{"id":60294,"date":"2026-06-03T15:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/dynamic-pt\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:24:22","slug":"dynamic-pt","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/dynamic-pt\/","title":{"rendered":"dpt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p># **D**ynamic **PT**erodactyl<\/p>\n<p>Velocity plugin for on-demand minecraft containers!<\/p>\n<p>Features:<br \/>\n&#8211; Start\/Stop a Pterodactyl Container (hosting Minecraft)<br \/>\n&#8211; Send player(s) to the new servers once it has started (or prompt them to do so)<\/p>\n<p>***Ideal for communities with servers you don&#8217;t want to run 24\/7 (i.e.: For minigame servers)***<\/p>\n<p>## Demo<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2tsVKLbkUAg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>## A word on security<\/p>\n<p>I would advise that you make a specific user in your panel to use for your API keys for this! You _only_ need to give this user &#8216;START&#8217;, &#8216;STOP&#8217; and &#8216;RESTART&#8217; permissions on a server by server basis.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a matter of plugin functionality but it is always advisable to restrict what your API keys can do to restrict the potential for abuse.<\/p>\n<p>See:<br \/>\n![Pterodactyl &#8216;User&#8217; permission pane showing permissions &#8216;START&#8217;, &#8216;STOP&#8217;, and &#8216;RESTART&#8217; all checked, while all other options are left unchecked.](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/9a4aae83a9036d2a34c03b5602fea8e7513618c0.png)<\/p>\n<p>## Config<\/p>\n<p>See the following example:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;`<br \/>\napi-url: &#8220;https:\/\/panel.example.com&#8221;<br \/>\napi-key: &#8220;apiKeyHere&#8221;<br \/>\ndefault-timeout: 120 # interval between times server&#8217;s watchdog will check if its empty &#038; online.<br \/>\nstartup-timeout: 120 # how long the plugin is willing to wait for a server to start before failing a request.<\/p>\n<p>servers:<br \/>\n  survival-example: # this must match the `servers` section of `velocity.toml`<br \/>\n    display-name: Survival 2 # This can use minimessage!<br \/>\n    uuid: &#8220;xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx&#8221;<br \/>\n    watchdog: true # set to false or omit to disable watchdog entirely.<br \/>\n    timeout: 120 # watchdog timeout in seconds (default: 120s)<br \/>\n&#8220;`<\/p>\n<p>Note that using `\/dpt reload` will _not_ change `api-url`\/`api-key`, you must restart the proxy in order to do this.<\/p>\n<p>## Commands<\/p>\n<p>### `\/dptsend <player\/all\/current> <server> <promptPlayersToJoin\/promptMeToSend>`<br \/>\n  &#8211; player: send player to server<br \/>\n  &#8211; all: send all players on the proxy to server<br \/>\n  &#8211; current: CALLER MUST BE A PLAYER. send all players on current server to server.<br \/>\n  &#8211; promptPlayersToJoin: send a message to all players when the server is ready inviting them to the server.<br \/>\n  &#8211; promptMeToSend: send an interactive message when the server is ready that sends all the players on click.<\/p>\n<p>### `\/dptsend server <origin server> <destination server> <promptPlayersToJoin\/promptMeToSend>`<br \/>\n  &#8211; origin server: any velocity server.<br \/>\n  &#8211; destination server: any velocity server dpt is configured to control.<br \/>\n  &#8211; promptPlayersToJoin: send a message to all players when the server is ready inviting them to the server.<br \/>\n  &#8211; promptMeToSend: send an interactive message when the server is ready that sends all the players on click.<\/p>\n<p>### `\/dptserver <destination server> <immediate>`<br \/>\n  &#8211; destination server: any velocity server dpt is configured to control<br \/>\n  &#8211; immediate: `dptserver` default behaviour should be to prompt when the server is ready. specifying this option will send the player as soon as the servers ready.<\/p>\n<p>### `\/dptping <server>`<br \/>\n  &#8211; server: any velocity server dpt is configured to control<\/p>\n<p>### `\/dptwd <server> <start\/stop>`<br \/>\n  &#8211; server: any velocity server dpt is configured to control<\/p>\n<p>## Permissions:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; `dpt.send` Access to `\/dptserver <destination server>`. Give this permission to users ideally (plus specific server permissions)<br \/>\n&#8211; `dpt.send.others` Send other players on proxy\/server (`\/dptsend <player> <destination>`)<br \/>\n&#8211; `dpt.send.all` Send all players on proxy\/server (`\/dptsend <all\/current> <destination>`)<br \/>\n&#8211; `dpt.send.<server-name>` Access to do `\/dptserver <server-name>` and `\/dptsend <player\/all\/current> <server-name>` where `server-name` is already configured.<br \/>\n&#8211; `dpt.send.anywhere` Above permission but for any server.<br \/>\n&#8211; `dpt.ping` Ping a server.<br \/>\n&#8211; `dpt.watchdog` Access to `\/dptwd`<\/p>\n<p># License<\/p>\n<p>Licensed under Apache 2.0.<\/p>\n<p>Logo Image By &#8220;annaxphiline&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dynamic PTerodactyl &#8212; Spin up\/down Pterodactyl minecraft servers on demand!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":60295,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"dynamic-pt","_minecraft_project_id":"AOGJJ7Lx","_minecraft_author":"cinnamondev","_minecraft_license":"Apache-2.0","_minecraft_downloads":16,"_minecraft_follows":0,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"dynamic-pt.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":2164215,"_minecraft_version_count":1,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T22:48:13.685888Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-11-13T00:13:23.918519Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2025-11-07T01:00:44.791413Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/dynamic-pt","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":60295,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-03T12:24:23+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"253950c00509b4a608d6be8775e27f1f","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[126,123,92,985],"mod_loader":[986],"minecraft_version":[36,60,93,94,101,102,62,37,40,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82],"class_list":["post-60294","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-management","mod_category-technology","mod_category-utility","mod_category-velocity","mod_loader-velocity","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-20-2","minecraft_version-1-20-3","minecraft_version-1-20-4","minecraft_version-1-20-5","minecraft_version-1-20-6","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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