FAQ & Troubleshooting
Money isn’t being taken
Section titled “Money isn’t being taken”Money penalties need Vault + an economy plugin. Without them, the money penalty is skipped (other penalties still apply). Also check money.enabled and that the player’s balance is above money.min.
OPs aren’t being penalised
Section titled “OPs aren’t being penalised”By default OPs are penalised. If they’re not, check you haven’t set settings.ignore-ops: true, or granted them deathpenalty.exempt/deathpenalty.ignore (e.g. via a * permission).
A VIP gets the wrong penalty
Section titled “A VIP gets the wrong penalty”Group matching uses deathpenalty.group.<name> and the first group in file order wins. Make sure the player has the right deathpenalty.group.* node and that more-specific groups are listed first in config.yml. See Penalty Profiles.
How do I make a safe zone?
Section titled “How do I make a safe zone?”Per region: /rg flag <region> death-penalty deny (needs WorldGuard). Per world: set worlds.<world>.enabled: false. Per player: grant deathpenalty.exempt (optionally per-world). See Exemptions and WorldGuard.
Difference between exempt and ignore?
Section titled “Difference between exempt and ignore?”exempt = no penalty but the player still gets the exempt message and the death is counted. ignore = the plugin acts as if it isn’t installed for that player (no message, no stats). See Exemptions.
Can players keep their items but still be punished?
Section titled “Can players keep their items but still be punished?”Yes — set items.mode: KEEP and rely on the money, XP or respawn penalties.
The lost money just disappears — can someone pick it up?
Section titled “The lost money just disappears — can someone pick it up?”Enable the money-item drop so the loss falls as a physical item at the death spot. See Extra Penalties.
dDeathPenalty won’t enable
Section titled “dDeathPenalty won’t enable”Install DzusillCore 1.1.0+ — it’s a hard dependency.
My WorldGuard flag doesn’t exist
Section titled “My WorldGuard flag doesn’t exist”The death-penalty flag is registered at server load. If WorldGuard was installed after dDeathPenalty, restart the server so the flag registers. See WorldGuard Regions.