[Server Hosting] BookSettings

Last updated the 19th of November 2020 - Return to the summary

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"EnableBook"

Bool.

• 0 = The book will be disabled.
• 1 = The book will be enabled, the book is used for party and territory management but also for server rules and informations.

"EnableStatusTab"

Bool.

• 0 = This feature will be removed from the book
• 1 = The status tab will be available. The status tab contains character info like health, hunger/thirst values, etc.

"EnablePartyTab"

Bool.

• 0 = This feature will be removed from the book.
• 1 = The party tab will be available allowing players to manage and creating parties and invite players. You can tweak parties in the PartySettings.json

"EnableServerInfoTab"

Bool.

• 0 = This feature will be removed from the book.
• 1 = A server info page will be available allowing you to provide a description of your server, buttons to redirect the player to your discord, forum or other places.

"EnableServerRulesTab"

Bool.

• 0 = This feature will be removed from the book.
• 1 = The server rules tab will be available. This page allow servers to display their rules

"EnableTerritoryTab"

Bool. If enabled, the territory tab will be available.

• 0 = This feature will be removed from the book.
• 1 = The territory tab will be available allowing players to manage their territories and invite players. You can tweak territories in the TerritorySettings.json

"ShowServerSettings"

Bool. Require "EnableServerInfoTab" to be enabled (set to 1)

• 0 = This feature will be removed from the book.
• 1 = Some server settings will be displayed, helping the player to know what is enabled on the server.

"ServerInfo"

Array. Allow to write multiple paragraph to share informations about the server. A guide is available here

"ServerLogoPath"

String. Parameter for the logo of the server. Need to be in EDDS format and inside a mod. a url won't work.

"RuleCategories"

Array. This where you will organize and list your rules for your server. A guide will be available later.

Example provided by The_13abyKnight:

