From d366384551308844f3113d58d1172c99b1235217 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kennedy Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 14:46:28 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add some info about what Essentials was, for people coming into this page with no background info --- Home.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/Home.md b/Home.md index 0bd410c..cb889fe 100644 --- a/Home.md +++ b/Home.md @@ -7,6 +7,25 @@ EssentialsX is a fork of the original [Essentials](https://github.com/essentials **Note:** When updating EssentialsX, you need to update *all* the modules to the same version to prevent version mismatch errors. In addition, you may want to update your config file - the latest config file can always be found [here](https://github.com/EssentialsX/Essentials/blob/2.x/Essentials/src/config.yml). +### What is/was Essentials? + +Essentials is a Minecraft plugin that provides a number of "essential" features and commands to help with managing Minecraft servers. Most new commands can be permissions-restricted to only certain users or groups. + +**The Essentials plugin ceased development after Minecraft 1.7, and no further releases were made for newer Minecraft editions.** Hence, EssentialsX. + +Some of the features provided by Essentials include: + +* Player made homes, and server warps. +* Player kits and first join kits +* Easy player to player teleports, including teleport requests. +* Full chat and nickname customisation +* Full moderator control, with feature such as muting, jailing and temp banning +* Economy support, including shop signs and command costs +* Full permission based build control, with the ability to block certain items +* Core world protection, allowing you to block explosions, fire spread, and other catastrophes + +*** + ## Pages * [Banner Metadata](BannerMeta) * [Command Cooldowns](Command-Cooldowns)