Report types & Reasons

You can configure the reports section to act in different ways. Below I will explain the different ways of setting up the report configuration.

1. No predefined reasons, No Types

This is the default configuration for reports.

reports-module:
  enabled: true
  ...
  fixed-reason: false
  fixed-reason-culprit: false
  report-types: []
  reasons: []
  ...

When configured like this, a player can create a report in the following ways:

  • /report <reason>

  • /reportplayer <playername> <reason>

2. No predefined reasons, predefined Types

You can configure report-types underneath the reports-module. This is completely optional. If you do configure them the player creating the report will get a selection screen where he must select his report type.

When configured like this, a player can create a report in the following ways:

  • /report <reason>

  • /reportplayer <playername> <reason>

After executing the command the select type GUI will be shown.

Every report type must define a name. Optionally you can also define info which will be displayed as lore of the item and a material.

reports-module:
  enabled: true
  ...
  fixed-reason: false
  fixed-reason-culprit: false
  report-types:
    - name: GRIEFED
      info: Select when you want to report someone destroying your property.
      material: MUSIC_DISC_11
    - name: BULLIED
      info: Something about bullying
      material: MUSIC_DISC_13
    - name: BUG
      info: Select this report type if you found a bug somewhere on the server
      material: MUSIC_DISC_BLOCKS
  reasons: []
  ...

Predefined Reasons, No types

You can define predefined reasons for reports. When reasons are defined a player can create a report in the following ways:

  • /report <reason?>

  • /reportplayer <player> <reason?>

Notice that the reason becomes optional in this scenario. If the player does not provide a reason, the reason select GUI will be shown. You can make it so that the GUI always shows up by setting the fixed-reason to true.

Every report reason must define a reason. Optionally you can also define info which will be displayed as lore of the item and a material. you can also define a type, this is also optional. If you define a type, this type will be stored inside the database if the user selects this reason through the GUI.

reports-module:
  enabled: true
  ...
  fixed-reason: false 
  fixed-reason-culprit: false
  report-types: []
  reasons:
    - reason: Kill Aura
      info: Report for kill aura
      material: MUSIC_DISC_11
      type: HACKING
    - reason: Speed hacks
      info: Select for reporting speed hacks
      material: MUSIC_DISC_13
      type: HACKING
    - reason: god mode
      info: Select when suspecting a player from using god mode
      type: HACKING
    - reason: Something sab1
      info: Select when sabtao
      type: SABOTAGE
    - reason: something sab2
      info: Select when sabot
      type: SABOTAGE
  ...

4. Predefined reasons, Predefined types

When configuring the reports in this way a player can create a report in the following ways:

  • /report <reason?>

  • /reportplayer <player> <reason?>

Reason is optional in this scenario. If reason is provided only the select type GUI is shown. If the player does not provide a reason then first the select Type GUI is shown, and based on the Type select the Select Reason GUI is shown.

In this setup `type` for report reasons is mandatory! The type must be the same as the one defined in the report types.

reports-module:
  enabled: true
  ...
  fixed-reason: false
  fixed-reason-culprit: false
  report-types:
    - name: HACKS
      info: 'Select iof you want to report someone for hacking'
      material: MUSIC_DISC_11
      filters: culprit=true
    - name: BUG
      info: 'Report a bug'
      material: MUSIC_DISC_13
      filters: culprit=false
  reasons:
    - reason: Kill Aura
      info: Report for kill aura
      material: MUSIC_DISC_11
      type: HACKS
    - reason: Fly hacks
      info: Select for reporting fly hacks
      material: ELYTRA
      type: HACKS
    - reason: X ray
      info: Select when suspecting a player from using an xray
      material: MUSIC_DISC_13
      type: HACKS
    - reason: Network
      info: Something went wrong connecting to a server
      type: BUG
    - reason: Plugin 
      info: A plugin is not working as expected
      type: BUG
  ...

Filters

Both reasons as report types can define a filter "culprit". You can use this filter to decide if reasons or types should be visible depending the fact if a player got reported or not. When the filter is not defined they will be shown with both.

reports-module:
  enabled: true
  ...
  fixed-reason: false
  fixed-reason-culprit: false
  report-types:
    - name: HACKS
      info: 'Select iof you want to report someone for hacking'
      material: MUSIC_DISC_11
      filters: culprit=true
  reasons: []
  ...

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