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You only get to know when a swap is about to happen 5 seconds prior, so you must react quickly!<\/p>\n<p>### INSTALLATION\/SETUP GUIDE<\/p>\n<p>generate a new world, put the zip file in the datapacks folder located at:<br \/>\n&#8220;`<br \/>\nworld\/datapacks<br \/>\n&#8220;`<br \/>\n(or put the mod in the mods folder of the server)<\/p>\n<p>execute \/reload and run \/function deathswap:start to begin! you can also run \/function deathswap:config before starting to change settings according to your needs. The settings with their default values are given below:<\/p>\n<p>| Setting                     | Default Value | Description                                                                  |<br \/>\n|&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;|&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;|&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;|<br \/>\n| Permanent water buckets      | true(1)          | If players get a permanent water bucket                                       |<br \/>\n| Permanent fire resistance    | false(0)         | If players get permanent fire resistance                                      |<br \/>\n| Max death count              | 5             | Maximum number of deaths before a player is eliminated and put into spectator mode |<br \/>\n| Allow nether                 | false(0)         | Set to true to allow the nether dimension                                     |<\/p>\n<p>### OTHER THINGS TO NOTE<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; this datapack is compatible with 2-8 players<br \/>\n&#8211; the 5 minute timer is currently not configurable through the config menu, but you can change it in line number 70 of game\/swap.mcfunction and line 11 of swap.mcfunction, but and you would also have to change line 12-16 and line 71-76 of start.mcfunction and game\/swap.mcfunction respectively to adjust the timer according to the changes you&#8217;ve made (for assistance, feel free to join the server \u2193)<br \/>\n&#8211; for feedback, bug reports, or other help, join the discord server from the links section of this page!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DeathSwap, a minigame where you swap positions with other players every 5 minutes and use this mechanic to kill them! 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