instead, so only the earner's own running match sees it (see Match End). Lobby players and pre-start matches see no advancement lines at all.

  • DISABLE_LOCATOR_BAR turns off the vanilla locator bar in every world for the duration of the match.

  • SET_DAYTIME sets every world to daytime.
  • DISABLE_PHANTOMS stops phantoms from spawning while a match runs, and re-enables them afterwards.
  • DISABLE_PILLAGER_PATROLS stops pillager patrols from spawning while a match runs, and restores them afterwards.
  • DISABLE_WANDERING_TRADER stops wandering traders from spawning while a match runs, and re-enables them afterwards.

For your own start/end commands, use Modifiers instead.