Race Tutorial

Race Tutorial

Race Minigames as of 1.6 are different to set up. Originally there was a Minigame Type dedicated to this, but it has been changed to use either Free for All or Teams, depending on how you want to set up your race. It is planned to make team race games a bit more complicated in the future, but for now, they act very similar to the original race type, except when one of the players on the team reach the finish, the whole team wins.

Step 1: Preparing the game

Please make sure you have read over Introduction to Creating Minigames before following this tutorial. It will tell you the basics of preparing a Minigame. Once you have a Minigame created, continue onto the next step.

Step 2: Setting the Type

You'll need to set the type to Free for all (or teams if you so desire). You can do this via the Minigame Menu (/minigame edit <MinigameName>) and selecting the desired Minigame Type. (For more info on the menu options, see Menu System).

Alternatively, execute the following command:

/minigame set <MinigameName> type multiplayer

For race, it is best to use the score type “custom”. You can also set this via the Minigame Menu or by executing the following command:

/minigame set <MinigameName> scoretype custom

Now if you were to join a game with just these settings, the game would report a “Score to Win”. To remove this message, set the max score to 0. You can do this via the Minigame Menu or by executing this command:

/minigame set <MinigameName> maxscore 0

Step 3: Allowing checkpoints and reverting

If you want your race game to use checkpoints and allow players to revert if they get stuck, you'll need to turn on multiplayer reverting. You can do this via the Minigame Menu under the player settings, changing Enable Multiplayer Checkpoints to true, or you can execute the following command:

/minigame set <MinigameName> mpcheckpoints true

Step 4: Setting up signs

For players to win a race game, they require a Finish sign. You can also have checkpoint signs for players to use when they reach a point. For information on setting up these signs, see Minigame Signs.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have finished creating your race Minigame. Make sure you enable the Minigame via the menu or command.