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I'm just going to but this here to start out to avoid any arguments like "this is impossible," or "it'll take too much of the staff's time":
http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/bookshelf/
Okay. I had an amazing (in my opinion) idea while building my faction library today. "What if you could use bookshelves on Massivecraft?" A simple question. I have played on many servers before. One of them had just this. Usable bookshelves.
Basically, to sum up what it did, whenever you right-clicked a bookshelf, the inventory of a hopper (named "bookshelf") would open up. You could place things such as written books, regular books, paper, and even maps. They would be stored there for other players to pick up. This would be usable in libraries and such. Each bookshelf has its own inventory.
This would be no different then a room full of chests of even full of hoppers. I don't believe any lag will occur due to this. The only drawback I see is that it may not function well with Factions. However, having bookshelves, you wouldn't have much of a reason to lock them. If you really want to keep maps and books private, lock them in a chest.
Some of you may be asking, "what's the point? Is this really necessary? We don't really need this." Well, some of you may be right. This doesn't pertain to you. However, it is great for RPers. It would allow there to be libraries in Regalia that would provide books on various lore subjects. It would be much easier for characters to gain basic information. And before you say "people will steal the books and not give them back," for the Regalian library, bookshelves could be made infinite sources. With the plugin I was talking about before, this is possible.
Another use for this would be for factions. Information and news could be provided in the bookshelves. Of course, this brings an issue of people stealing the books there, but so long as an extra copy is kept of a book, it should be fine.
This provides a much nicer looking alternative to just having item frames with the books inside of them. Those require people use use an unwritten book to be able to read. This would not require anything other then to be set up. It even supports LWC and allows for shop shelves. Bookstores will get a nice upgrade! You don't even need to worry about losing your books when you break the shelf. The books will drop as well.
This will require next to none of the staff's time. No time will be wasted that could be used to work on something important. This plugin requires little setup. All that would really be needed would be some simple things like the size of each shelf and the permissions needed for it.
Over all, I see almost no reasons for this to not be implemented. Maybe you can think of some. Possibly, premiums could get extra storage space for shelves they use (maybe non-prems could have 6 while prems have 9).
I hope you all enjoy this idea. Until then, have a Massive day!