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"CreateBookmarks": 0,
"RuleCategories": 
[
	{
		"CategoryName": "General",
		"Rules": [
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.1.",
				"RuleText": "Insults, discrimination, extremist and racist statements or texts are taboo."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.2.",
				"RuleText": "We reserve the right to exclude people from the server who share extremist or racist ideas or who clearly disturb the server harmony."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.3.",
				"RuleText": "Decisions of the team members, both the supporter and the admin are to be accepted without discussion."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.4.",
				"RuleText": "Provocations and toxic behavior will not be tolerated and punished! Be friendly to fellow players and your team, both in chat and in voice!"
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.5.",
				"RuleText": "The use of external programs, scripts and cheats is not tolerated and is punished with a permanent exclusion."
			}
		]
	},
	{
		"CategoryName": "Base Raiding",
		"Rules": [
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.1.",
				"RuleText": "Logging in/out inside enemy bases is strictly prohibited."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.2.",
				"RuleText": "Gaining any type of advantage by seeing through walls in any way is strictly forbidden. If we find out you have been doing this, the ban length will be at least 7 days."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.3.",
				"RuleText": "Base conquering is not allowed (for example putting a new code on another base)."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.4.",
				"RuleText": "Ramming into bases with vehicles is not allowed."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.5.",
				"RuleText": "You are not allowed to use the Wicked RV to boost into bases."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.6.",
				"RuleText": "Glitching through a window is not allowed. If the window is big enough that you can jump through it, then it does not count as glitching. Always ask an admin if you’re uncertain about a specific window."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.7.",
				"RuleText": "Raiding needs to be done in a realistic way. No item stacking, floating objects, dismantling through walls or objects etc..."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.8.",
				"RuleText": "You are only allowed to prop climb into unsecured bases with ONE item/object OR(!) ONE player boost. Cars count as an item/object. "
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.9.",
				"RuleText": "You are not allowed to build to get into bases. "
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.10.",
				"RuleText": "We have a no-refund policy when it comes to Explosives. They are buggy sometimes but if you want tips feel free to make a ticket and ask an admin. "
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.11.",
				"RuleText": "You are not allowed to use Planks or Lumber to boost. Violating this rule will result in severe punishment!"
			}
		]
	},
	{
		"CategoryName": "Basebuilding",
		"Rules": [
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.1.",
				"RuleText": "You are not allowed to build close to any military base minimal distances: Blue zone: 300m, Purple zone: 450m, Red zone: 700m. Distance is counted from military borders to closest base part (wall,floor…). There is a map available on the google document (check Discord)"
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.2.",
				"RuleText": "You are not allowed to build close to spawn points - the minimum distance is 500m."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.3.",
				"RuleText": "You are allowed to play with anyone in a group, however you are only allowed one base within 2000 meters. There can be exceptions to this rule, e.g. if it happens unintentionally."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.4.",
				"RuleText": "Floating bases are not allowed. Rule 6 always applies."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.5.",
				"RuleText": "If you set up a trade with another player, you are not allowed to scam them. We encourage you to use our Discord to trade with other people, since if you use Global Chat in the game, it’s possible for someone else to intercept the trade."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.6.",
				"RuleText": "No floating bridges and overhanging sections longer than 1 floors in length. Only building the wall base isn’t enough to connect to the ground, it has to be full walls."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.7.",
				"RuleText": "Maximum build height is 5.5 floors. We recommend building no more than 5 floors, as it can be tricky to determine exactly how much 5.5 is, and part of the base may need to be removed. Regardless of where you build your base, the height will be counted from the ground level in ALL cases. (Buildings included.)"
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.8.",
				"RuleText": "Road Blocking is not allowed(base bridges over roads are allowed)."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.9.",
				"RuleText": "No blocking of wooden pile spawns or wells."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.10.",
				"RuleText": "Walls must be at least a half floor length apart."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.11.",
				"RuleText": "Every base has to be raidable."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.12.",
				"RuleText": "MAX 5 “normal” cars (Gulf, Skoda, Lada, Volga, Uaz, BMW) MAX 1 Truck. MAX 1 Bus. You are required to cover your cars with tarp or camo-net. Uncovered cars will be removed by the authorities."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.13.",
				"RuleText": "Do not block main buildings such as police stations, hospitals (fire stations are allowed)."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.14.",
				"RuleText": "Be careful that people don’t steal your stuff from outside base walls, e.g. SeaChests being taken from the outside if they’re too close to the wall. Own responsibility."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.15.",
				"RuleText": "No stacking the same size tents into each other I.e. large tent within a large tent. You may place smaller tents within larger tents. You may place a locked gate outside of a tent."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.17.",
				"RuleText": "Base entrance blocking is not allowed with any object other than wall or floor. When being raided, it is illegal to block breached walls with tents, cars etc."
			}
		]
	},
	{
		"CategoryName": "General",
		"Rules": [
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.1.",
				"RuleText": "No Hacking, Exploiting, Duping, Loot cycling and glitching"
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.2.",
				"RuleText": "No Ban Evasion (Any attempt to avoid ban will result in permanent ban!"
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.3.",
				"RuleText": "No Spawn camping"
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.4.",
				"RuleText": "No Fresh spawn killing (Don’t kill players that possess no greater weapon than a stone knife, within 100 meters of the spawn point with a gun, unless they attack first.)"
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.5.",
				"RuleText": "You are not allowed to give detailed call outs of players/base locations in side-chat."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.6.",
				"RuleText": "No Advertising"
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.7.",
				"RuleText": "No Combat-Logging. Wait at least 5 mins after interacting with another player! If you are trapped in a house, surrounded by enemies that know you are in there, wait at least 10 minutes. This does not apply to your own base."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.8.",
				"RuleText": "Global Chat (that blue one) English only"
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.9.",
				"RuleText": "Personal abuse, obscene, harassing, threatening, hateful, discriminatory or defamatory remarks of any nature won't be tolerated-This includes racial, sexual, homophobic or cultural slurs, even in the context of a joke/meme."
			},
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.10.",
				"RuleText": "No alternative accounts! If you use an alternative account, staff reserve the right to ban you for a number of days/weeks depending on the severity of use."
			},	
			{
				"RuleParagraph": "1.11.",
				"RuleText": "Driving vehicles is at your own risk! Due to vehicles being incredibly unreliable do not expect a refund if one decides to break during use. Parking vehicles near objects or placed items can flip vehicles after restart so be careful! Also disappeared/ flipped vehicles won't be refunded."
			}
		]
	}
],
"DisplayServerSettingsInServerInfoTab": 1,
...

"ItemRequired"

String. If kept empty (like this => "") the player will not require a specific item to open the expansion book (B). However if you add a classname inside the "" the player will require this item to open the expansion book (b).

"ItemRequiredLocation"

Bool.

• 0 = The player will need this item to be in his inventory. (only if ItemRequired is configured)
• 1 = The player will need this item to be in his hands.(only if ItemRequired is configured)

Raw file

https://github.com/ExpansionModTeam/DayZ-Expansion-Settings/blob/master/BookSettings.json