**This datapack introduces a new survival mechanic:**<\/p>\n
– Your maximum health gradually decreases based on total playtime.
\n– When a player dies, they are placed into a rotation queue, allowing others to take their place.
\n– Only a limited number of players can be “alive”. <\/p>\n
**Why?**<\/p>\n
– It is mainly made to reduce the “2-week Minecraft cycle” that you have likely experienced when playing with friends by reducing burnout.
\n– The reducing HP is used to even out the scales a little between players of different skill levels and to encourage queue rotation so that people aren’t left out.
\n– And it is a new twist for a semi-hardcore playstyle that works dynamically on servers.<\/p>\n
\u26a0\ufe0f**Important Information:**<\/p>\n
– In server.properties you need to give the functions permission level 3 in order for the queue to be functional.
\n– Built compatible with Minecraft 1.20+, but I have only tested it on 1.21.5.
\n– Players who die will be rotated out and must wait for another to die before returning.
\n– Configurable values (health decay rate, queue size, etc.) are tweakable in the datapack files if you know what you are doing, but the default is half a heart max hp loss per Minecraft day and a 3-person queue size.<\/p>\n
P.S. Also one Easter egg if you find it \ud83d\ude1b
\ndon’t read the files if you want to make it a surprise >:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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