v0.4.0 Server Plugin

⚠️ Documentation of Golem v0.4.0. The latest release is v0.7.0: this page in v0.7.0 · what changed · other versions

Golem is also a regular plugin for your development server. Drop it in plugins/ and spawn simulated players with /golem: test a minigame, a PvP arena or a queue alone, without starting three Minecraft accounts.

The golems are the same as in tests: real players that join, chat, walk and answer forms, so every plugin on the server reacts to them as usual.

Install

Download Golem.phar from the latest release and put it in your server's plugins/ folder. The /golem command is for operators (permission golem.command).

Development servers only

Golems are real players: they count towards the player limit and show up in the player list. Keep the plugin off production servers.

Commands

Command	What it does
/golem spawn <name>	spawns a golem. Names of real players are refused: an online one would be kicked, and an op or a player with saved data would lend the golem their rights and data
/golem spawn <name> <count>	spawns a crowd, <name>1 to <name><count> (at most 100), one every other tick: see Benchmark
/golem list	lists the golems online
/golem record [player...]	records what players do (you, by default), to replay it in a test: see Recording a test
/golem record stop [TestName]	stops recording and writes the test
/golem remove <name|all>	disconnects golems
/golem <name> chat <message>	chats as the golem; messages starting with / run as commands
/golem <name> walk <x> <z>	walks a number of blocks
/golem <name> come	walks to you
/golem <name> tp	teleports to you
/golem <name> jump / sneak / sprint	moves; sneak and sprint toggle
/golem <name> inbox [count]	shows the last messages the golem received
/golem <name> form	shows the form the golem has open, with its buttons
/golem <name> click <button>	clicks a form button, by label or number

Golems are removed when the plugin is disabled or the server stops.

Example: a two-player duel, alone

/golem spawn Rival
/golem Rival tp
/golem Rival chat /duel accept
/golem Rival inbox

You just accepted your own duel request and saw what your opponent was told. Give golems permissions with /op or your permission plugin, as for any player.

Recording a test

Play a scenario once by hand, and get a test that replays it:

/golem record
… open the menu, pick a kit, walk to the arena, break a block …
/golem record stop kit menu
[Golem] Recorded 12 action(s) to plugin_data/Golem/recordings/KitMenuTest.php

final class KitMenuTest extends TestCase
{
    #[Timeout(412)]
    public function testRecordedSession(): \Generator
    {
        [$steve] = yield $this->golems(['Steve']);
        $steve->gamemode(GameMode::SURVIVAL);
        $steve->teleport(new Vector3(256, 4, 256));

        $steve->command('kits');
        yield $this->wait(23);
        $steve->clickSlot(2);
        yield $this->wait(40);
        $steve->walkTo(new Vector3(258.2, 4, 256));
        // …

        // TODO: assert what should have happened
    }
}

Golem records chat, commands, form answers, window clicks and closes, blocks broken and right-clicked, attacks and right-clicks on other recorded players, the held slot, jumping, sneaking, sprinting, respawning and leaving. Movement becomes waypoints every 2 blocks, and the pauses between actions are kept (shortened to 5 seconds at most).

Record several players at once with /golem record Steve Alex: they become golems of the same test, and what they do to each other is replayed too.

The test starts from the players' position, game mode and op status, not from their inventory or the state of the world: set those up in the test if the scenario needs them. Move the file to your tests folder, give it your tests' namespace, then replace the TODO with assertions of what should happen.