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GadgetsMenu FAQs

1. Why is GadgetsMenu not working for me?
2. Why are Morphs not working?
3. Why player doesn’t get menu selector on join?
4. How can I enable MySQL database?
5. Player had purchased a cosmetic item or gain from mystery boxes but they still can’t use that item?
6. How can I change the mystery dust storage?
7. How to create a Mystery Vault?
8. How to remove a Mystery Vault?
9. How to give a player Mystery Boxes?
10. How to give a player random quality Mystery Boxes?
11. How to give a player mystery gifts?
12. Why non-op players cannot open the Mystery Vault?
13. Why are the players unable to open Mystery Boxes?
14. Why do players get Mystery Boxes randomly?

• If you received this message You don't have permission to do that in this world!.
• What you need to do is just to setup the worlds in which you want to enable GadgetsMenu.
• Look for Enabled-Worlds in config.yml

• See the article Morphs

• Players are required a permission to get menu selector. gadgetsmenu.menuselector

Player-Data:
  Storage: mysql <-- set to 'mysql'
  MySQL:
    hostname: localhost
    username: root
    database: minecraft
    port: '3306'
    password: ''

• Set the storage to mysql and setup MySQL infos.

• PlaceholderAPI plugin is required before you can use GadgetsMenu placeholders. Make sure the plugin you’re using is supported PlaceholderAPI and has enabled PlaceholderAPI usage.
• Here is the list of Placeholders

• GadgetsMenu Free version does not save unlocked cosmetic items in it’s database. It only runs a command to add permission to that particular player. In order to do that, you need to change the command according to your server permission plugin.
• If you’re using premium version, you will not face this issue and you may ignore the solution below.
• There are two files you need to make the changes. (config.yml & mystery boxes.yml)

1) Cosmetic-Item-Purchase:(Can be found in 'config.yml' file)
     # This is the command when player purchase cosmetic items.
     # This command is depends on your permission plugin.
     Execute-Command: pex user {PLAYER} add {PERMISSION}

2) Mystery-Boxes: (Can be found in 'mystery boxes.yml' file)
     Execute-Command: pex user {PLAYER} add {PERMISSION}

• For GroupManager: manuaddp {PLAYER} {PERMISSION}
• For PermissionsEx: pex user {PLAYER} add {PERMISSION}
• For PowerfulPerms: pp user {PLAYER} add {PERMISSION}
• For LuckPerms: lp user {PLAYER} permission set {PERMISSION}
• For CloudNet permissions: cperms user {PLAYER} add permission {PERMISSION}
• For PowerRanks: pr addplayerperm {PLAYER} {PERMISSION}

• Look for Mystery-Dust-Storage in config.yml file. Set the storage you would like to use.

Cosmetic-Item-Purchase:
  # Set the storage where do you want to save mystery dust.
  # Available storages: 'file', 'mysql', 'coinsapi', 'playerpoints', 'vault'.
  Mystery-Dust-Storage: file

• Look at a block that you want be a Mystery Vault and run this command.

Command: /gmysteryboxes mode add-vault <name>

• Look at the block that you have created as a vault and run this command.

Command: /gmysteryboxes mode remove-vault [vaultName|r={radius}]

• Quality: between 1 to 5.
• Expiry Date: h for hours, d for days, m for months, false for no expired date.
• Require Permission: true or false. Set to true will required for permission to open mystery box.

/gmysteryboxes give <player> <amount> [quality] [ex=7h|d|m|false] [reqperm=false]

• Syntax: c:(<quality>:<chances>)

The quality of the box following by the chances to get it. Note that you must fill up all the quality which is 1 to 5. Missing any of it will causing error. /gmysteryboxes give <player> <amount> c:(1:40,2:30,3:25,4:15,5:10)

• Each pack contains 5 mystery boxes.

/gmysteryboxes gift <player> <pack>

• Set spawn-protection to 0 in your server.properties file.

• Situation 1: Player does not have the permission to open that box. Permissions
• Situation 2: Player does not have the permission to use the mystery vault animation they have selected. Permissions

• There’s a mystery box reward system which give player mystery boxes each hour by default.
• You can find this in mystery boxes.yml file.

Mystery-Boxes-Reward:
  Enabled: true
  # Chances that a player will gain a Mystery Box when achieve certain play time.
  Chance-To-Get-Mystery-Box: 60
  # What quality of Mystery Box the player will get.
  Chance:
    One-Star: 5
    Two-Star: 10
    Three-Star: 60
    Four-Star: 20
    Five-Star: 5
  # How long the Mystery Box will expired?
  Expiry-Date-In-Days: 7
  Play-Time:
    Hours: 0
    Minutes: 60
    Seconds: 0
  # Which world you want player's play time to be count.
  Enabled-Worlds:
  - '*'
  Message:
    One-Star: '&fYou found a &e✰&7✰✰✰✰ &fMystery Box!'
    Two-Star: '&fYou found a &e✰✰&7✰✰✰ &fMystery Box!'
    Three-Star: '&fYou found a &e✰✰✰&7✰✰ &fMystery Box!'
    Four-Star: '&fYou found a &e✰✰✰✰&7✰ &fMystery Box!'
    Five-Star: '&fYou found a &e✰✰✰✰✰ &fMystery Box!'

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