FlowGate-Bridge

FlowGate-Bridge

A lightweight Paper/Spigot plugin that allows Citizens NPCs (or players) to execute /servername commands and seamlessly connect to servers through a BungeeCord/Waterfall/FlameCord proxy.

✨ Features

• Dynamic commands from config (/servername)
• Works with Citizens NPCs (player execution)
• No permissions required
• No command conflicts
• Extremely lightweight (no listeners, no loops)
• Fully proxy-compatible (BungeeCord, Waterfall, FlameCord)
• Zero hardcoded values — fully configurable

📦 How It Works

FlowGate-Bridge acts as a backend bridge:

Player/NPC → /command → Bridge (Paper) → Plugin Message → Proxy → Server Switch

• The plugin registers commands on the backend server
• When executed, it sends a plugin message to the proxy
• Your proxy plugin (e.g. FlowGate-Lite) handles the actual server connection

⚙️ Installation

1. Install a proxy:

   • BungeeCord / Waterfall / FlameCord

2. Install your proxy-side plugin (e.g. FlowGate-Lite)

3. Install FlowGate-Bridge on your backend server (Paper/Spigot)

4. Configure both plugins with the same slash-servers section

5. Restart server

📝 Configuration

config.yml

slash-servers:
  survival: survival
  skyblock: skyblock
  wonderland: wonderland

Format

<command>: <target-server>

• command → what players/NPCs execute (/survival)
• target-server → server name in your proxy config

🔁 Reload Command

/flowgate-bridge reload

• Reloads config
• Re-registers commands
• Applies changes instantly

🤖 Citizens NPC Example

/npc command add -p survival

• Player clicks NPC → executes /survival
• Bridge forwards to proxy
• Player is connected

⚠️ Important Notes

• Commands must match your proxy configuration
• Target servers must exist on proxy
• This plugin does not handle server switching itself
• Requires proxy plugin to complete routing

🧠 Why This Plugin Exists

Minecraft processes commands on backend servers first. Without this bridge, proxy-only commands like /survival will fail with:

Unknown command

FlowGate-Bridge solves this cleanly by:

• registering commands on backend
• forwarding them properly to proxy

🚀 Performance

• No event listeners
• No async tasks
• No heavy logic

Overhead is effectively zero.

🔗 Compatibility

• Paper / Spigot (1.16+ recommended)
• BungeeCord / Waterfall / FlameCord
• Citizens (optional)

📄 License

MIT License (or your preferred license)